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Q: Why where the Jews tattooed in the concentration camps?
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Were they tattooed when they went to the concentration camps?

Jews who were chosen to work were tattooed at Auschwitz. See Related Links below.


Were Polish prisoners tattooed in concentration camps?

In the Auschwitz group of camps (which by 1943 included 45 subcamps) prisoners used as labourers were tattoed, whether Jews or non-Jews). So this would have included the non-Jewish Polish prisoners. At other camps, the prisoners were generally not tattooed.


Were Jews branded or Tattooed in the Holocaust?

Jews selected for work at the Auschwitz group of camps were registered and tattooed. This was not done at other camps and they were not branded.


What did the tattood information on Jews in concentration camps stand for?

The tattoo was their prison number which was used like their names. However, contrary to a widespread misconception, tattooed numbers were only used in the Auschwitz group of camps.


What rights did Jews have in concentration camps?

The inmates of concentration camps had no rights at all.


Why were the Jews in the concentration camps not the death camps?

They were in both..


How did the Jews get around the concentration camps?

In the concentration camps, Jews and everyone else marched around the camps.


How many concentration camps did Adolf Hitler have?

what was Hitler's purpose for sending Jews to concentration camps and what is a concentration camp.


Were Jews beaten in concentration camps?

yes, all inmates were beaten in concentration camps.


Where were jews sent prior to concentration camps?

They were sent to ghettos prior to the Concentration Camps...


Who was placed into concentration camps?

JEWS


Who was enslaved in concentration camps?

Jews.