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Though there were hundreds in Germany, most were outside of Germany. Estimates range from 1200 to 15,000; most were destroyed, making an accurate catalog difficult. Some of the major ones are listed below:
Camp name Country (today) Camp type Dates of use Est. prisoners Est. deaths Sub-camps
Mauthausen-Gusen Austria Labour camp Aug 1938 - May 1945 195,000 95,000 min.
Koldichevo Belarus Labour camp Summer 1942 - Jun 1944 22,000
Maly Trostenets Belarus Extermination camp Jul 1941 - Jun 1944 206,500 (official) 65,000
Breendonk Belgium Prison and labour camp 20 Sep 1940 - Sep 1944 3532 min. 391 min. none
Mechelen Belgium Transit camp July 1942 - Sep 1944 25267 min. 300 min. none
Alderney Channel Islands Labour camps Jan 1942 - Jun 1944 6,000 700 Lager Borkum, Lager Helgoland, Lager Norderney, Lager Sylt
Jasenovac concentration camp Croatia Extermination camp for Jews, Serbs, Croats and Roma 1941-1945 99,000 Stara Gradiška concentration camp, Sisak children's concentration camp, Donja Gradina, Jasenovac main
Skrochowitz (Skrochovice) Czech Republic Transit (1939) and labour camp Sept 1939 - Dec 1939, 1940-1943 1939:700 1939:13
Theresienstadt (Terezín) Czech Republic Transit camp and Ghetto Nov 1941 - May 1945 140,000 35,000 min.
Jägala Estonia Labour camp Aug 1942 - Aug 1943 200 3,000 none
Klooga Estonia Labour camp Summer 1943 - 28 Sep 1944 2,400
Vaivara Estonia Concentration and transit camp 15 Sep 1943 - 29 Feb 1944 20,000 950 22
Drancy France Internment camp, transit 20 Aug 1941 - 17 Aug 1944 70,000 Three of five Paris annexes: Austerlitz, Lévitan and Bassano camps
Fort de Romainville France Prison and transit camp 1940 - Aug 1945 8,100 min. 200 min. none
Le Vernet France Internment camp 1939-1944
Natzweiler-Struthof (Struthof) France Labour camp; Nacht und Nebel camp; extermination camp May 1941 - Sep 1944 40,000 25,000L'historique du camp de Natzweiler-Struthof par Roger Boulanger, 2006.
Arbeitsdorf Germany Labour camp 8 Apr 1942 - 11 Oct 1942 600 min. none
Berga an der Elster (Berga, Thuringia) Germany Labour camp; Buchenwald subcamp
Bergen-Belsen Germany Collection point Apr 1943 - Apr 1945 70,000 2
Berlin-Marzahn Germany Early a "rest place" then labour camp for Roma July 1936 - none
Bernburg Germany Collection point Apr 1942 - Apr 1945 100,000 2
Breitenau Germany "Early wild camp", then labour camp Jun 1933 - Mar 1934, 1940-1945 470 - 8500
Buchenwald Germany Labour camp Jul 1937 - Apr 1945 250,000 56,000
Dachau Germany Labour camp Mar 1933 - Apr 1945 200,000 31,591
Flößberg (Frohburg) Germany Labour camp; Buchenwald subcamp November 1944 - Apr 1945 1904 235 min.
Flossenbürg Germany Labour camp May 1938 - Apr 1945 100,000 min. 30,000
Hinzert Germany Collection point and subcamp Jul 1940 - Mar 1945 14,000 302 min.
Kaufering/Landsberg Germany Labour camp Jun 1943 - Apr 1945 30,000 14,500 min.
Kemna Germany Early concentration camp Jun 1933 - Jan 1944 4,500 none
Langenstein-Zwieberge Germany Buchenwald subcamp Apr 1944 - Apr 1945 5,000 2,000
Malchow Germany Labour and Transit camp Winter 1943 - 8 May 1945 5,000
Mittelbau-Dora Germany Labour camp Sep 1943 - Apr 1945 60,000 20,000 min.
Neuengamme Germany Labour camp 13 Dec 1938 - 4 May 1945 106,000 42,900+
Niederhagen Germany Prison and labour camp Sep 1941 - early 1943 3,900 1,285 none
Oberer Kuhberg Germany Concentration camp Nov 1933 - 1935 0 Former infantry base Gleißelstetten (Fortress of Ulm)
Ohrdruf Germany Labour and concentration camp; Buchenwald subcamp Nov 1944 - Apr 1945 11,700
Oranienburg Germany Early concentration camp Mar 1933 - Jul 1934 3,000 16 min.
Osthofen Germany Collective point Mar 1933 - Jul 1934
Ravensbrück Germany Labour camp for women May 1939 - Apr 1945 150,000 90,000 min.
