List of wild concentration camps

This is a list of concentration camps established independently by Nazi-affiliated groups and organizations (such as the SA, the SS, and police) before the process was centralized by Heinrich Himmler in 1934. ^[1] These camps were established in a variety of usually abandoned buildings, including workhouses, factories, cellars, and taverns to imprison mostly political prisoners. They are known as "wild" concentration camps (German : wilde Konzentrationslager) due to their ad-hoc nature and lack of oversight. ^{[1] [2] [3]} The 1933 Schutzhaft Protective Custody Order was the main pretense for interning German citizens in wild concentration camps. ^[4]

Lists of Wilde Konzentrationslager.

Name	Established	Disestablished	Former usage
Breslau-Dürrgoy concentration camp	12 March 1933	10 August 1933	Fertilizer factory
Oranienburg concentration camp	21 March 1933	4 July 1934	Disused brewery
Hainichen concentration camp	4 April 1933	13 June 1933	Sports center
Börgermoor concentration camp [5]	22 June 1933	May 1934	Wetlands/barracks
Vulkanwerft concentration camp	20 October 1933	11 March 1934	Shipyards
Columbia-Haus	July 1933	5 November 1936	Military police station
Dachau concentration camp	9 March 1933	29 April 1945	Gunpowder and munitions Factory
Sonnenburg	3 April 1933	23 April 1934	Former Prison
Nohra	3 March 1933	Unknown	School
Ahrensbök [6]	October 3, 1933	May 1934	Residential Building for a Sugar Factory [6]
Alt Daber	28 April 1933	Unknown	Tuberculosis Sanatorium
Bad Sulza [7]	October 1933	July 1937	Old Hotel [7]
Brandenburg Euthanasia Centre	August 1933	February 1934	State Welfare Institute
Börnicke [8]	1 June 1933	Unknown	Former Cement Factory [8]
Breitenau concentration camp	June 1933	2 September 1945	Residence
Kemna concentration camp	5 July 1933	19 January 1934	Textile Factory

See also

• Early camps
• List of Nazi concentration camps
• List of concentration and internment camps

References

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2. "Definition of Konzentrationslager". fcit.usf.edu. The Florida Center for Instructional Technology. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
3. "The Nazi Camp System: Terminology". United States Holocaust Museum . 3 November 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
4. "Law and Justice in the Third Reich". Holocaust Encyclopedia. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
5. "Börgermoor Camp". Holocaust Museum, Washington. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
6. "Geschichte - Gedenkstätte Ahrensbök". gedenkstaetteahrensboek.de (in German). Retrieved 8 October 2025.
7. "Bad Sulza Concentration Camp - Bad Sulza - TracesOfWar.com". www.tracesofwar.com. Retrieved 8 October 2025.
8. Woinar, Klaus; White, Joseph Robert (6 May 2025). "BÖRNICKE [also MEISSNERSHOF]". The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. doi:10.1353/document.1284 . Retrieved 8 October 2025.