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It wasn't just in January, since October 1944, the SS began deporting prisoners to other camps, so that they can kill them quicker. It wasn't intill November 25th 1944 when they starting to mass deporting and mass killing as much people as they can because on this day, Himmler orders the destruction of the Auschwitz-Birkenau gas chambers and crematoria. During this attempt to destroy the evidence of mass killings, prisoners are forced to dismantle and dynamite the structures. So then they started sending them onto Death Marches to the west because of the advancing Soviet Red Army.
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Which prisoners were not tattooed?
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.
Were tattoos used to identify prisoners in Bergen-Belsen and Buchenwald?
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).
Did only Jews have numbers tatooed onto their arms at Auschwitz or were Polish political prisoners also forced to have numbers as well?
All prisoners who were forced labourers at the Auschwitz complex of camps had a number tattooed on them. Tattooed numbers were not used at other camps.
Were Polish prisoners tattooed in concentration camps?
In the Auschwitz group of camps (which by 1943 included 45 subcamps) prisoners used as labourers were tattoed, whether Jews or non-Jews). So this would have included the non-Jewish Polish prisoners. At other camps, the prisoners were generally not tattooed.
How many death camps were in Auschwitz?
The extermination camp was located in Birkenau, also known as Auschwitz II. However, in the other camps that made up the Auschwitz group or complex, prisoners were worked to death on inadequate rations. Please see the related question.
Which prisoners were not tattooed?
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.
Were tattoos used to identify prisoners in Bergen-Belsen and Buchenwald?
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).
Did only Jews have numbers tatooed onto their arms at Auschwitz or were Polish political prisoners also forced to have numbers as well?
All prisoners who were forced labourers at the Auschwitz complex of camps had a number tattooed on them. Tattooed numbers were not used at other camps.
Were Polish prisoners tattooed in concentration camps?
In the Auschwitz group of camps (which by 1943 included 45 subcamps) prisoners used as labourers were tattoed, whether Jews or non-Jews). So this would have included the non-Jewish Polish prisoners. At other camps, the prisoners were generally not tattooed.
How many death camps were in Auschwitz?
The extermination camp was located in Birkenau, also known as Auschwitz II. However, in the other camps that made up the Auschwitz group or complex, prisoners were worked to death on inadequate rations. Please see the related question.
In which two towns did Hitler set up concentration camps designed to systematically destroy Jews and other prisoners?
In Auschwitz and in Dachau
What were prisoners jobs at Auchwitz?
Auschwitz was a extermination camp, unlike other camps, people were brought there solely for the purpose to be exterminated, not to work.
Did any other types of prisoners have tattoos involuntarily for example people held in labor camps in Ukraine and are there any examples of such tattooes?
The only Nazi camp that tattoed prisoners was Auschwitz.
How did the Auschwitz camp come to be close or disbanded?
Auschwitz was liberated by the Soviet Army on 27 January 1945. Shortly before that, the SS had blown up the gas chambers and had sent most of the prisoners on death marches to other camps. The Soviet forces had no use for Auschwitz and it was abandoned, but in 1947 the Polish government decided to preserve part of it as a museum.
Was Auschwitz just one camp?
No, there was 2 camps. Auschwitz was one and the other one was Auschwitz berkenau. There were three main camps, the third being Monowitz.
How many Jews were sent to Auschwitz from other Concentration Camps or Sub Camps?
According to numerouse sources and figures, Their's an estimate of 34,000 Jews were sent to Auschwitz from other Nazi Concentration Camps or Sub-Camps. According to most Historians, it widely agreed that 33,734 Jews were sent to Auschwitz from other Nazi Concentration Camps or Sub-Camps.
What did buchenwald do in World War 2?
Buchenwald was a sister camp of Auschwitz. They operated as 'Death Camps' annihalating large numbers of Jews and other Political prisoners and disposing of their bodies.
