No, it was a concentration camp/extermination camp but it did have many POWs
From early 1942 Auschwitz operated as both. The only other camp that served as both a concentration camp and extermination camp was Majdanek.
The purpose of the Auschwitz camp was to kill people or put them to work.
The PoW (Prisoners of War) were kept either in PoW Camps or in some Concentration Camps such as Auschwitz.
The Auschwitz concentration camp began when beat you the hell up !
It had 3 sections. Auschwitz-I, which served as a working camp. Auschwitz II-Birkenau, the death camp. Auschwitz-III, it was used to provide slave labor to the nearby industry.
Auschwitz- a german POW camp.
19,000 POW's died at Auschwitz, most of them were Soviet POW's.
Auschwitz was a concentration camp.concentration and extermination camp
POW Camp #1 at Fukuoka, Japan.
From early 1942 Auschwitz operated as both. The only other camp that served as both a concentration camp and extermination camp was Majdanek.
Auschwitz I- Birkenau
The purpose of the Auschwitz camp was to kill people or put them to work.
The PoW (Prisoners of War) were kept either in PoW Camps or in some Concentration Camps such as Auschwitz.
Auschwitz is located in Poland.
The Auschwitz concentration camp began when beat you the hell up !
Heppenheim was not a designed as a POW camp, it was a sub-camp of Dachau Concentration Camp. See the link.
Concentration camp and Extermination camp