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What was the number of the major concentration camps?
Their was 20 major concentration camps.
How many major concentration camps during World War 2?
Their was only about 20 Major concentration camps.
What were the four major concentration camps during the holocaust?
The 4 major Concentration Camps during the Holocaust were:AuschwitzTreblinkaBelzecSobibor
Major concentration camps?
Auschwitz.
What were the first concentration camps?
they were labour camps
When did the liberation of concentration camps begin?
The first major camp to be liberated was Majdanek (Poland) on 22 July 1944. Like all the camps in Eastern Europe it was liberated by the Soviet Army.
How many concentration camps did Adolf Hitler have?
In 1941-44 the Nazis had: * 6 extermination camps * 17 other major camps * About 1,500 satellite camps
What are satellite camps?
In the Holocaust satellite camps were smaller subcamps of major concentration camps. For example, Auschwitz had about 35 of them. to be exact they had 45 of them
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.
What was the difference between the ''concentration camps'' and the ''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.
How many Jews were released from the death camps after World War 2 ended?
630,135 from 25 major camps and 1000 smaller camps
Did the world know about the concentration camps for the Jews in 1938?
Yes. The first published descriptions of conditions in concentration camps were published from August 1933 onwards and appeared in all major languages. (Please note that these were not extermination camps for Jews, but mainly intended for political opponents. The extermination camps were built later).
