* Dachau - Near Munich, Bavaria. * Auschwitz I - Near Oswiemcim, about 40 miles SW of Krakow, Poland (then under Nazi occupation). * Birkenau was Auschwitz II and about 1 mile from Auschwitz I (see above). * Buchenwald was near Weimar, Thuringia. Dachau, Auschwitz I and Buchenwald also had several sub-camps, some of which was far away from the main camp.
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Dachau, and Buna
All four are the names of different kinds of Nazi camps. * Dachau and Buchenwald were 'ordinary' concentration camps. (Dachau was a Grade I concentration camp, Buchenwald was Grade II - in other words, harsher). * Ravensbrück was a concentration camp for women only. * The Birkenau section of Auschwitz was mainly an extermination camp that carried out mass gassings on a vast scale, but it also included the main hard labour camp for women in the Auschwitz complex of camps.
No. Dachau was a Grade I concentration camp; Auschwitz was Grade III, which was the harshest grade. Part of the Birkenau section of Auschwitz was an extermination camp.
There were 100s of concentration camps. See related link for list of most of them. To give an example of 3 concentration campsAuschwitz extermination camp in PolandDachau concentration in GermanyBelzec extermination camp in Poland
Auschwitz I Birkenau Monowitz Sobibor Dachau Chelmno Treblinka
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Buchenwald, Dachau, and Buna
All four are the names of different kinds of Nazi camps. * Dachau and Buchenwald were 'ordinary' concentration camps. (Dachau was a Grade I concentration camp, Buchenwald was Grade II - in other words, harsher). * Ravensbrück was a concentration camp for women only. * The Birkenau section of Auschwitz was mainly an extermination camp that carried out mass gassings on a vast scale, but it also included the main hard labour camp for women in the Auschwitz complex of camps.
All four are the names of different kinds of Nazi camps. * Dachau and Buchenwald were 'ordinary' concentration camps. (Dachau was a Grade I concentration camp, Buchenwald was Grade II - in other words, harsher). * Ravensbrück was a concentration camp for women only. * The Birkenau section of Auschwitz was mainly an extermination camp that carried out mass gassings on a vast scale, but it also included the main hard labour camp for women in the Auschwitz complex of camps.
During the Holocaust- Belzec- located in Poland Auschwitz- Birkenau- located in Poland Buchenwald- located in Germany Dachau- first Nazi Concentration Camp, located in Germany go to Jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jource/Holocaust/major_camps.html for more information
No. Dachau was a Grade I concentration camp; Auschwitz was Grade III, which was the harshest grade. Part of the Birkenau section of Auschwitz was an extermination camp.
Auschwitz I Birkenau Monowitz Sobibor Dachau Chelmno Treblinka
There were 100s of concentration camps. See related link for list of most of them. To give an example of 3 concentration campsAuschwitz extermination camp in PolandDachau concentration in GermanyBelzec extermination camp in Poland
Yes you can Visit Auschwitz today, 2 years after Auschwitz was liberated, it becomed an Museum.
* Parts of Auschwitz I and II * A small part of Buchenwald * Part of Majdanek * Dachau
Concentration camps : Mauthausen ; Theresienstad ; Dachau ; Natzweiler ; Flossenburg ; Sachsenhausen ; Gross-Rosen ; Buchenwald ; Vught ; Ravensbruck ; Bergen-Belsen.Extermination camps : Stutthof ; Chelmno ; Treblinka ; Sobibor ; Maidanek ; Belzec ; Auschwitz-Birkenau.
They were all Nazi concentration camps. In addition, part of Auschwitz was an extermination camp.
The Nazi concentration camps were graded I, II and III, with grade I being (in principle, anyway) the least harsh and grade III the harshest. Dachau was Grade I Buchenwald was Grade II Auschwitz I and III were Grade III The extermination camps like Auschwitz-Birkenau (Auschwitz II) and Sobibor were not included in the grading system.