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No. Historians distiguish between #1 extermination campsand #2 ordinary concentration camps. The extermination camps were killing centres and served no other function and had very few survivors. Conditions at concentration camps varied and many inmates survived.
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Why did they called it concentration camps instead of death camps?
All camps were technically concentration camps, generally the extermination camps were called 'death camps'.
What forces the franks into hiding?
concentration camps, labor working, and killing of all jews
What countries had gas chambers?
The six concentration camps with gas chambers (Extermination Camps) were all in Poland. _________________ Some other concetration camps, such as Stutthof (technically in Danzig) had small gas chambers for killing prisoners no longer able to work.
Why would most of the concentration camps used for labor be located in Germany?
They were ALL located in Germany during the Holocaust besides a few in the taken-over Poland. They were all there because Germany was killing the Jews and they can't put the concentration camps on other countries' land. Besides, they didn't want anyone to know about them killing the Jews. Basically, this is a common sense answer, but still I have studied WW2 for a long time.
What do Auschwitz and Dachau and Buchenwald have in common?
They were all Nazi concentration camps. In addition, part of Auschwitz was an extermination camp.
What are the impacts Hitler had from 1943 to 1945?
He increased his killing capacity of Jews by converting several concentration camps into death camps. At their peak killing capacity, all the death camps combined were killing an estimated 30,000-40,000 Jews, homosexuals, gypsies, etc., each day.
What rights did Jews have in concentration camps?
The inmates of concentration camps had no rights at all.
Why did they called it concentration camps instead of death camps?
All camps were technically concentration camps, generally the extermination camps were called 'death camps'.
Why did anne frank family go in to hidden?
They went into Hiding because Hitler and all the Germans were taking all the Jews into concentration camps and killing them
Were Jews beaten in concentration camps?
yes, all inmates were beaten in concentration camps.
Were the Jews aware of the concentration camps?
Just about everyone in Germany and German-occupied countries was aware of concentration camps as punishment camps. (After all, Dachau had been opened in March 1933 amid considerable publicity). However, very few people knew about the extermination camps, which existed solely for the purpose of killing.
What are all the different concentration camps used during World War 2?
Concentration Camps Transit Camps Labour Camps Death Camps Extermination Camps.
What forces the franks into hiding?
concentration camps, labor working, and killing of all jews
What countries had gas chambers?
The six concentration camps with gas chambers (Extermination Camps) were all in Poland. _________________ Some other concetration camps, such as Stutthof (technically in Danzig) had small gas chambers for killing prisoners no longer able to work.
Why were did the pajamas have to be striped in concentration camps?
The uniforms of the inmates in concentration camps did not have to be striped, this was just the design chosen for all camps across the Reich.
What country did not have concentration camps?
All the countries which were not invaded by the Nazis including Britain didn't have any Concentration Camps.
Why would most of the concentration camps used for labor be located in Germany?
They were ALL located in Germany during the Holocaust besides a few in the taken-over Poland. They were all there because Germany was killing the Jews and they can't put the concentration camps on other countries' land. Besides, they didn't want anyone to know about them killing the Jews. Basically, this is a common sense answer, but still I have studied WW2 for a long time.
