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It was established in March 1933, mainly for Communists and Social Democrats.

(If the question relates to the site and the buildings before they became a concentration camp, the answer is that they were a disused armaments factory).

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Originally, the Nazis set up concentration camps in March 1933 to terrorize political opponents. The extermination camps ('death camps') for Jews and 'gypsies' were a later developmen (1941-42).

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Originally, the Nazi concentration camps were used mainly for political oponents of the Nazis.

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to house trouble makers, criminals, political opponents and other social or religious undesirables

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The concentration camps were originally for POW's and people opposing the nazi regime. but after Kristal Nacht they became known as death camps

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Who created the dachau concentration camp?

Hitler designed Dachau concentration camp but it was the people who was going to be in it who built it.


Was Stutthof the first concentration camp built by Nazi regime?

No, Stutthof was the first concentration camp built outside Germany. (The first camp was Dachau).


Was dachau an extermination camp?

During the Holocaust, Dachau was a Concentration Camp.


When was Dachau concentration camp created?

Dachau concentration camp was created in 1933.


What was the first Concentration Camp to be built in the Holocaust?

Buchenwald, though initially it was called Ettersberg (for a couple of weeks or so).

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Who created the dachau concentration camp?

Hitler designed Dachau concentration camp but it was the people who was going to be in it who built it.


Was Stutthof the first concentration camp built by Nazi regime?

No, Stutthof was the first concentration camp built outside Germany. (The first camp was Dachau).


What was it like in dachau concentration camp?

Dachau was an ordinary concentration camp.


What was the concentration camp in Dachau called?

It was called the Dachau concentration camp.


Was dachau an extermination camp?

During the Holocaust, Dachau was a Concentration Camp.


When was Dachau concentration camp created?

Dachau concentration camp was created in 1933.


What was the first Concentration Camp to be built in the Holocaust?

Buchenwald, though initially it was called Ettersberg (for a couple of weeks or so).


Who created Dachau?

The Nazis designed and planned the Dachau concentration camp but it was the prisoners who would of been in them, who actually built it.


Where were the first Nazi Concentration Camp established?

The first Nazi Concentration Camp was Dachau Concentration Camp. Since it's called Dachau, it's in Dachau,Germany.


Was dachau a labor camp?

Dachau was a concentration/extermination camp in WWII.


What kind of camp was dachau?

It was a concentration camp.


When was the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald built?

Buchenwald (and Dachau, and Belzek) were created in 1933.