What was the life span of a prisoner in concentration camps?

Answer 1

One to three months if you avoided immediate selection. ___ It varied considerably depending on: * The precise type of camp * The kind of work allocated to the prisoner * The actual time when the prisoner was sent there * The category of prisoner A few prisoners succeeded in surviving for several years.

Answer 2

the average life expectancy of a Jew was about two weeks, this average does not include those who were killed on arrival, but for those who entered into the general population. Obviously it was easier to stay alive in the summer than the winter. There were of course exceptions, where people managed to stay alive for years.

For non-Jews it was easier to stay alive.

Answer 3

That varied enormously. Some survived World War 2 (for example, Elie Wiesel and Eugen Kogon). The answer to the question depends on things like: # The camp. # The time (year and month) when the inmate arrived. (Conditions became worse as World War 2 wore on). # The prisoner's state of health on arrival. # The kind of work that a prisoner had to do.

Answer 4

Provided they were not among those selected on arrival for immediate "liquidation", not quite nine months. The SS actually had this figured down precisely to an exact number of days, on average, which it would take to work/starve a person to death. They also had calculated to the pfennig precisely what the net financial return per prisoner would be, after deducting for whatever food like items they were given, and including sums realized from selling their gold tooth fillings and hair, clothing, shoes and jewelry, old eyeglasses, etc.

Answer 5

That varied enormously depending on things like:

1. The camp you were in and when.
2. Your state of health on arrival.
3. Your actual work in the camp.

Regarding 1, there were different kinds of camps and they were graded I (the mildest, such as Dachau), II and III (the harshes, such as the Mauthausen group and Auschwitz III). Conditions in all camps deteriorated in the last few months of the war In addition, from December 1941 on, there were extermination camps that usually aimed to kill most new arrivals within hours.

In the early stages, some prisoners were even released.

Answer 6

On average, about 7-8 months. Obviously, this only applies to those selected for work. Many were gassed soon after arrival.

Answer 7

about two hours.

Answer 8

two weeks