The Locations Of Nazi Germany’s Concentration & Death Camps – Brilliant Maps

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note:
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not
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any
political
systems.
It
is
for
educational
purposes
only.

The
map
above
shows
the
locations
of
Nazi
Germany’s
concentration
&

death
camps
between
1941
and
1944.

From
the
maps
author:

The
map
shows
key
German
concentration
and
death
camps
from
1941
to
1944,
marked
with
red
and
black
squares.
It
covers
Nazi
Germany
and
occupied
territories,
including
present-day
Poland
and
Austria.

Major
camps
like
Auschwitz
(1940),
Dachau
(1933),
Treblinka
(1942),
and
Bergen-Belsen
(1940)
are
labeled
with
their
founding
years.
The
map
highlights
the
scale
of
the
Nazi
camp
system
during
World
War
II.

During
the

Holocaust’s
Final
Solution,
Nazi
Germany
established
six
extermination
camps
to
carry
out
the
systematic
genocide
of
the
Jews
in
territories
under
its
control.

All
of
these
camps
were
situated
in
the
General
Government
area
of
occupied
Poland—except
for
Chelmno,
which
was
located
in
the
Reichsgau
Wartheland
area
of
German-occupied
Poland
to
better
hide
their
crimes.

Here
is
a
list
of
the
death
camp
locations.

1. 
   Chelmno (December 1941 –
   July 1944).
   A
   minimum,
   152,000
   people
   were
   murdered
   in
   the
   camp.
   Located
   near
   Chełmno
   nad
   Nerem
   (German:
   
   Kulmhof),
   48 km
   (30 mi)
   northwest
   of
   the
   city
   of Łódź.
2. 
   Belzec (March 1942 –
   June 1943).
   Between
   430,000
   and
   500,000
   Jews
   are
   believed
   to
   have
   been
   murdered
   by
   the
   SS
   at
   Bełżec.
   Located
   near
   the
   village
   of
   Bełżec,
   approximately
   114
   km
   (71
   mi)
   southeast
   of
   Lublin.
3. 
   Sobibor (May 1942 –
   November 1943).
   In
   total,
   some
   170,000
   to
   250,000
   people
   were
   murdered
   at
   Sobibor.
   Located
   near
   the
   village
   of
   Sobibór,
   approximately
   80 km
   (50 mi)
   east
   of
   Lublin.
4. 
   Treblinka (July 1942 –
   September 1943).
   It
   is
   estimated
   that
   between
   700,000
   and
   900,000
   Jews
   were
   murdered
   in
   its
   gas
   chambers,
   
   ^{along
   with
   2,000 Romani
   people.
   Located
   near
   the
   village
   of
   Treblinka,
   approximately
   80
   kilometres
   (50
   miles)
   northeast
   of Warsaw.}
5. 
   Majdanek (October 1942 –
   July 1944).
   Some
   60,000
   Jews
   (56,000
   known
   by
   name)
   ^{were
   most
   certainly
   killed
   at
   Majdanek,
   amongst
   its
   almost
   80,000
   counted
   victims.
   Located
   just
   outside
   the
   city
   of Lublin.}
6. 
   Auschwitz-Birkenau (February 1942 –
   November 1944).
   Of
   the 1.3
   million
   people
   sent
   to
   Auschwitz,
   1.1 million
   were
   murdered.
   Located
   near
   the
   town
   of Oświęcim (German: Auschwitz),
   50
   kilometres
   (31 mi)
   west
   of Kraków.

Between
1933
and
1945,
Nazi
Germany
ran
over
a
thousand
concentration
camps
(German:
Konzentrationslager),
including
numerous
subcamps
both
within
its
own
borders
and
throughout
occupied
parts
of
Europe.
You
can
find
a

full
list
here.

Here
are
some
of
the
ones
in
modern
day
Germany,
Austria,
Czech
Republic,
and
Poland:

Germany

• 
  Bergen-Belsen (probably
  2
  sub-camps
  but
  location
  is
  unknown)
• 
  Börgermoor (no
  sub-camp
  known)
• 
  Buchenwald (
  174
  sub-camps
  and
  external
  kommandos)
• 
  Dachau (123
  sub-camps
  and
  external
  kommandos)
• 
  Dieburg (no
  sub-camp
  known)
• 
  Esterwegen (1
  sub-camp)
• 
  Flossenburg (94
  sub-camps
  and
  external
  kommandos)
• 
  Gundelsheim (no
  sub-camp
  known)
• 
  Neuengamme (96
  sub-camps
  and
  external
  kommandos)
• 
  Papenburg (no
  sub-camp
  known)
• 
  Ravensbruck (31
  sub-camps
  and
  external
  kommandos)
• 
  Sachsenhausen (44
  sub-camps
  and
  external
  kommandos)
• 
  Sachsenburg (no
  sub-camp
  known)

Austria

• 
  
  Mauthausen (49
  sub-camps
  and
  external
  kommandos)

Czech
Republic

• Theresienstadt
  (9
  sub-camps)

