When did the Jews get out of concentration camps?
It is a misconception that Jews were the only ones in the camps.
They did make up a large percentage of the population, but several
other groups were imprisoned there as well. Gypsies, homosexuals,
Jehovah's Witnesses, handicapped, and even those that were just not
liked for political reasons were taken away. As far as when these
people were released depended on what camp they were in, and when
forces came in to liberate them. Not all camps that were closed
were liberated. That usually meant that all the prisoners were
killed or moved to another camp. Even at the camps that were
liberated, there were often thousands of deaths. Here is a
list:
Auschwitz: liberated January 27, 1945
Belzec: Closed without liberation June 1943
Bergen-Belsen: liberated April 15, 1945
Bogdanovka: massacred and closed December 31, 1941
Buchenwald: liberated April 4, 1945
Chelmno: liberated January 20, 1945
Dachau: liberated April 29, 1945
Flossenburg: liberated April 23, 1945
Gross-Rosen: liberated February 14, 1945
Janowska: liquidated after attempted uprising November 19,
1943
Jasenovac: revolt, 80 escaped, remaining 520 killed, April 22,
1945
Kaiserwald: liberated October 13, 1944
Majdanek: liberated July 24, 1944
Maly Trastsianiets: liberated June 28, 1944
Mauthausen-Gusen: liberated May 5, 1945
Neuengamme: May 3, 1945 closed and all 10,000 prisoners killed
in a battle
Ravensbruck: liberated April 30, 1945
Sachsenhausen: liberated April 22, 1945
Sajmiste: Closed September 1944
Sobibor: successful revolt October 14, 1943
Stutthof: liberated May 9, 1945
Theresienstadt: liberated May 1, 1945
Treblinka: successful revolt August 2, 1943
Uckermark: liberated April 30, 1045