How many people were at the Auschwitz concentration camp?

Answer 1

An estimated 170,000 to 360,000 persons of 22 nationalities (chiefly Jews, Russians, and Poles) died there.

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The most recent estimate - by the research staff at the Majdanek Museum - is about 79,000. (Those very high figures above were issued by the Soviet Union shortly after the war and are unsupported by solid evidence). Please see the link.

Answer 2

The number of people at the main two sections of Auschwitz (I and II) was seldom more than about 16,000-20,000 at any one time. In particular, the arrival of trains with fresh loads of victims was staggered to allow for selection, gassing and cremation. Some, like Anne and Margot Frank, were moved to other camps.

Answer 3

There have been no end of problems with the figures for Majdanek, and they have been frequently and drastically revised - downwards in every case. Research done by the museum at Majdanek states that about 78,000 people were killed there, of whom 59,000 were Jews. However, these figures are not necessarily definitive.

The long-standing view that Majdanek was one of the major extermination camps has also been revised. It seems that first and foremost it was an extremely harsh concnetration camp, but that it was also used as a back-up killing centre when the others were working at full capacity.

Please see the links.

Answer 4

None. There were no Polish concentration camps. Of course there were German concentration camps in occupied Poland, where several millions died, but that is another matter.

Answer 5

do you mean how many people can fit: ie one person per square foot? or how many people were housed/held in Auschwitz at its largest capacity.