Himmler and Heydrich were the supremos. A few rungs down the ladder was Eichmann. Many of the German administrators in occupied Poland were also heavily involved, such as Odilo Globocnik.
one would assume that it would generally be some junior officer as anyone of significant rank would not want to go on a long march.
Heinrich Himmler was the leader of the SS who ran the concentration camps.
Adolf Eichmann
SS Reichfurher Henrich Himmler
All camps were technically concentration camps, generally the extermination camps were called 'death camps'.
There were concentration camps in the Holocaust. The concentration camps were basically work/death camps.
Concentration camps :)
Concentration camps were death camps. The people that were scheduled to die were concentrated into areas for easier delivery to the death chambers.
At first (until July 1934) the Nazi concentration camps were run by the SA (Stormtroopers, 'Brownshirts'), but from mid 1934 they were run by the SS. Later the SS was also in charge of the 'Final Solution' and ran the extermination camps in Poland. The concentration camps were run by the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS Death's Head units).
There were concentration camps in the Holocaust. The concentration camps were basically work/death camps.
All camps were technically concentration camps, generally the extermination camps were called 'death camps'.
There were concentration camps in the Holocaust. The concentration camps were basically work/death camps.
Concentration camps :)
A prisoner in charge at the camps (concentration camps, death camps, forced labor camps) during the Holocaust. These people were typically non-Jewish (Jews were treated the worst in the camps).
They were in both..
Concentration camps were death camps. The people that were scheduled to die were concentrated into areas for easier delivery to the death chambers.
Death camps were built to kill prisoners systematically
At first (until July 1934) the Nazi concentration camps were run by the SA (Stormtroopers, 'Brownshirts'), but from mid 1934 they were run by the SS. Later the SS was also in charge of the 'Final Solution' and ran the extermination camps in Poland. The concentration camps were run by the SS-Totenkopfverbände (SS Death's Head units).
Death camps
Concentration Camps Transit Camps Labour Camps Death Camps Extermination Camps.
Concentration Camps