Concentration camps started to appear in 1933, when Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor. Camps were established all of Germany. The people who were sent to these camps were those who were thought to be a threat towards the Nazi party. These people were either eliminated or put through endless days of labor with very little food.
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AuschwitzLocation: Southern Poland, near Oświęcim
Auschwitz was established in the year 1940. Over one million died within Auschwitz, it was the central concentration camp and was one of the more bigger ones. It was able to expand after its initial construction with forced labor from the prisoners. |
BuchenwaldLocation: Northwest of Weimar in east central Germany
Established 1937, Buchenwald was originally for just male prisoners. Buchenwald had up to 250,000 prisoners throughout its time. Buchenwald had high security and was also known to carry out medical experiments involving treatments for diseases. |
Buna: sub-campLocation: Southern Poland, near Oświęcim
Buna, also known as Monowitz, was created in 1942. Buna was the biggest Auschwitz sub-camp. Prisoners who were unable to work were executed through the use of gas chambers. In 1945, those prisoners who were not able to evacuate were left to rot in the camp but were later liberated by the red army. |
Gleiwitz: sub-campLocation: Southern Poland, near Oświęcim
Gleiwitz sub-camp was founded in 1944, a lot of prisoners were sent from Auschwitz and would be forced to do hard labor. Most prisoners would be working assembly lines or repairing cars, but some were even put through pointless work like picking up heavy stone slabs and moving them back and forth for no reason. |