A little over two years (1943-1945). Before it was a concentration camp, it was a POW camp. It became an extermination camp in 1943 on the orders of Heinrich Himmler.
When used in a general sense use small letters. However, if you are writing about a named camp, use capitals, for example: Dachau Concentration Camp.
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I know it's a shame most of your family couldn't make it as they didn't survive the concentration camps.
They were separated and if it was an extermination camp, those considered unfit for use as slave labor were put to death.
Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland used Zyklon B gas in their gas chambers afterwards creamated the bodies.
When used in a general sense use small letters. However, if you are writing about a named camp, use capitals, for example: Dachau Concentration Camp.
To cremate bodies.
They wanted to use it as a concentration camp and a extermination camp
My dad went to a concentration camp when he was young unfortunately he ate ur parents and died off Heart disease
some camps were close enough to walk to, others they had to use lorries or trains.
first answers: The concentration camp was liberated before the SS could destroy its records. The Jews in Europe were relocated to concentration camps, originally as forced laborers. another answer: The term "Concentration Camp" was first used by the Spanish in the 1890's referring to population relocation centers in Cuba that helped them defeat Cuban nationalist rebels by preventing their co-habitation with the Cuban population (now moved into these camps).
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I know it's a shame most of your family couldn't make it as they didn't survive the concentration camps.
There was a disused munitions factory there, so there were some buildings that the inmates could repair for use.
They were separated and if it was an extermination camp, those considered unfit for use as slave labor were put to death.
Auschwitz Concentration Camp in Poland used Zyklon B gas in their gas chambers afterwards creamated the bodies.
Wiesel uses the word "piteous" to describe the childlike state of his father in the concentration camp.