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∙ 2014-10-03 03:35:11Technically all camps were within the concentration camp system, there were labour camps, transit camps and extermination camps. Concentration camps were generally intended for civillians, initially just for criminals, but gradually more types were included.
Extermination camps were established about seven and a half years after the first concentration camps. They were much smaller than the average concentration camps (Auschwitz is an exception as it was both), as they only held enough inmates that were needed to opperate the gas chambers/vans and the cramatoria.
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concentration camps are prisons in a sense where as extermination camps are like death row u will certainly die in a extermination camp.
where were the american concentration camps ???????????
Concentration camps were used for forced prison labor, while extermination camps were built to kill all prisoners.
Extermination Concentraion Labor
Concentration camps were used for forced prison labor, while extermination camps were built to kill all prisoners.
Concentration camps were used for forced prison labor, while extermination camps were built to kill all prisoners.
Concentration Camps Transit Camps Labour Camps Death Camps Extermination Camps.
The key distinction was between extermination camps and labour camps ("ordinary" concentration camps).
The key disinction is between 'ordinary' concentration camps (such as Dachau or Buchenwald) and extermination camps such as Treblinka and Sobibor. The sole purpose of extermination camps was to kill. Note that Auschwitz and Majdanek combined both kinds of camps.
The main types of Concentration Camps were Concentration Camps and Extermination Camps.
Technically all camps were within the concentration camp system, there were labour camps, transit camps and extermination camps. Concentration camps were generally intended for civillians, initially just for criminals, but gradually more types were included. Extermination camps were established about seven and a half years after the first concentration camps. They were much smaller than the average concentration camps (Auschwitz is an exception as it was both), as they only held enough inmates that were needed to opperate the gas chambers/vans and the cramatoria.
Ghettos, concentration camps and extermination camps.