Sachsenhausen Germany Labour camp Jul 1936 - Apr 1945 200,000 min. 100,000
Bolzano Italy Transit Jul 1944 - Apr 1945 11,116
Fossoli Italy Prison and transit camp 5 Dec 1943 - Nov 1944 2,800
Risiera di San Sabba (Trieste) Italy Police detainment camp Sep 1943 - 29 Apr 1945 25,000 5,000
Kaiserwald (Mežaparks) Latvia Labour camp 1942 - 6 Aug 1944 20,000? 16, incl. Eleja-Meitenes
Salaspils (Kirchholm ) Latvia Labour camp Oct 1941 - Summer 1944 2,000
Kauen (Kaunas) Lithuania Ghetto and internment camp ???? Prawienischken
Amersfoort Netherlands Transit camp and prison Aug 1941 - Apr 1945 35,000 1,000
Herzogenbusch (Vught) Netherlands Concentration camp 1943 - Summer 1944 31,000
Westerbork Netherlands Transit camp May 1940 - Apr 1945 102,000
Bardufoss Norway Concentration camp Mar 1944 - ???? 800 250
Bredtvet Norway Concentration camp Fall, 1941 - May, 1944 1,000 min. ???? none
Falstad Norway Prison camp Dec 1941 - May 1945 200 min. none
Grini Norway Prison camp 2 May 1941 - May 1945 19,788 8 Fannrem Bardufoss Kvænangen
Auschwitz-Birkenau Poland Extermination and labour camp Apr 1940 - Jan 1945 135,000 min. in August 1944 1,100,000 min. out of 6,000,000 rec. arrivals list of 48 sub-camps with description at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum
Bełżec Poland Extermination camp Oct 1941 - Jun 1943 434,508 min.
Chełmno (Kulmhof) Poland Extermination camp Dec 1941 - Apr 1943, Apr 1944 - Jan 1945 152,000 min.
Fort VII (Poznań) Poland Concentration, detention, transit Oct 1939 - Apr 1944 18,000 min. 4,500 min.
Gross-Rosen Poland Labour camp; Nacht und Nebel camp Aug 1940 - Feb 1945 125,000 40,000
Majdanek (KZ Lublin) Poland Extermination camp Jul 1941 - Jul 1944 78,000
Mittelsteine Poland Labour camp; Gross-Rosen subcamp Aug 1944 - April 1945 300-1,000
Płaszów Poland Labour camp Dec 1942 - Jan 1945 150,000 min. 9,000 min.
Sobibór Poland Extermination camp May 1942 - Oct 1943 200,000 max.
Soldau Poland Labour; Transit camp Winter 1939/40 - Jan 1945 30,000 13,000
Stutthof Poland Labour camp Sep 1939 - May 1945 110,000 65,000
Treblinka Poland Extermination camp Jul 1942 - Nov 1943 870,000
Warsaw Poland Labour and extermination camp 1942-1944 400,000 max. 200,000 max
Banjica Serbia Concentration camp Jun 1941 - Sep 1944 23,637 3,849
Crveni krst Serbia Concentration camp 1941-1944 30,000 10,000
Sajmište Serbia Extermination camp Oct 1941 - Jul 1944 92,000 23,000-47,000
Bogdanovka Ukraine Concentration camp 1941 54,000 40,000
Janowska (Lwów) Ukraine Ghetto; transit, labour, & extermination camp Sep 1941 - Nov 1943 40,000 min. none
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Concentration camps were in which country?
The camps were mainly in Germany and in Nazi-occupied Poland.
How did the British stop concentration camps?
The Allies (including Britain) stopped the Nazi concentration camps and the Holocaust by invading and defeating Nazi Germany.
How many Nazi Concentration Camps were there by the end of 1937?
By the end of 1937 there was only 5 main Concentration Camps, 4 were in Germany and 1 was in Austria.
What groups were sent to both Nazi concentration camps and soviet labor camps?
People with a Polish background were often sent to both Nazi concentration camps and Soviet labor camps. Both Germany and the Soviet Union wanted control of Poland.
What were the top 5 concentration camps during Nazi Germany?
Auschwitz.Belzec,Bergin,chelmeno,and mauthausen
Where were Nazi's concentration camps?
they were in Germany and through out Europe.
Did nazi Germany have secret concentration camps?
The extermination camps were top secret.
Concentration camps were in which country?
The camps were mainly in Germany and in Nazi-occupied Poland.
How did the British stop concentration camps?
The Allies (including Britain) stopped the Nazi concentration camps and the Holocaust by invading and defeating Nazi Germany.
How many Nazi Concentration Camps were there by the end of 1937?
By the end of 1937 there was only 5 main Concentration Camps, 4 were in Germany and 1 was in Austria.
What groups were sent to both Nazi concentration camps and soviet labor camps?
People with a Polish background were often sent to both Nazi concentration camps and Soviet labor camps. Both Germany and the Soviet Union wanted control of Poland.
What were the top 5 concentration camps during Nazi Germany?
Auschwitz.Belzec,Bergin,chelmeno,and mauthausen
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.
Did ghettos or concentration camps come first?
Ghettos preceded concentration camps. Concentration camps appeared during the Nazi era in Germany. Ghettos were present in the largest cities in Germany (and other large urban areas in other countries) well before that.
Where did nazi concentration camps take place?
in germany and poland but those are the only countries i know of
What countries were helping Nazis run the concentration camps?
The areas where the concentration camps were located was under Nazi control e.g. Auschwitz in Poland. Germany occupied it in 1939.
How many concentration camps still exist as museums?
Key sections of Auschwitz, Buchenwald and Dachau are now museums.
