The first camp to carry out routine mass killings (as opposed to experimental gassings) was Chelmno. These gassings (of Jews) began on 8 December 1941.
The answer posted previously was wrong; there were concentration camps during WWI. The Turks had the Armenians in concentration camps such as Deir ez-Zor during WWI. Around 1.5 million Armenians were killed in that genocide total.
The Holocaust took place primarily in Europe during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. It occurred in Nazi-occupied territories, including concentration camps, extermination camps, and ghettos. The most infamous extermination camp, Auschwitz, was located in German-occupied Poland.
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.
Soldiers found bodies piled up when they liberated the extermination camps.
Concentration camps, forced labor camps and extermination camps. From late 1941 on most of the Jews were sent to extermination camps, where they were killed within 12-48 hours of arrival.
Concentration Camps Transit Camps Labour Camps Death Camps Extermination Camps.
Extermination (Death) Camps
They were put in concentration camps and extermination camps.
During World War II, German prison camps were primarily referred to as "KZ," which stands for "Konzentrationslager" or concentration camps. These camps were used for the detention, forced labor, and extermination of political prisoners, Jews, and other targeted groups. Additionally, there were "Vernichtungslager," or extermination camps, specifically designed for mass killings. Notable examples include Auschwitz, Dachau, and Treblinka.
Most extremination camps were placed in Poland as it was a homeland for many Jews in Europe. Ex. Auschwitz-Birkenau.
There were no death camps in German East Africa during World War I. The German colony of East Africa (present-day Tanzania) did not have a systematic extermination program like the death camps established by Nazi Germany during World War II.
The mass extermination of 13 million people including 6 million Jews in Europe during World War 2 in concentration camps.
The answer posted previously was wrong; there were concentration camps during WWI. The Turks had the Armenians in concentration camps such as Deir ez-Zor during WWI. Around 1.5 million Armenians were killed in that genocide total.
No, they were usually murdered on arrival at extermination camps.
The Holocaust took place primarily in Europe during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. It occurred in Nazi-occupied territories, including concentration camps, extermination camps, and ghettos. The most infamous extermination camp, Auschwitz, was located in German-occupied Poland.
Extermination Camp, Labour Camp, Death camp and Transit Camp.
The extermination camps were located in Poland, including areas annexed from Poland during World War 2. There was also one near Minsk, Belarus.Please see the related question.