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What concentration camp held only women prisoners?
Ravensbrück was an all-female camp and had some of the very worst female camp guards.
What is the purpose of Camp david?
It was usually called a "retreat", as it is located in secluded woods. However, several Presidents have held meetings with heads of state at Camp David.
Where was general combat intelligence training held during World War 2?
Camp Ritchie, MD
Where would prisoners stay in world war 2?
The majority of prisoners of war (POWs) were Allied airmen, whose planes crashed in Occupied France, Belgium or Holland. Anyone who supported the German forces would report these airmen to their local authoritary, and troops or police officers would be sent to round them up.
What is the difference between a transit camp and a ghetto during the Holocaust?
When Hitler gained he enforced strict laws on Jews that just kept getting harsher and harsher. Ghettos were usally a sectioned of area in a major city suronded by barbed wire fences and gaurded by Nazis. Ghettos were the place were all the Jews and other undesireables being persecuted by Hitler were sent. These places were impoverished and filthy. People lived and worked in the ghettos but many were forced to do cruel jobs ebforced by the Nazis. When the ghettos got to full the Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps. Before the Jews were sent to the concentration camps they were sent to transit camps. Transit camps were where Jews stayed until they were sent to the concentration camp. It was sort of a sorting ground like some may have been sent to Auschwitz well others were sent to Birkenau. Transit camps were similar to concentration camps but the conditions were significanty better. To learn more about this topic and the holocaust I encourage you to visit United States Holocaust Memorial Museum at USHMM.org
What was the name of the concentration camp where Blima Weisstuch was held?
Bergen-Belsen camp in Lower Saxony near the city of Celle.
Who was held in a concentration camp?
Anyone the Germans could capture.
How many people were held in breendonk concentration camp?
Fewer than 4,000
What concentration camp held only women prisoners?
Ravensbrück was an all-female camp and had some of the very worst female camp guards.
What concentration camp was Pastor Niemoeller located in?
At first he was held in Sachsenhausen, then transferred to Dachau.
What happen to the concentration camp after anne frank died?
After Anne Frank's death, the concentration camp where she was held, Bergen-Belsen, was liberated by British troops in April 1945. The camp was later torn down and a memorial was built to honor the victims.
What happens to Anne franks concentration camp a few weeks after Anne's death?
Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, where Anne Frank was held, was liberated by British forces in April 1945, a few weeks after Anne's death. The camp was overcrowded, unsanitary, and many prisoners were suffering from disease and malnutrition. The liberation brought an end to the suffering of those held in the camp, but many had already died in the weeks leading up to the liberation.
How many people died in the Gleiwitz concentration camp?
During the holocaust, Gleiwitz concentration camp in Gliwice, Poland, was operational between March of 1944 and January of 1945. During this time the camp held around 1,300 prisoners. It is thought that many, if not all, of these prisoners died.
What happened to the concentration camp after Anne died?
After Anne Frank died, the concentration camp where she was held, Bergen-Belsen, was liberated by British forces in April 1945. The camp was then used as a displaced persons camp for survivors before being eventually demolished in the 1950s. Today, Bergen-Belsen is a memorial site and museum to remember the victims of the Holocaust.
Who was held at the Auschwitz concentration camp?
some were held for slave labor,but most were exterminated upon arrival at Auschwitz.This included Jews from across Europe,Poles,Russians,Gypsies.
Where did they put the Jewish once they arrived in a concentration camp?
Temporarily they were held in large, unheated barraks. Until the Germans were ready to kill them or work them to death.
What was the difference between the concentration camp and extermination camp?
Technically all camps were within the concentration camp system, there were labour camps, transit camps and extermination camps. Concentration camps were generally intended for civillians, initially just for criminals, but gradually more types were included. Extermination camps were established about seven and a half years after the first concentration camps. They were much smaller than the average concentration camps (Auschwitz is an exception as it was both), as they only held enough inmates that were needed to opperate the gas chambers/vans and the cramatoria.
