Was it cold at the concentration camps?

Answer 1

Extremely! Many accounts (Auschwitz, Ravensbruck, etc.) state that if a building was meant for 300, the Nazis would fit 700 or so. When the Danish Red Cross were visiting the transit camp Theresienstadt, many inmates were shipped to Auschwitz due to the over-crowdingness.

Answer 2

Yes-of course! People in the concentration camps were cold it did snow in fact. -Round Rupert Since the Holocaust occured for several years, it was cold in the winter and hot in the summer.

Answer 3

Aside from the weather statistics for Germany regarding cold, the prisoners' lack of clothing, body fat, and likely adequately insulated housing all contributed to being cold.

Answer 4

same as elsewhere.