Why did the Nazis close the concentration camps?

Answer 1

As the Soviet Army approached, most of the prisoners were taken on a death march to the camp at Gross-Rosen in the bitter cold. (It was January 1945). The SS tried to cover up what they had done by blowing up the gas chambers and crematoria. On 27 January 1945 the camp was liberated by Soviet troops, and in many countries the day is now Holocaust Memorial Day.

Answer 2

The only time they mainly closed the camps were at the end or when they were no longer seamed useful. Majority were at the end of the war as after the Battle of Stalingrad, the soviets advanced towards Nazi Germany so they wanted to destroy the evidence including the actual camps and forced the prisoners to head west. The Nazis knew if they were caught at a concentration camp then they be arrested for war crimes and crimes against humanity which none of them wanted.

Answer 3

Auchwitz was captured by the Russian army on January 27, 1945; shortly after it was abandoned by the retreating Germans. The Russians found about 7,500 prisoners there still alive, which were freed.

Answer 4

Auschwitz shut down because Soviet Army invaded the camp and liberated the prisioners.

Answer 5

Dachau was shut down with the liberation by the Americans in April, 1945.

Answer 6

Soviet troops liberated Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, this marked the ending of Auschwitz.

Answer 7

January 27, 1945 by the Soviets.