Because Auschwitz was the toughest concentration camp in the world at that moment.
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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.
Yes, prisoners at the Flossenbürg concentration camp were tattooed. In many concentration camps, including Flossenbürg, prisoners were marked with a series of numbers as a means of identification. These tattoos were typically placed on the prisoner's forearm.
Several methods of identifying prisoners were used in concentration camps, with tattoos only being used at Auschwitz. There was no set name for these tattoos.
They were Auschwitz concentration camp numbers and did not have any 'meaning'.
Auschwitz I was the original Auschwitz camp, set up in May 1940, mainly for Polish political prisoners and the Polish elites. It also housed the main administrative offices for the whole complex of camps as well as the blocks where medical experiments were carried out, and execution chambers.