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How was the Auschwitz camp unique?
It was used as a concentration camp and a extermination camp and also it got alot of Sub camps near the 3 main camps of Auschwitz
What did Gleiwitz concentration camp look like?
There were three camps at Glewitz (including one women's camp). They were all sub-camps of Auschwitz.
What is a subcamp of a concentration camp?
Most of the major concentration camps had smaller camps attached to them. Some of these were at quite a distance from the main camp. Auschwitz, for example, had 3 camps on the main site and a further 45 sub-camps, many 20-30 miles away or even further.
What was the biggest concentration camp in Europe in world war 2?
Auschwitz, which consisted of three camps on the main site and a further 45 sub-camps.
When did Kaufering concentration camp close?
There were eleven (!) concentration camps in Kaufering, near Landsberg, Bavaria, of which at least one was a women's camp. They were all sub-camps of Dachau and were closed on 25-27 April 1945. On the official German list of camps, issued in 1967, they are numbered 709-720.
Was Neuengamme a death camp?
Technically, Neuengamme (with its 80 sub-camps) was a concentration camp. However, it had an unusually high death rate. About 50% of the 106,000 prisoners sent to the Neuengamme group of camps perished. See link.
What concentration camp were the women taken to?
Women's concentration campsFrom May 1939 onwards the main concentration camp for women was Ravensbrück, which is about 55 miles north of Berlin. It had about 70 'sub-camps' and was used for training female concentration camp guards - about 4,000 in all, including the notorious Irma Grese.Some predominantly male concentration camps had women's sections, such as Bergen-Belsen. Stutthof, near Danzig, also had a large women's section and several women's sub-camps.In the Holocaust, women were sent to all the main death camps, including Auschwitz. Auschwitz II (Birkenau) had a large women's (forced labour) camp.
How many work camps were there in the holocaust?
There were about 20 Concentration Camps, but there were many sub-camps.
What were the camps that the Jews went during World War 2?
Concentration camps, forced labor camps and extermination camps. From late 1941 on most of the Jews were sent to extermination camps, where they were killed within 12-48 hours of arrival.
How many Jews were sent to Auschwitz from other Concentration Camps or Sub Camps?
According to numerouse sources and figures, Their's an estimate of 34,000 Jews were sent to Auschwitz from other Nazi Concentration Camps or Sub-Camps. According to most Historians, it widely agreed that 33,734 Jews were sent to Auschwitz from other Nazi Concentration Camps or Sub-Camps.
What concentration camp did the Russian soilders capture?
1.Stutthof 2.Gross-Rosen 3.Auschwitz (with all of it's sub-camps) 4.Majdanek 5. Ravensbruck
What were death or extermination camps?
Death and Extermination Camps were Self Purposed Camps which were mainly intended to kill a lot of people, Camps like Treblinka, Sobibor and Belzec were Camps which had a sole purpose of kill as much people as possible but also the most efficient. These camps had a average death rate f at least 15,000 People a month. Auschwitz was the exception; it operated as both a death camp and a concentration camp. Also with its sub-camps was the largest supplier of labour in the camp system.
