There were no housing. Prisoners were transported in cow wagons in the trains. Those were filled to the max.
Concentration Camps Extermination Camps Labour Camps Transit Camps Death Camps.
Concentration camps , transit camps , forced labour camps (aka) "work camps" , and death camps.
Well, theres labor camps, execution camps, transit camps.
Concentration Camps Transit Camps Labour Camps Death Camps Extermination Camps.
Transit camps were places to hold people until they could be shipped off to other camps such as execution or forced-labor camps. Well known transit camps include Westerbork (Netherlands) and Breendonk (Belgium).
She was sent to the Gestapo Headquarters for questioning. They spent the night there and were then sent to Westerbork, a transit camp. Transit camps usually prepare you for the real camps.
hundreds if not thousands, transit camps by their nature are temporary, they can last for as briefly as one day ___ In the Holocaust there were a number of permanent transit camps. Examples include Westerbork (Netherlands), Drancy (France), Breendonk (Belgium). These functioned as collection centres. When victims were arrested they were often first sent to a transit camp, where they were held until there were enough people for a transport (or shipment) to Auschwitz or some other extermination camp.
Transit camps were typically located near major transportation hubs, such as railway stations or ports, to facilitate the movement of displaced populations. During World War II, many were established in Europe, particularly in countries like Poland and Germany, to temporarily hold Jewish people and other targeted groups before deportation to concentration camps. After the war, transit camps also appeared in various locations worldwide to accommodate refugees and displaced persons, often near borders or in urban areas.
Westerbork transit camp and Theresienstadt ghetto
Jews were first imprisoned in 'Jewish quarters' of certain cities, or 'ghettos' as they would be known. Later they were imprisoned in camps, be they labour, transit or concentration camps.
She was in one transit camp - Westerbork - and two concentration camps: Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen.
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.