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Originally a [[Nazi concentration camps|subcamp]] of [[Buchenwald Concentration Camp]], the '''Dora-Mittelbau Concentration Camp''', also often called '''Nordhausen Concentration Camp''' after its location near [[Nordhausen]], [[Germany]], was a specialized slave labor camp. It became a full camp in 1944, with large underground facilities where slave labor worked on [[V-2]] missiles and other war production.<ref>{{citation
Originally a [[Nazi concentration camps|subcamp]] of [[Buchenwald Concentration Camp]], the '''Dora-Mittelbau Concentration Camp''', originally called '''Nordhausen Concentration Camp''' after its location five miles from the town center of [[Nordhausen]], [[Germany]], was a specialized slave labor camp. It became a full camp in 1944, with large underground facilities where slave labor worked on [[V-2]] missiles and other war production.<ref>{{citation
  | http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/othercamps/dora.html
  | http://www.holocaustresearchproject.org/othercamps/dora.html
  | title = Dora - Mittelbau/Nordhausen Concentration Camp
  | title = Dora - Mittelbau/Nordhausen Concentration Camp

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Originally a subcamp of Buchenwald Concentration Camp, the Dora-Mittelbau Concentration Camp, originally called Nordhausen Concentration Camp after its location five miles from the town center of Nordhausen, Germany, was a specialized slave labor camp. It became a full camp in 1944, with large underground facilities where slave labor worked on V-2 missiles and other war production.[1]

References

  1. Dora - Mittelbau/Nordhausen Concentration Camp, Holocaust Research Project