0
Sometimes the terms concentration camp and extermination (or death) camp are, misleadingly, used interchangeably. The sole purpose of extermination camps (death camps) was to kill (usually by gassing).
Most larger concentration camps had several satellite or sub-camps. There were also several small, temporary concentration camps. If one includes all these as well as transit camps and the small number of specialized camps (for example for unruly children), the Nazis ran a total of nearly 1,500 concentration camps in Germany and German-occupied countries. (It is not possible to list them all here, but under the answer there is a link to a full list). For these purposes a concentration camp is a one run by the SS (or in 1933-34) the SA.
Concentration camps were:
- Punishment and deterrent camps (for example, for Communists, socialists, liberals and other political opponents of the Nazi regime, later also for 'antisocial elements' and homosexuals).
- Forced labour camps, where many Jews and others were worked to death on grossly inadequate food.
- For resistance members.
- The first permanent concentration camp was Dachau, located near Munich (22 March 1933).
- Oranienburg, near Berlin, opened the day after Dachau.
- Sachsenhausen (near Berlin)
- Buchenwald is also located in Germany, near Weimar.
- Ravensbrueck (women's camp), North Germany.
- Mauthausen-Gusen (Austria)
- Neuengamme, near Hamburg.
- Flossenbuerg in Bavaria, near the Czech border.
- Bergen-Belsen near Hanover.
- Dora-Mittelbau (originally a satellite camp of Buchenwald)
- Stutthof (near Danzig)
- Gross Rosen
- Plaszow (near Krakow)
- Natzweiler (Alsace)
In addition, there were transit camps, where prisoners were held till they could be sent elsewhere.
Extermination (death) campsThe extermination (death) camps were:- Auschwitz-Birkenau (= Auschwitz II - part only)
- Belzec
- Chelmno
- Majdanek (part only: it was used as a 'back-up' facility when other camps were killing at full capacity. The role of this camp is being looked at again by some Holocaust historians)
- Sobibor
- Treblinka II
These extermination camps were all in Poland.
In addition, Maly Trostenets (near Minsk, Belarus) and Bronnaya Gora (also in Belarus) were extermination camps, but they are not well known as there are no known survivors.
The Auschwitz group of camps and Majdanek were 'dual purpose' camps: they had sections that functioned as extremely brutal hard labour camps, and also a section that was an extermination (death camp). In fact, Auschwitz-Birkenau (also called Auschwitz II) was the largest death camp of all.
The death toll in 'ordinary' concentration camps was high, but over 80% of the inmates of Dachau (a concentration camp) emerged alive; however, Belzec (an extermination camp where 434,500 Jews and an unknown number of Roma and others were gassed) had only two(!) known survivors. There was a real difference.
The number of 'ordinary' camps main camps was about 24. If one includes all the satellite camps and temporary camps, the total was a staggering 1,500 camps. (There is a link below, giving the full list compiled by the Federal German Ministry of Justice. Many of them are not well known in Western Europe and the U.S. However, the last column gives the main camp (or Stammlager) to which the various smaller camps were attached).
In addition, there were transit and collection camps, where people were held temporarily until the SS had a train load of victims to send on to other camps. There were also a few camps for 'unruly' and 'difficult' children aged 12+ (later 8+).
Note the German Wikipedia list (click link below), which is very thorough and includes the early camps, many of which were shut down later, such as Columbia-Haus, Berlin. In addition, in 1967 the Federal German Ministry of Justice compiled a list of all concentration camps - and the total comes to about 1,500. (See link below).
Towards the end of the war conditions in most concentration camps deteriorated sharply.
Have a look at Martin Gilbert's Atlas of the Holocaust.
Please see the related questions.
The name of concentration camps were Auschwitz.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What were the names of different concentration camps?
Extermination Concentraion Labor
What two names were the concentration camps?
Dachau and Ravensbruch <><><><> There were more than 40 Concentration camps, including 11 that were extermination camps.
What happens in a concentration camp?
Any number of things took place in concentration camps. See the answer for the following question, "What were the names and locations of Nazi concentration camps and extermination or death camps?" here on answer.com. it does a good job of answering this question, and explaining, "concentration camp" doesn't always refer to the death camps you are probably thinking of.
What were the names and locations of nazi concentration camps and extermination or death camps in Austria?
Check out the related links and you will find those facts and figures within the documents named.___Actually, the only concentration camp on Austrian soilwere those in the Mauthausen group of camps, which included Gusen and Ebensee. These were among the very harshest Nazi camps (Grade III).
Did Hitler start extermination camps?
Yes. Hitler actively supported, facilitated, and developed the Final Solution which was responsible for the systematic murder of Jews. A critical part of the Final Solution was the creation of massive centers for these murders. They have several different names, such as Death Camps, Concentration Camps, Extermination Camps, etc. but they were all engineered to the same end.
What were the names of different concentration camps?
Extermination Concentraion Labor
What were the names were the concentration camps?
Dachau and Ravensbruch <><><><> There were more than 40 Concentration camps, including 11 that were extermination camps.
What two names were the concentration camps?
Dachau and Ravensbruch <><><><> There were more than 40 Concentration camps, including 11 that were extermination camps.
What happens in a concentration camp?
Any number of things took place in concentration camps. See the answer for the following question, "What were the names and locations of Nazi concentration camps and extermination or death camps?" here on answer.com. it does a good job of answering this question, and explaining, "concentration camp" doesn't always refer to the death camps you are probably thinking of.
What were the names and locations of nazi concentration camps and extermination or death camps in Austria?
Check out the related links and you will find those facts and figures within the documents named.___Actually, the only concentration camp on Austrian soilwere those in the Mauthausen group of camps, which included Gusen and Ebensee. These were among the very harshest Nazi camps (Grade III).
Did Hitler start extermination camps?
Yes. Hitler actively supported, facilitated, and developed the Final Solution which was responsible for the systematic murder of Jews. A critical part of the Final Solution was the creation of massive centers for these murders. They have several different names, such as Death Camps, Concentration Camps, Extermination Camps, etc. but they were all engineered to the same end.
Two names in concentration in World War 2?
There were many concentration camps established and run by the Nazis during WW2, in various countries. Two of the most familiar names among such camps were Belsen (Bergen-Belsen) and Auschwitz (Auschwitz-Birkenau). A list of Nazi concentration and extermination camps, along with other information and references can be found at Wikipedia, here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_concentration_camps
Identify the names and locations of the three concentration camps?
Dachau (near Munich)Buchenwald (near Weimar)Sachsenhausen (near Berlin)
Who were the Jews transported to concentration camps?
There is no list of names. Jews in territory under Nazi control were either: Shot in mass open-air shootings or sent to extermination camps where they were usually gassed soon after arrival or sent to 'ordinary' concentration camps, where most of them were worked to death on grossly inadequate food.
What were some of the names of extermination camps?
Please see the related question below.
What are the names of the internment camps from World War 2?
concentration camps
What camps were the gas chambers located in during the holocaust what were the names of the camps?
concentration camps.
