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In the early stages, the Nazis used concentration camps mainly as savage punishment camps for Communists, Social Democrats, liberals and various other opponents. Jews were not sent there till 1938 for simply being Jewish. It is also important to distinguish between concentration camps and extermination camps. The extermination camps followed from late 1941 onwards were intended solely for the purpose of genocide. It should also be noted that by about 1939 the SS (which ran the camps) had become a major business and was making large sums of money by hiring out slave labour.
The extermination camps were specially designed, and constructed camps where millions of Jews and non Jews were sent to their deaths. The Nazis spent a great deal of time and energy in designing both the camps and the gas chambers in them; they wanted maximum 'efficiency' and the memoirs of Nazis who survived, graphically detail how much careful thought and preparation went into the construction of those camps. All who were deemed 'inferior' were packed onto trains and then taken to the camps; Jews, gays, gypsies, Jehovah's Witnesses, people with disabilities and others. The camp inmates were starved, gassed, tortured and burned to death. Many were buried alive in mass graves.
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Was dachau an extermination camp?
During the Holocaust, Dachau was a Concentration Camp.
Was Stutthof the first concentration camp built by Nazi regime?
No, Stutthof was the first concentration camp built outside Germany. (The first camp was Dachau).
What was a nazi camp commandant?
A commandant is the officer in command of either a prisoner of war camp OR a concentration camp.
Was the site of the puyallup fair ever a nazi concentration camp?
yes
What was the first concentration camp found?
dachau___Dachau was the first Nazi concentration camp to be founded (March 1933), the first major concentration camp to be found (and liberated) by an Allied army was Majdanek (July 1944).
Where were the first Nazi Concentration Camp established?
The first Nazi Concentration Camp was Dachau Concentration Camp. Since it's called Dachau, it's in Dachau,Germany.
Was dachau an extermination camp?
During the Holocaust, Dachau was a Concentration Camp.
Where was the first concentration camp constructed?
the first permanent Nazi concentration camp was built near Munich.
What was a commandant in nazi Germany?
A commandant was the head of a prisoner of war camp or a concentration camp.
Was Stutthof the first concentration camp built by Nazi regime?
No, Stutthof was the first concentration camp built outside Germany. (The first camp was Dachau).
What was a nazi camp commandant?
A commandant is the officer in command of either a prisoner of war camp OR a concentration camp.
What was the largest Nazi concentration camp for Jews?
Auschwitz, I think.
What was stutthof?
Stutthof was a Nazi concentration camp near Danzig.
When did the Germans open first concentration camp?
The first permanent Nazi concentration camp opened on 22 March 1933 at Dachau.
Where was the location of a nazi extermination camp?
The best known Nazi concentration camp, Auschwitz, was in Poland. There were camps in a number of locations around Europe.
What took place at Auschwitz Concentration camp?
During WW2, Auschwitz Concentration camp in Germany was the place where the most Jews were murdered by the Nazi's.
Was the site of the puyallup fair ever a nazi concentration camp?
yes
