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According to the Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, there were 23 main concentration camps (German: Stammlager), of which most had a system of satellite camps. Including the satellite camps, the total number of Nazi concentration camps that existed at one point in time is at least a thousand, although these did not all exist at the same time.
This article lists some of concentration camps set up by the Third Reich, and includes camps such as Dachau which was set up at first to help the Nazis keep power and control political opponents, and other camps such as Auschwitz which was set up to help fulfil the Final Solution.
Camp NameCountry (today)Camp TypeDates Of UseAlderney, Channel IslandsLabour campJan 1942 – Jun 1944Transit camp and prisonAug 1941 - Apr 1945Labour camp8 Apr 1942 – 11 Oct 1942Extermination and Labour campApr 1940 – Jan 1945Concentration Camps: Table of Contents | Extermination Camps | Major Sub-Camps. Encyclopedia of Jewish and Israeli history, politics and culture, with biographies, statistics, articles and documents on topics from anti-Semitism to Zionism.
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by Chuck Ferree(Holocaust Witness and Liberator) The Holocaustcatastrophe during the years 1933 to 1945 was a massive occurrence. It began in Germany and ultimately engulfed an area encompassing most of the European continent. It was also an event that was experienced by a variety of perpetrators, a multitude of victims and a host of bystanders. Th...
Buchenwald/Dora-Mittelbau Note: Dora-Mittelbauwas the cover name of the subcamp situated at Salza/Thuringe. When Dora became an independent camp in 1943, it had its own subcamp at Ellrich. Ellrich was known as one of the worst external kommando. 1. Abterode (BMW Eisenach) 2. Adorf 3. Allendorf (Gmbh zur Verwertung chem. Erzeugnisse) 4. Altenburg (H...
Mauthausen (Check the "official" homepage of the Mauthausen Memorial for detailed information as well as the Jewish Virtual Librarymaterials.) 1. Amstetten 2. Amstetten (women) 3. Aflenz 4. Redl-Zipf (code name Schlier) 5. Bachmanning 6. Bretstein 7. Dippoldsau 8. Ebensee 9. Ebelsberg (subcommando of Linz III) 10. Eisenerz 11. Enns 12. Florisdorf (...
Theresienstadt 1. Bohusovice 2. Kopisti 3. Litomerice-Radobylberg 4. Litomerice 5. Lovosice (Sputh factory and an oil factory) 6. Nestemice 7. Terezin (Plavy mill) 8. Usti (Schicht factory) 9. Zalhostice 10. Kratzau / Chrastava (subcamp of Gross-Rosen - Rogoznica, Poland)
Natzweiler-Struthof 1. Asbach 2. Auerbach-Bensheim 3. Baden-Baden 4. Bad-Oppenau 5. Balingen 5.1. Bisingen 5.2. Dautmergen 5.3. Dortmettingen 5.4. Erzingen 5.5. Frommern 5.6. Schomberg 5.7. Schorzingen 5.8. Wuste 5.9. Zepfenhan 6. Bernhausen 7. Bingau 8. Bischofsheim 9. * Calw 10. Cernay 11. Cochem 12. Cochem Treis 13. Colmar 14. Darmstadt 15. Daud...
Note:the German names of the camps are followed by the actual Polish names. Auschwitz - Birkenau(Oswiecim - Brzezinka) 1. Altdorf / Stara Wies 2. Althammer / Stara Kusnia 3. Babice 4. Bauzug 5. Beruna 6. Bismarckhütte / Chorzow-Battory 7. Blechhammer / Slawiecice 8. Bobrek / Oscwiecim 9. Budy 10. Brunn / Brono 11. Charlottengrubbe / Rydultowy 12. C...
BolzanoFossoliRisiera di San Sabba (no sub-camp known)RigaRiga-KaiserwaldDundagaEleje-MeitenesFrom 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany operated more than a thousand concentration camps (German: Konzentrationslager), including subcamps on its own territory and in parts of German-occupied Europe. The first camps were established in March 1933 immediately after Adolf Hitler became Chancellor of Germany .
The Nazis murdered their victims at a wide variety of sites, including vehicles, houses, hospitals, fields, concentration camps and purpose-built extermination camps. The six major extermination camps and eight major euthanasia extermination centers are listed here.
Concentration camps, ghettos, Nazi penal institutions: Personal documents about individual prisoners, particularly comprehensive from the Dachau and Buchenwald concentration camps. Lists are also included, such as transport lists and prisoner lists from the various camps.
