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What were Buchenwald and Dachau?

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Buchenwald and Dachau were concentration camps during WWII. Both were liberated in April by American troops.

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What kind of camp was dachau?

It was a concentration camp.


What were names of Nazi camps?

Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Dachau, and Buna


What was the death train in dachau concentration camp?

When the Americans liberated Dachau they found a trainload of prisoners sent there from Buchenwald. All of them were dead on arrival.


Where were Dachau Auschwitz Birkenau and Buchenwald located?

* Dachau - Near Munich, Bavaria. * Auschwitz I - Near Oswiemcim, about 40 miles SW of Krakow, Poland (then under Nazi occupation). * Birkenau was Auschwitz II and about 1 mile from Auschwitz I (see above). * Buchenwald was near Weimar, Thuringia. Dachau, Auschwitz I and Buchenwald also had several sub-camps, some of which was far away from the main camp.


What do Auschwitz-Birkenau Buchenwald Dachau and Ravensbruck have in common?

All four are the names of different kinds of Nazi camps. * Dachau and Buchenwald were 'ordinary' concentration camps. (Dachau was a Grade I concentration camp, Buchenwald was Grade II - in other words, harsher). * Ravensbrück was a concentration camp for women only. * The Birkenau section of Auschwitz was mainly an extermination camp that carried out mass gassings on a vast scale, but it also included the main hard labour camp for women in the Auschwitz complex of camps.

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When was the Nazi concentration camp Buchenwald built?

Buchenwald (and Dachau, and Belzek) were created in 1933.


What kind of camp was dachau?

It was a concentration camp.


What were names of Nazi camps?

Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Dachau, and Buna


What was the death train in dachau concentration camp?

When the Americans liberated Dachau they found a trainload of prisoners sent there from Buchenwald. All of them were dead on arrival.


Why were Bergen-Belsen Buchenwald Dachau and Flossenberg infamous camps?

Because Jews were killed there.


Where were Dachau Auschwitz Birkenau and Buchenwald located?

* Dachau - Near Munich, Bavaria. * Auschwitz I - Near Oswiemcim, about 40 miles SW of Krakow, Poland (then under Nazi occupation). * Birkenau was Auschwitz II and about 1 mile from Auschwitz I (see above). * Buchenwald was near Weimar, Thuringia. Dachau, Auschwitz I and Buchenwald also had several sub-camps, some of which was far away from the main camp.


Which concentration camps were restored?

* Parts of Auschwitz I and II * A small part of Buchenwald * Part of Majdanek * Dachau


What do Auschwitz Birkenau Buchenwald Dachau and Ravensbruck have in common?

All four are the names of different kinds of Nazi camps. * Dachau and Buchenwald were 'ordinary' concentration camps. (Dachau was a Grade I concentration camp, Buchenwald was Grade II - in other words, harsher). * Ravensbrück was a concentration camp for women only. * The Birkenau section of Auschwitz was mainly an extermination camp that carried out mass gassings on a vast scale, but it also included the main hard labour camp for women in the Auschwitz complex of camps.


What do Auschwitz-Birkenau Buchenwald Dachau and Ravensbruck have in common?

All four are the names of different kinds of Nazi camps. * Dachau and Buchenwald were 'ordinary' concentration camps. (Dachau was a Grade I concentration camp, Buchenwald was Grade II - in other words, harsher). * Ravensbrück was a concentration camp for women only. * The Birkenau section of Auschwitz was mainly an extermination camp that carried out mass gassings on a vast scale, but it also included the main hard labour camp for women in the Auschwitz complex of camps.


Can you still visit some former Nazi concentration camps?

Yes you can Visit Auschwitz today, 2 years after Auschwitz was liberated, it becomed an Museum.


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.


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