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The main purpose of the camp was to terrorize political opponents of the Nazi regime.
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It was all apart of the master plan, they were to make the "eligible" prisoners work until they were nothing but skin and bones, most died from malnutrition or suicide. The others were taken to the gas chambers and "exterminated" immediately. After they had been killed they were cremated.
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Dachau was intended mainly for political prisoners but in the later stages also took other prisoners. It was not an extermination camp and it did not have any large gas chamber.
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∙ 15y agoMany German nationals living in Allied countries were interned. The criteria varied from country to country and changed in the course of World War 2. The camps were dissolved at the end of the war.
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∙ 13y agoBecause the North American government decided it didn't want to risk sensitive information being passed along to the Nazis by German spies living there. The Japanese faced a similar situation during WWII.
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What two types of concentration camps in the holocaust?
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.
What was one of the concentration camps that Eli survived?
Auschwitz and Buchenwald.
What were Buchenwald and Dachau?
Buchenwald and Dachau were concentration camps during WWII. Both were liberated in April by American troops.
Who ran camp buchenwald?
Like all Nazi concentration camps, it was run by the SS.
What do Auschwitz and Dachau and Buchenwald have in common?
They were all Nazi concentration camps. In addition, part of Auschwitz was an extermination camp.
What two types of concentration camps in the holocaust?
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.
What was one of the concentration camps that Eli survived?
Auschwitz and Buchenwald.
What were Buchenwald and Dachau?
Buchenwald and Dachau were concentration camps during WWII. Both were liberated in April by American troops.
Where are the former concentration camps near Frankfurt Germany?
The closest to Frankfurt is Buchenwald.
Is Buchenwald still going?
Surely you don't think that Germany still has concentration camps, or ...?
Who ran camp buchenwald?
Like all Nazi concentration camps, it was run by the SS.
What do Auschwitz and Dachau and Buchenwald have in common?
They were all Nazi concentration camps. In addition, part of Auschwitz was an extermination camp.
Which concentration camps were restored?
* Parts of Auschwitz I and II * A small part of Buchenwald * Part of Majdanek * Dachau
When was Buchenwald concentration camp created?
Dachau, the first concentration camp, opened on 22 March 1933 - less than two months after Hitler came to power. In April 1933 small concentration camps sprang up in all kinds of places, but most these were later closed by mid 1934. From 1937 additional camps were built, starting with Buchenwald.
What was Buchenwald concentration camp?
Buchenwald was one of the first concentration camps in Nazi Germany as well as one of the largest. It was not an extermination camp, but still had a large number of prisoner deaths. The approximate number of deaths at the camp was 56,545.
What was the name of one ofg the first and largest concentration camps built near the town of weimar in 1937?
Buchenwald.
What were the prisoners doing in the concentration camps Buchenwald?
Most prisoners at Buchenwald were forced laborers in local armaments factories. Prisoners were also used as test subjects for medical experiments at Buchenwald, which resulted in a large number of deaths.
