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When did Americans see the first photographs of the concentration camps?
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Photographs only became available to the Allies towards the end of the war. The British liberated Bergen-Belsen on 15 April 1945 and took several photos and also extensively filmed what they found there.
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Where did Nazis imprison Jewish people?
Jews were first imprisoned in 'Jewish quarters' of certain cities, or 'ghettos' as they would be known. Later they were imprisoned in camps, be they labour, transit or concentration camps.
How many concentration camps did anne and margot frank get moved to?
I believe two. After being found in the Annex they were sent jail first. The first camp they went to was in Westerburk then in Bergen Belson
What spacecraft gave us the first close-up photographs of mercurys surface?
the spacecraft is the MESSENGER i the spacecraft is the MESSENGER i
Which was the first camp built by the Nazis?
There were many Nazi camps, you need to give the context of where you lifted the question from.
Who took the first photographs from air?
samuel archer king your welcome Ben owns
Were Greeks killed first in concentration camps?
no.
Who were the first groups to be effected by the concentration camps?
Well technically the first groups affected by the Concentration Camps were Criminals and Political Opponents of the Nazi Party. However, the earliest and most effective group to be effected by the Concentration Camps were the Jews.
What were the first seven major camps?
Concentration camps , transit camps , forced labour camps (aka) "work camps" , and death camps.
Did Americans know about the holocaust concentration camps?
America was pretty much the first ones to discover them near the end of the war, along with France I believe.
When did the allies first arrive at concentration camps?
1922
What was different between the extermination camps and the concentration camps?
Technically all camps were within the concentration camp system, there were labour camps, transit camps and extermination camps. Concentration camps were generally intended for civillians, initially just for criminals, but gradually more types were included. Extermination camps were established about seven and a half years after the first concentration camps. They were much smaller than the average concentration camps (Auschwitz is an exception as it was both), as they only held enough inmates that were needed to opperate the gas chambers/vans and the cramatoria.
Who were the first immates of the first concentration camp?
The first inmates of Nazi concentration camps were Communists, Social Democrats and various political dissidents. (The first inmates of the first concentration camp was women and children of the Boer nation in South Africa - 1898) (There were also Spanish concentration camps in Cuba in the mid 1895s).
How many concentration camps have there been since they were first being used?
1,500 camps including subcamps
What was the difference between the concentration camp and extermination camp?
Technically all camps were within the concentration camp system, there were labour camps, transit camps and extermination camps. Concentration camps were generally intended for civillians, initially just for criminals, but gradually more types were included. Extermination camps were established about seven and a half years after the first concentration camps. They were much smaller than the average concentration camps (Auschwitz is an exception as it was both), as they only held enough inmates that were needed to opperate the gas chambers/vans and the cramatoria.
Did ghettos or concentration camps come first?
Ghettos preceded concentration camps. Concentration camps appeared during the Nazi era in Germany. Ghettos were present in the largest cities in Germany (and other large urban areas in other countries) well before that.
Who was the first religious group to be placed in nazi concentration camps?
The first religion was actually the Roma (Gypsies) to be put in concentration camps not the Jews.
What did the Germans first call the concentration camps?
The term concentration camp (Konzentrationslager) was used already in March 1933.
