By 1941, the Nazis began building Chelmno, the first extermination camp (also called death camp), in order to "exterminate" both Jews and Gypsies. In 1942, three more death camps were built (Treblinka, Sobibor, and Belzec) and used solely for mass murder. Around this time, killing centers were also added at the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Majdanek. So i would say 6 or more.
The extermination camps were run by the SS.
concentration camps are prisons in a sense where as extermination camps are like death row u will certainly die in a extermination camp.
He never went to any extermination camps.
There were many concentration camps all over Europe, but most were concentrated in Poland, Germany and around Yugoslavia. The six extermination camps were all located in Poland, those being Chelmno, Treblinka, Sobibor, Auschwitz, Maidanek and Belzec.
Nazi leaders wanted to keep the existence of extermination camps secret.
Most extremination camps were placed in Poland as it was a homeland for many Jews in Europe. Ex. Auschwitz-Birkenau.
The key distinction was between extermination camps and labour camps ("ordinary" concentration camps).
Hitler had 6 extermination camps.
The extermination camps were run by the SS.
concentration camps are prisons in a sense where as extermination camps are like death row u will certainly die in a extermination camp.
There was one large extermination camp in Auschwitz II (Birkenau).
In Eastern Europe many were sent first to ghettos and then to extermination and concentration camps. In Western Europe they were sent first to transit camps and 'collection points', then to extermination and concentration camps. Note that in many parts of the Ukraine, Belarus, Latvia and Lithuania enormous numbers were killed in mass open-air shootings by the Nazi mobile killing units.
He never went to any extermination camps.
There were many concentration camps all over Europe, but most were concentrated in Poland, Germany and around Yugoslavia. The six extermination camps were all located in Poland, those being Chelmno, Treblinka, Sobibor, Auschwitz, Maidanek and Belzec.
Nazi leaders wanted to keep the existence of extermination camps secret.
Ghettos, concentration camps and extermination camps.
No, but it had the Mauthausen group of camps.