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Q: What were the conditions in the concentration camps How were they different from extermination camps?
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What are all the different concentration camps used during World War 2?

Concentration Camps Transit Camps Labour Camps Death Camps Extermination Camps.


What was the deference between the concentration camps and the extermination camps?

concentration camps are prisons in a sense where as extermination camps are like death row u will certainly die in a extermination camp.


What was different between the extermination camps and the concentration 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.


The Nazi's established what?

Ghettos, concentration camps and extermination camps.


Were all concentration camps killing centers?

No. Historians distiguish between #1 extermination campsand #2 ordinary concentration camps. The extermination camps were killing centres and served no other function and had very few survivors. Conditions at concentration camps varied and many inmates survived.Please see the related question.


What types of camps were there in Germany?

It's common to draw a distinction between 'ordinary' concentration camps like Dachau and Buchenwald, and extermination camps. The latter existed only for the purpose of killing. They are:Auschwitz II (Birkenau section)BelzecChelmnoMajdanek (part only)SobiborTreblinka IIIn addition, there were transit camps and various 'specialized' camps.


Why did they called it concentration camps instead of death camps?

All camps were technically concentration camps, generally the extermination camps were called 'death camps'.


Which of the following describes a difference between concentration camps and extermination camps in nazi Germany's?

Concentration camps were used for forced prison labor, while extermination camps were built to kill all prisoners.


How were concentration camps kept secret?

Ordinary concentration camps were not secret. Only the small number of extermination camps were secret.


What were the names were the concentration camps?

Dachau and Ravensbruch <><><><> There were more than 40 Concentration camps, including 11 that were extermination camps.


What two concentration camps had revolts that closed the camps?

Two extermination camps (not ordinary concentration camps) were closed after revolts: Treblinka and Sobibor.


Did nazi Germany have secret concentration camps?

The extermination camps were top secret.