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.
During World War II, the Nazis established approximately 1,500 concentration camps across Europe. These camps included various types, such as extermination camps, labor camps, and transit camps. Notable extermination camps like Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Sobibor were specifically designed for mass murder. The exact number of camps may vary based on definitions and sources, but the total reflects a significant and tragic aspect of the Holocaust.
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.
During World War II, the Nazis operated approximately 20,000 concentration camps across Europe. These included various types of facilities, such as labor camps, extermination camps, and transit camps. Notable extermination camps like Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Sobibor are among the most infamous, where millions of people, primarily Jews, were systematically murdered. The exact number of camps can vary based on definitions and classifications used.
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.
During World War II, the Nazis established approximately 1,500 concentration camps across Europe. These camps included various types, such as extermination camps, labor camps, and transit camps. Notable extermination camps like Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Sobibor were specifically designed for mass murder. The exact number of camps may vary based on definitions and sources, but the total reflects a significant and tragic aspect of the Holocaust.
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.
During World War II, the Nazis operated approximately 20,000 concentration camps across Europe. These included various types of facilities, such as labor camps, extermination camps, and transit camps. Notable extermination camps like Auschwitz, Treblinka, and Sobibor are among the most infamous, where millions of people, primarily Jews, were systematically murdered. The exact number of camps can vary based on definitions and classifications used.
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.