Site of a Nazi concentration camp from 1937 to 1945 at a village northeast of Weimar, eastern Germany.
It was established in 1937 as a labour camp for political prisoners and criminals and was later used as a collection point for Jews and other victims en route to extermination camps.
Green, yellow, and red are the pan-African colours. The flag is modelled on the French tricolour. The design was identical to the Rwandan tricolour, obliging that country to modify its flag. Effective date: 1 March 1961.