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When Germany began to lose world war 2 what was the fate of the concentration camps and their prisoners?
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The concentration camp slaughter accelerated at an apalling rate, trying to exterminate "undesirables" even if the Germans lost. BTW, not only were 6 million Jews killed, but 11 million Christians, Gypsies, and others that Germany determined were "undesirable" and not "Arian". It is reported that the ovens were still hot when the Allies found the concentration camps. The prisoners were freed, and many eventually found their way to Israel, the US, Latin America, and England. Very few returned to their birth country.
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What year did Germanies allies set the people in the concentration camps free?
Germany's allies, known as the axis, did not free the prisoners in camps. The allied armies freed the prisoners.
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.
What put an end to the Nazi concentration camps?
As the Allied powers (the US, Great Britain, Soviet Union and France) began to close in on Germany towards the end of the war, they began to stumble upon the concentration camps in Germany, Poland, and other nations bordering Germany. Typically, the German garrisons guarding these camps would flee before Allied forces reached them. Thus, as the Allied lines advanced, they discovered these camps, liberating those prisoners left in the camp.
Did the prisoners in those concentration camps starve to death because the allies cut off the food supply to Germany?
No..... No..... The people who died in the concentration camps died because it was the intention of the Nazis that the people who were sent to the concentration camps were to die. They starved because those that imprisoned them did not feed them.
What were death camps in Germany called?
Concentration camps :)
How many concentration camps in Germany were there back in 1940?
Back in 1940, there were five concentration camps in Germany. These camps were established to eradicate resistance groups, political prisoners, racial groups of the Jews and Roma.
What year did Germanies allies set the people in the concentration camps free?
Germany's allies, known as the axis, did not free the prisoners in camps. The allied armies freed the prisoners.
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.
When was Croatian Association of Prisoners in Serbian Concentration Camps created?
Croatian Association of Prisoners in Serbian Concentration Camps was created in 1995.
What did Nazis try to do at concentration camps before allied soldiers were able to free captives?
From about September 1944 on, the SS began moving prisoners away from camps in Poland to other camps deep inside Germany, and from January 1945 on the prisoners were taken on death marches. The SS also tried, as far as possible, to destroy evidence of the Holocaust.
What did the prisoners in the concentration camps do?
Able bodied prisoners had to work as slave labourers.
What put an end to the Nazi concentration camps?
As the Allied powers (the US, Great Britain, Soviet Union and France) began to close in on Germany towards the end of the war, they began to stumble upon the concentration camps in Germany, Poland, and other nations bordering Germany. Typically, the German garrisons guarding these camps would flee before Allied forces reached them. Thus, as the Allied lines advanced, they discovered these camps, liberating those prisoners left in the camp.
Did the prisoners in those concentration camps starve to death because the allies cut off the food supply to Germany?
No..... No..... The people who died in the concentration camps died because it was the intention of the Nazis that the people who were sent to the concentration camps were to die. They starved because those that imprisoned them did not feed them.
What did the prisoners do in the concentration camps?
Hard physical labor.
What were death camps in Germany called?
Concentration camps :)
Were there good concentration camps for Jewish prisoners?
No, there was no such thing as a "good" concentration camp!
Were the concentration camps the same as work camps?
Not necessarily ... In all ordinary concentration camps the prisoners had to work. However, there were also work camps for foreigners moved to Germany and forced to work there. For example, large numbers of Poles and Ukrainians were transported to Germany and had to work for the German government and/or German corporations. They lived in camps, where conditions were generally pretty grim.
