Appellplatz

Prisoners lined up for roll call at Sachsenhausen concentration camp, 1941
Roll call at Melk concentration camp
Appellplatz at Dachau concentration camp, 2007

Appellplatz (often spelt appelplatz) is a compound German word meaning "roll call" (Appell) and "area" or "place" (Platz). In English, the word is generally used to describe the location for the daily roll calls in Nazi concentration camps.


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