When they arrived at berkenau (The death camp of aushwitz) They would be sorted into two groups, the left side would be sent to work, the right would be gassed. The man who decided the fate of the people was a nazi general.
The first inmates were mainly Communists, Social Democrats and trade union leaders and other political opponents. The Jews came later.
The original camp were intended for uncooperative Poles and Polish intellectuals.
Political opponents.
Dachau, the first of many Nazi concentration camps was opened in Germany on 22 March 1933. The camp was officially surrendered to the victorious allies 29 April 1945. Immediately after the liberation of Dachau the Americans, so shocked by what they had come across, executed some of the camps guards and also let the prison inmates kill a large number of guards and regular soldiers in what is now known as the Dachau massacre. 2 or 3 where executed by hanging after court trials.
Dachau was the first concentration camp ever established and it opened in march 1933
Dachau was the first Nazi Concentration camp. It was first just used for political prisoners but as time went on more people were put into the camp. Dachau was the model for the other concentration camps that came later. Inside Dachau prisoners were medically experimented on and they had to do forced labor which sometimes killed them.
Dachau is known for being the first Nazi concentration camp, Located in Germany, it was established by Heinrich Himmler.
The first concentration camp was Dachau, it was opened on march 22nd 1933. The first prisoners were communists, because they were blamed for the Reichstag fire, that Hitler and the Nazis had planned to make it seem as if it were the communists fault, and Hitler "saved" the Germans from their actions and he "stopped" the fire. So they were sent to dachu, political prisoners
The first Nazi Concentration Camp was Dachau Concentration Camp. Since it's called Dachau, it's in Dachau,Germany.
There was a disused munitions factory there, so there were some buildings that the inmates could repair for use.
Dachau, the first of many Nazi concentration camps was opened in Germany on 22 March 1933. The camp was officially surrendered to the victorious allies 29 April 1945. Immediately after the liberation of Dachau the Americans, so shocked by what they had come across, executed some of the camps guards and also let the prison inmates kill a large number of guards and regular soldiers in what is now known as the Dachau massacre. 2 or 3 where executed by hanging after court trials.
dachau
Dachau was the first concentration camp ever established and it opened in march 1933
Dachau (outside of Munich, Germany)
Dachau was the first Nazi Concentration camp. It was first just used for political prisoners but as time went on more people were put into the camp. Dachau was the model for the other concentration camps that came later. Inside Dachau prisoners were medically experimented on and they had to do forced labor which sometimes killed them.
Dachau is known for being the first Nazi concentration camp, Located in Germany, it was established by Heinrich Himmler.
The first concentration camp was Dachau, it was opened on march 22nd 1933. The first prisoners were communists, because they were blamed for the Reichstag fire, that Hitler and the Nazis had planned to make it seem as if it were the communists fault, and Hitler "saved" the Germans from their actions and he "stopped" the fire. So they were sent to dachu, political prisoners
First: Dachau Largest: Auschwitz
I think the first concentration camp was established in Germany, if was used first to hold Germans who disobeyed the Nazi laws, or who said the wrong thing, so it was first used to retrain the Germans, that was before WW2, then they got a new purpose afterwards, as killing chambers.
Dachau, near München.