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How many soviet prisoners of war died in the Nazi concentration and death camps?
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3 million
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What was he difference between concentration camps and death camps?
Death camps were built to kill prisoners systematically
Where were the females prisoners in the holocaust?
Sometimes in seperate concentration camps, sometimes with children. More often, they were killed on arrival to the death camps.
Who was in concentration camps?
Concentration camps, originally designed to hold political prisoners, eventually were used to hold Jews, Soviet prisoners, Gypsies, Poles, left of center political prisoners, homosexuals, people with disabilities, Jehovah's Witnesses, common criminals, etc. Many people in all of these groups were either killed or worked to death, but probably the Jews and the Soviets suffered the greatest number of casualties.
What is the difference between a Concentration camp and an Extermation camp?
A Concentration camp was used to torture or force their prisoners to work. An extermination camp was where they were all systematically murdered in mass quantities, and in horrific ways. (An extermination camp was also known as a death camp.) I hope this helps you.
What were concentration?
There were concentration camps in the Holocaust. The concentration camps were basically work/death camps.
What wasn't a cause of death for prisoners in concentration camps?
Eating too much lobster thermidor and drinking port on a Sunday
Why did they called it concentration camps instead of death camps?
All camps were technically concentration camps, generally the extermination camps were called 'death camps'.
What were Holocaust concentration?
There were concentration camps in the Holocaust. The concentration camps were basically work/death camps.
What was the difference between concetrantion camps and death camps?
Death camps had the facilities to commit mass murder, they also had limited barracks as they did not house many inmates (Auschwitz was the exception as it was both).
Did the prisoners in those concentration camps starve to death because the allies cut off the food supply to Germany?
No..... No..... The people who died in the concentration camps died because it was the intention of the Nazis that the people who were sent to the concentration camps were to die. They starved because those that imprisoned them did not feed them.
What were death camps in Germany called?
Concentration camps :)
What types of camps were there in Germany?
It's common to draw a distinction between 'ordinary' concentration camps like Dachau and Buchenwald, and extermination camps. The latter existed only for the purpose of killing. They are:Auschwitz II (Birkenau section)BelzecChelmnoMajdanek (part only)SobiborTreblinka IIIn addition, there were transit camps and various 'specialized' camps.
