What were the biggest concentration camps?

Auschwitz, also known as Auschwitz-Birkenau, opened in 1940 and was the largest of the Nazi concentration and death camps.

How many died at Dachau?

31,951
Over the 12 years of use as a concentration camp, the Dachau administration recorded the intake of 206,206 prisoners and deaths of 31,951. Crematoria were constructed to dispose of the deceased.

Which countries had concentration camps?

Concentration camps soon flourished around the globe: in France, Russia, Turkey, Austro-Hungary, Brazil, Japan, China, India, Haiti, Cuba, Singapore, Siam, New Zealand, and many other locations. Over time, concentration camps would become a tool in the arsenal of nearly every country.

What was the most brutal concentration camp?

Auschwitz
Auschwitz was the largest and deadliest of six dedicated extermination camps where hundreds of thousands of people were tortured and murdered during World War II and the Holocaust under the orders of Nazi dictator, Adolf Hitler.

What was the worst concentration camp?

Auschwitz–Birkenau
Death toll

Camp Estimated deaths Occupied territory
Auschwitz–Birkenau 1,100,000 Province of Upper Silesia
Treblinka 800,000 General Government district
Bełżec 600,000 General Government district
Chełmno 320,000 District of Reichsgau Wartheland

How did German soldiers react to concentration camps?

Recent German historiography showed that a lot of Germans were definitely aware of the mass killings of Jews (Slavs, mentally disabled, etc.), but not what specifically happened in the concentration camps. You had lots of soldiers who saw these killings and reports of them did make it back to the home front.

Which concentration camp was the worst?

Death toll

Camp Estimated deaths Occupied territory
Auschwitz–Birkenau 1,100,000 Province of Upper Silesia
Treblinka 800,000 General Government district
Bełżec 600,000 General Government district
Chełmno 320,000 District of Reichsgau Wartheland

Who invented concentration camps?

The camps were established by the British as part of their military campaign against two small Afrikaner republics: the ZAR (Transvaal) and the Orange Free State. The scandalous campaign is back in the news following controversial comments by British Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg on a BBC television programme.

What does Auschwitz stand for?

Etymology: From Auschwitz, the German name for the nearby town of Oświęcim. Auschwitznoun. An infamous concentration camp in Poland, and a symbol of Nazi evil. Etymology: From Auschwitz, the German name for the nearby town of Oświęcim.