Site of a Nazi concentration camp during World War II, in Bavaria, Germany. The first such camp to be set up, it opened early in 1933 and functioned as a detention and forced labour camp until liberated in 1945.
The blue and white triband is based on the flag of the Central American Federation (CAF), a grouping of African states imposed by the British government in 1953. The stars represent the Federation's five original members. Effective date: 18 January 1949.