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Nordhausen (pronounced [ˈnɔʁtˌhaʊ̯zn̩] ⓘ) is a city in Thuringia, Germany.It is the capital of the Nordhausen district and the urban centre of northern Thuringia and the southern Harz region; its population is 42,000. Nordhausen is located approximately 60 km (37 miles) north of Erfurt, 80 km (50 miles) west of Halle, 85 km (53 miles) south of Braunschweig and 60 km (37 miles) east of ...
Shortly after their liberation, two emaciated inmates of the Nordhausen concentration camp stare blankly from hollow eyes. KZ (Konzentrationslager, i.e., Concentration Camp) Dora-Mittelbau was built in central Germany near the town of Nordhausen, by which name the entire camp complex is now commonly, but erroneously, known.
Mittelbau-Dora (also Dora-Mittelbau and Nordhausen-Dora) was a Nazi concentration camp located near Nordhausen in Thuringia, Germany.It was established in late summer 1943 as a subcamp of Buchenwald concentration camp, supplying slave labour from many Eastern countries occupied by Germany (including evacuated survivors of eastern extermination camps), for extending the nearby tunnels in the ...
Also, don’t forget to try the local specialty, Nordhäuser Doppelkorn, a type of schnapps produced in the town. 2. Nordhausen Museum. Nordhausen Museum. pic by Tobi NDH. by-nc-sa 2.0. The Nordhausen Museum is a local history museum located in the town of Nordhausen in Germany.
Nordhausen, city, Thuringia Land (state), central Germany. It lies on the Zorge River, at the southern slopes of the Harz Mountains, in the fertile lowland known as the Goldene Aue (“Golden Meadow”). First mentioned in 927 as the site of a royal castle near the older Frankish settlement of
Establishment of Dora-Mittelbau at Nordhausen. 1. March – August 1944. 1. The VII Corps and the Normandy Invasion. 1. September – December 1944. 1. V-2 Rockets Made at Dora-Mittelbau Are Launched. 1. The VII Corps Reaches Aachen. 1. December 1944 – January 1945. 2. The VII Corps and the Battle of the Ardennes. 2.
Blick von St. Petri auf das Stadtzentrum von Nordhausen. Nordhausen ([ˈnɔʁtˌhaʊ̯zn̩] ; auch Nordhausen am Harz; in nordthüringischer Mundart Nordhusen) ist eine Stadt im Landkreis Nordhausen und ehemalige Reichsstadt.Die Kreisstadt nimmt als Hochschulstandort sowie als nordthüringisches Kultur- und Industriezentrum den Status eines Mittelzentrums mit Teilfunktionen eines Oberzentrums ein.
Dora-Mittelbau: Overview. The Dora-Mittelbau (also known as Dora-Nordhausen or Nordhausen) camp was established in central Germany near the southern Harz Mountains, north of the town of Nordhausen. It was originally a subcamp of Buchenwald. Prisoners from Buchenwald were sent to the area in 1943 to begin construction of a large industrial complex.
Gedenkbaum für KZ-Überlebenden zerstörtNordhausen. Im Gedenkhain für die Häftlinge des Konzentrationslagers Mittelbau-Dora in Nordhausen wurde in den vergangenen Tagen ein Baum zerstört. Der beschädigte Baum war dem KZ-Überlebenden Albert Van Hoey gewidmet. Official website of the Mittelbau-Dora Memorial with all the information you ...
In Germany Nordhausen is a household name, mostly for the "Nordhäuser Doppelkorn" that has been produced here continuously since at least 1507, when the first mention of a tax on locally produced liquor was made. Korn or its higher alcohol variety Doppelkorn is a distilled spirit made from grain, usually rye.
