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What was the nazi death camps?
Auschwitz-Birkenau (the Auschwitz group of camps).
What group was tired at the Nuremberg Trails?
The Nazi leaders of he death camps were tried at the Nuremberg Trials.
Did Austria have Nazi extermination camps?
No, but it had the Mauthausen group of camps.
Where were nazi death camps constructed?
Poland
Who was in charge of Treblinka death camp?
All Nazi concentration camps and death camps were run by the SS (except in 1933-34).
What Nazi leader was in charge of all the Death Camps?
The supremo was Heinrich Himmler. The extermination camps (along with all other Nazi concentration camps) were run by the SS. The leader of the SS was Heinrich Himmler. The "Final Solution" was organized by a special section of the SD/SS.
Was gassing the only form of death in nazi camps?
no.
Why were Nazi Death Camps made?
Death Camps: Hitler created the camps so he could quietly and efficiently kill the Jewish population. Concentration Camps: Used as a sort of prison by the Nazis for the duration of the war. They imprisoned people who committed "crimes" against the Nazi regime.
What does oberkapo mean?
"Oberkapo" is a term used in Nazi concentration camps to refer to a prisoner who was in charge of a group of inmates. They were responsible for overseeing and organizing the work details assigned to their group.
How many death camps were in Europe?
Death camps were the Nazi's way to eliminate those who did not fit their mold. In all, there were seven death camps located in Europe.
Why did the Nazi death camps start?
The Nazi death camps was put into use after the occupation of Poland in 1939. After the Nazis had Jews, poles and other groups of people who were procecuted by the Nazis. Nazis wanted to kill all the Jews and any Non-Aryan Germans, so they decided to establish bunch of Death camps and Extermination camps.
Why was the German emblem described as death's head in Night?
The German emblem in the Nazi period was the swastika, not the Death's Head. The SS Death's Head units (SS-Totenkopfverbände) were in charge of all Nazi concentration camps and extermination camps. They wore a small skull on their caps and lapels.
