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How many Jews died in concentration camps during the holocaust?
The total number of Jews killed by the Nazis was about 6 million. Just over half of these died in extermination and concetration camps. The others were killed in mass open air shootings or perished from starvation and disease in ghettos.
What were the names of the concentration camps where the Jewish people were kept?
Most Jews from Western Europe, Poland and Hungary were sent to extermination camps and gassed as soon as practical after arrival. Most Jews in the Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia were shot in mass open-air shootings ... The proportion of Jews 'selected' for work was much smaller, and this happened mainly at Auschwitz. (From late 1944 on, many inmates at Auschwitz were moved to Buchenwald and Belsen). Some Jews had been sent to camps early as political subversives, rather than as Jews, and these tended to be at Dachau and Buchenwald. For the names of the extermination camps, please see the related question.
How did Jews die during World War II apart from the concentration camps?
The largest group was gassed in extermination camps. Many Jews were killed in mass open-air shootings. Other Jews were sent to extermination camps (death camps). Many were gassed on arrival and other were worked to death. And the Jews would be starved, frozen, or shot on the spot. Many died of starvation and/or disease in ghettos and camps.
Where did the Jews live during the Holocaust?
AnswerThey were usually hiding from the Nazi's in abandoned buildings, as for the unlucky Jews, they were living in concentration camps.___Most of them were living in ghettos. Very few were in hiding. After all, hiding for a long time is difficult.
How many Jews were killed outside of the Nazi Concentration Camps during the Holocaust?
It's quite hard to tell because of many things, which are:-Jews were killed sometimes at random by Nazis or SS Soldiers- Some Jews avoided the Concentration Camps and haven't been noticed- Jews could of been killed during battle.Another words, Jews could have died either by the Allies, Axis or by a natural cause like death of old ages.________________The question is not about Jews who were killed as members of the armed forces. A commonly quoted figure for Jews slaughtered in mass open-air killings and who perished in ghettos is about 1.7 million.
Which of the Holocaust camps was first to open?
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How many Jews died in concentration camps during the holocaust?
The total number of Jews killed by the Nazis was about 6 million. Just over half of these died in extermination and concetration camps. The others were killed in mass open air shootings or perished from starvation and disease in ghettos.
How many Jews were killed in the camps overall?
# Killed in open air shootings - about 1.3 million # Died of general privation (for example, in ghettos) - 800,000 # Killed in extermination camps and concentration camps - 3.6-3.7 million
Why did the Holocaust use camps?
The Holocaust had Concentration Camps or Forced labor camps to destroy the Jews. They would force them to go to these camps and give them little food and force them to work until they died, or they just killed them out right. ___ In the then Soviet Union the Nazis often simply shot Jews in open country, but in Western and Central Europe they weren't keen on this. ___ There were different kinds of camps for different purposes. The key distinction is between ordinary concentration camps, which were use for slave labour and extermination camps, which existed only to kill.
Where were Jews under German control sent to in World War 2?
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.
What were the names of the concentration camps where the Jewish people were kept?
Most Jews from Western Europe, Poland and Hungary were sent to extermination camps and gassed as soon as practical after arrival. Most Jews in the Ukraine, Lithuania and Latvia were shot in mass open-air shootings ... The proportion of Jews 'selected' for work was much smaller, and this happened mainly at Auschwitz. (From late 1944 on, many inmates at Auschwitz were moved to Buchenwald and Belsen). Some Jews had been sent to camps early as political subversives, rather than as Jews, and these tended to be at Dachau and Buchenwald. For the names of the extermination camps, please see the related question.
How did Jews die during World War II apart from the concentration camps?
The largest group was gassed in extermination camps. Many Jews were killed in mass open-air shootings. Other Jews were sent to extermination camps (death camps). Many were gassed on arrival and other were worked to death. And the Jews would be starved, frozen, or shot on the spot. Many died of starvation and/or disease in ghettos and camps.
Who many Jews Soviets gypsies and handicappped people died in concentration camps?
About 3.7 million Jews died in extermination camps and a further 2 million in mass open shootings and starvation, especially in ghettos.About 220,000 Roma/Sinti (gypsies) were slaughtered in camps.60% of all Soviet prisoners of war in German hands were killed or died of starvation or ill treatment.
Where did the Nazis murder millions of Jews?
1. In the extermination camps they had during the Holocaust, like Auschwitz. 2. In mass open air shootings by mobile killing units.
Where did the Jews live during the Holocaust?
AnswerThey were usually hiding from the Nazi's in abandoned buildings, as for the unlucky Jews, they were living in concentration camps.___Most of them were living in ghettos. Very few were in hiding. After all, hiding for a long time is difficult.
Where did the Germans kill the Jews?
Most of the killings took place in the extermination camps (in Poland) and in open air shootings further east - in: * Lithuania * Latvia * Belarus * Ukraine * Russia
What is the treatment of the Jewish?
In the Holocaust Jews were treated extremely badly and killed. ________ From 1941 on the Nazis' aim was to kill all the Jews they could find. The main methods used were: 1. Mass open air shootings (especially in Russia, the Ukraine, Belarus and Latvia). 2. Working them to death in concentration camps on grossly inadequate food. 3. Gassing them (at extermination camps, such as the Birkenau section of Auschwitz, Treblinka, Chelmno, Belzec, Sobibor and the death camp section of Majdanek). Before they were sent to camps, many Jews were herded into ghettos, especially in Poland, such as the Warsaw Ghetto. Further Jews were regularly crammed in from surrounding areas. The overcrowding - in the Warsaw Ghetto people had to live 9 to a room - the inadequate food and lack of medication meant that the ghettos suffered from frequent outbreaks of fatal diseases. The overall Jewish death toll in the Holocaust was about 5.7-6 million
