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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.
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ViviThere 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 ...
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What Concentration camp was Jeannine Burk stay at?
She was at Buna camp for over 8 years.
What concentration camp was blima weisstuch held?
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp
Why was the Nazis involved in the concentration camp buchenwald?
The Nazis were involved in the concentration camp Buchenwald because it was a camp for political prisoners.
Was jeannine burk ever put into a concentration camp?
No, Jeannine Burks was never put in a concentration camp but her dad was sent to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp and he was exterminated and gassed to death
Which concentration camp did Hannah goslar go to?
Hannah never actually went to a concentration camp. She was sent to two camps, but they weren't concentration camps.
