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* Auschwitz (all sections combined with sub-camps) had a death toll of at least 1.1 million, of whom 90% were Jews. * Treblinka II had death toll of 870,000 + * Belzec - death toll of 434,508 Jews and an unknown number of gypsies. (This is one of the very few camp for which there is precise figure for any group).
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Where was Auschwitz and why was this place important in World War 2?
Auschwitz was the name of a group of Nazi concentration camps and an extermination camp in occupied Poland. It is important because an estimated 1.15 million victims were killed there - the highest death toll at any Nazi camp or complex of camps.
How many people survived mauthausen concentration camps?
The exact amount is unknown. Check out the section named "Death toll" on http://www.answers.com/topic/mauthausen-gusen-concentration-camp for the various estimates made.
What are the concentration camp categories?
The categories of concentration camps were as follows: * I - for example, Dachau * II - for example, Buchenwald * III - for example, Auschwitz I (original main camp) Obviously, the death toll at all the major camps was very high. Death camps in the sense of extermination camps were off the scale. These camps were: * Auschwitz II (Birkenau) * Belzec (not to be confused with Bergen-Belsen) * Chelmno * Sobibor * Treblinka * Majdanek (a part of which was used as a 'back-up' when other camps couldn't cope with the numbers)
What were the top three Nazi camps according to death rate?
The death toll was highest at the extermination camps: * Auschwitz (group) - at least 1.1 million * Trelinka - 850,000 + * Belzec - 434,508 Jews plus an unknown number of gypsies The camp with the highest death rate (that is smallest number of known survivors) was Belzec, with only two (!) known survivors. Treblinka, with only about 120 survivors would rank next.
How may mass murder camps were there during the Holocaust?
The Nazis had 5 to 8 extermination camps. Please see the related question. The death toll at most other camps was also high.
What camps had the most death camps?
Auschwitz (taking all sections together) had the highest death toll of all- about 1.3 million. Treblinka, with about 870,000 was next.
Where was Auschwitz and why was this place important in World War 2?
Auschwitz was the name of a group of Nazi concentration camps and an extermination camp in occupied Poland. It is important because an estimated 1.15 million victims were killed there - the highest death toll at any Nazi camp or complex of camps.
How many people survived mauthausen concentration camps?
The exact amount is unknown. Check out the section named "Death toll" on http://www.answers.com/topic/mauthausen-gusen-concentration-camp for the various estimates made.
What is the term that refers to a camp in which people are Jewish?
During the Holocaust there were Concentration Camps, where Jews were gathered and forced to suffer, and Death Camps where they were systematically slaughtered.____Ordinary Nazi concentration camps were not specifically for Jews. It was the extermination camps - Auschwitz II (one section), Treblinka, Belzec, Sobibor, Chelmno and to some extent Majdanek - that were specifically killing centres for Jews and Roma ('gypsies').The term death camp is confusing, as it includes the harshest concentration camps (those classified as Grade 3). To the general public, it suggests any Nazi camp with a high death toll.
What are the concentration camp categories?
The categories of concentration camps were as follows: * I - for example, Dachau * II - for example, Buchenwald * III - for example, Auschwitz I (original main camp) Obviously, the death toll at all the major camps was very high. Death camps in the sense of extermination camps were off the scale. These camps were: * Auschwitz II (Birkenau) * Belzec (not to be confused with Bergen-Belsen) * Chelmno * Sobibor * Treblinka * Majdanek (a part of which was used as a 'back-up' when other camps couldn't cope with the numbers)
What is meant by the term 'death camp' in connection with the Holocaust?
The term death camp is rather vague but is generally used for:Extermination camps, like Treblinka II and Sobibor. These were relatively small camps that designed to kill new arrivals as soon as possible.The harshest concentration camps (Grade III), such as Mauthausen, that were intended to work the inmates to death.Note that Auschwitz included both kinds of camps.The term is often - confusingly - used of all Nazi concentration camps with a high death toll.
What death camp had the fewest deaths during 1940-1945?
It is difficult to give a meaningful answer as the camps varied considerably in size and the toll at some extermination camps is not known. There were some small extermination camps that very few people have heard of in western Europe and the US - partly because they had no known survivors. An example is Maly Trotinets, near Minsk, Belarus. The death toll there is estimated at about 50,000. Another difficutly is that the extermination camps were in operation for differing periods of time. Please bear in mind that there is an important difference between extermination camps ('death camps' and ordinary concentration camps). Please see the related questions.
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Who founded the Death Camps?
The Nazi extermination camps were set up in 1941-42 by the SS with the assistance of doctors (!) who had been active in the Nazi T4 euthanasia program. By the way, the term 'death camp' is misleading as it suggests ''any'' concentration camp which had a high death toll. Professional historians of the period generally prefer the term extermination camp for camps that existed purely in order to kill.Please see the related questions.
