Glossary

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  • Daily routine and organisation in the camp : Watchtower

    A watchtower where the SS were stationed to keep an eye on the prisoners. The barbed-wire perimeter fence of the KL-Natzweiler detention camp has eight watchtowers.

  • Nazi society confronting Nazism : Wehrmacht

    German term meaning “Defence force” – The name given to the armed forces of the Third Reich from 1935 onwards, replacing the Reichswehr. It comprises three branches: the Army (Heer), the Navy (Kriegsmarine) and the Air Force (Luftwaffe).