many people got prisoners from Auschwitz, the Buna works probably got the most.
The only Nazi camp that tattooed prisoners was the Auschwitz group, where prisoners selected for work were tattooed. Prisoners at other camps and those sent immediately to be gassed at Auschwitz were not tattooed.
Because Auschwitz was the toughest concentration camp in the world at that moment.
No. Only the Auschwitz group of camps used tattoos - and then only for prisoners selected for work.
The Auschwitz group of camps were the only ones that used tattoos. Tattoos were not used at other camps, though obviously prisoners transferred from Auschwitz to Buchenwald or Bergen-Belsen still had their tattoos. (Note that prisoners who were sent to the gas chambers immediately on arrival at Auschwitz were not tattoed).
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The only Nazi camp that tattooed prisoners was the Auschwitz group, where prisoners selected for work were tattooed. Prisoners at other camps and those sent immediately to be gassed at Auschwitz were not tattooed.
Because Auschwitz was the toughest concentration camp in the world at that moment.
The sanitary at Auschwitz was very poor for the prisoners in it.
No. Only the Auschwitz group of camps used tattoos - and then only for prisoners selected for work.
Auschwity Prisoners were mainly from Hungary and Poland
The Auschwitz group of camps were the only ones that used tattoos. Tattoos were not used at other camps, though obviously prisoners transferred from Auschwitz to Buchenwald or Bergen-Belsen still had their tattoos. (Note that prisoners who were sent to the gas chambers immediately on arrival at Auschwitz were not tattoed).
No, of course not.
unpleasant, especially for the prisoners.
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About 17,000 at Auschwitz I, II and III combined.
About 300 prisoners escaped from Auschwitz without being recaptured.
* It was permanent. * It was cheap. * It was degrading. * It helped the Nazis keep tabs on prisoners. Obviously, the tattooed numbers were only given to prisoners selected for work. Moreoever, it was used only at the Auschwitz group of camps.