How long did you stay in a concentration camp?

Answer 1

That varied a lot, especially in the early stages. In the 1930s a few lucky people were released after a few weeks or months. However, most prisoners were held indefinitely or until they died of were killed. For example, Ernst Thaelmann, who had led the Communist Party of Germany was held from 1933 till 1944, when he was murdered. Obviously, in the extermination camps people were killed soon after arrival or worked to death on grossly inadequate food.

Answer 2

There were some inmates who lived in the camps for several years, but nearly all of them were put in non-manual jobs - for example, office jobs - at an early stage. Eugen Kogon, the author of one of the very first books on the concentration camps, The Theory and Practice of Hell, spent about eight years in concentration camps ...