They were liberated at different times as the allied forces - US, Britain and Russia advanced into Germany on three fronts. Bergen-Belsen was relieved by the British in April 15, 1945. After liberation the British maintained the camp for at least five years containing the prisoners as the levels of disease such as Typhus was so high that they were afraid of the disease spreading outside. Conditions obviously were much better than during the war with cinemas etc. However, according to a British soldier who wrote about his experiences there, he believed more prisoners died after the British took control than during German occupation. A second reason for the British occupation of the camp was their reluctance to allow jews to leave to go to fight in Palestine. In fact the camp became a centre of arms smuggling and terrorist recruitment centre.
When the Soviets started closing in on Poland, they liberated several camps which held Jews as prisoners. But when Germany officaly surrendered on May 7, 1945, all the Jews left who were still living in Nazi occupied territories, were free.
Nordhausen was liberated beginning on 11 April 1945 by US troops and the first of the camps established under the Nazi's at Dachau was liberated on 29 April 1945. They were not all closed at that time. Some were used to hold German POW's awaiting release. ___ Many of the camps further east were liberated earlier, including Majdanek on 22 July 1944 and Auschwitz (I, II and III) on 27 January 1945. These camps were liberated by the Soviet Army. ____ The buildings of some concentration camps were used for Displaced Persons' camps.
Majdanek was liberated in 1944, the other camps in 1945.
Children under age 15 were generally not used for work in concentration camps ...
Most of them had to wait till they were liberated, one by one, by the Allies.The concentration camps all ended at different times because there were more than one so there is no official date that thy ended because there were tales that not all of them were shut down and there were a few that were kept secret.
When the Soviets started closing in on Poland, they liberated several camps which held Jews as prisoners. But when Germany officaly surrendered on May 7, 1945, all the Jews left who were still living in Nazi occupied territories, were free.
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Nordhausen was liberated beginning on 11 April 1945 by US troops and the first of the camps established under the Nazi's at Dachau was liberated on 29 April 1945. They were not all closed at that time. Some were used to hold German POW's awaiting release. ___ Many of the camps further east were liberated earlier, including Majdanek on 22 July 1944 and Auschwitz (I, II and III) on 27 January 1945. These camps were liberated by the Soviet Army. ____ The buildings of some concentration camps were used for Displaced Persons' camps.
In early 1945, US and Russian forces liberated the death camps constructed and operated by the Nazi government of Germany, in which those prisoners who were still alive comprised almost exclusively Jews.
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Majdanek was liberated in 1944, the other camps in 1945.
Children under age 15 were generally not used for work in concentration camps ...
1933 Concentration camps started in 1933, the Death camps started in 1941.
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Most of them had to wait till they were liberated, one by one, by the Allies.The concentration camps all ended at different times because there were more than one so there is no official date that thy ended because there were tales that not all of them were shut down and there were a few that were kept secret.
January 27, 1945, when the Soviets liberated the camp.