Poland

• Auschwitz/Birkenau
  –
  Oswiecim-Brzezinka
  (extermination
  camp
  –
  51
  sub-camps)
• Belzec
  (extermination
  camp
  –
  1
  sub-camp)
• Bierznow
• Biesiadka
• Dzierzazna
  &
  Litzmannstadt
  (These
  two
  camps
  were
  “Jugenverwahrlage”,
  children
  camps.
  Hundreds
  of
  children
  and
  teenagers
  considered
  as
  not
  good
  enough
  to
  be
  “Germanized”
  were
  transfered
  to
  these
  places)
• Gross-Rosen
  –
  Rogoznica
  (77
  sub-camps)
• Huta-Komarowska
• Janowska
• Krakow
• Kulmhof
  –
  Chelmno
  (extermination
  camp
  –
  no
  sub-camp
  known)
• Lublin
  (prison
  –
  no
  sub-camp
  known)
• Lwow
  (Lemberg)
• Czwartaki
• Lemberg
• Majdanek
  (extermination
  camp
  –
  3
  sub-camps)
• Mielec
• Pawiak
  (prison
  –
  no
  sub-camp
  known)
• Plaszow
  (work
  camp
  but
  became
  later
  sub-camp
  of
  Majdanek)
• Poniatowa
• Pustkow
  (work
  camp
  –
  no
  sub-camp
  known)
• Radogosz
  (prison
  –
  no
  sub-camp
  known)
• Radom
• Schmolz
• Schokken
• Sobibor
  (extermination
  camp
  –
  no
  sub-camp
  known)
• Stutthof
  –
  Sztutowo
  (40
  sub-camps
  and
  external
  kommandos)
• Treblinka
  (extermination
  camp
  –
  no
  sub-camp
  known)
• Wieliczka
• Zabiwoko
  (work
  camp
  –
  no
  sub-camp
  known)
• Zakopane

What
was
the
difference
between
a
concertation
camp
and
a
death
camp?

Concentration
camps
were
primarily
designed
as
detention
centers
where
prisoners—including
political
opponents,
Jews,
and
other
groups—were
held
under
brutal
conditions,
often
forced
to
perform
hard
labor.

In
contrast,
death
camps
(or
extermination
camps)
were
built
specifically
for
the
systematic
mass
murder
of
prisoners,
using
methods
like
gas
chambers
to
kill
large
numbers
of
people
quickly
and
efficiently.

Concentration
Camps:

• 
  Purpose:
  Originally,
  these
  camps
  were
  established
  to
  detain
  and
  isolate
  groups
  deemed
  undesirable
  by
  the
  Nazi
  regime—such
  as
  political
  prisoners,
  Jews,
  Romani
  people,
  homosexuals,
  and
  others.
  The
  primary
  function
  was
  to
  suppress
  dissent
  and
  to
  force
  these
  prisoners
  into
  labor
  under
  brutal
  conditions.
• 
  Conditions:
  Prisoners
  in
  concentration
  camps
  often
  faced
  overcrowding,
  inadequate
  food,
  harsh
  discipline,
  and
  inhumane
  living
  conditions.
  Many
  died
  as
  a
  result
  of
  starvation,
  disease,
  physical
  abuse,
  or
  forced
  labor.
• 
  Evolution:
  While
  these
  camps
  were
  not
  primarily
  built
  for
  mass
  extermination,
  the
  harsh
  conditions
  often
  led
  to
  high
  mortality
  rates.
  Additionally,
  as
  the
  war
  progressed,
  some
  concentration
  camps
  were
  expanded
  or
  repurposed
  to
  include
  killing
  facilities.

Death
Camps
(Extermination
Camps):

• 
  Purpose:
  These
  were
  designed
  explicitly
  for
  the
  systematic
  mass
  murder
  of
  specific
  groups,
  most
  notably
  the
  Jews,
  as
  part
  of
  the
  Nazis’
  “Final
  Solution.”
  Their
  primary
  goal
  was
  to
  eliminate
  large
  populations
  as
  efficiently
  as
  possible.
• 
  Infrastructure:
  Death
  camps
  were
  equipped
  with
  specialized
  facilities
  for
  mass
  killing,
  such
  as
  gas
  chambers
  and
  crematoria.
  The
  layout
  and
  design
  of
  these
  camps
  were
  intended
  to
  maximize
  the
  speed
  and
  scale
  of
  the
  extermination
  process.
• 
  Operation:
  Unlike
  concentration
  camps,
  where
  death
  often
  resulted
  from
  brutal
  conditions
  and
  neglect,
  death
  camps
  focused
  on
  killing
  as
  the
  primary
  function.
  For
  example,
  camps
  like
  Treblinka,
  Sobibor,
  and
  Chelmno
  had
  the
  sole
  purpose
  of
  extermination,
  while
  camps
  like
  Auschwitz-Birkenau
  served
  as
  both
  concentration
  and
  extermination
  centers,
  with
  sections
  dedicated
  to
  mass
  killing.

Key
Differences:

• 
  Intention:
  Concentration
  camps
  were
  initially
  about
  containment,
  control,
  and
  exploitation
  of
  labor.
  Death
  camps,
  on
  the
  other
  hand,
  were
  built
  for
  deliberate,
  industrialized
  murder.
• 
  Design
  and
  Facilities:
  Death
  camps
  had
  specialized
  murder
  installations
  (gas
  chambers,
  crematoria)
  whereas
  concentration
  camps
  were
  not
  originally
  designed
  with
  these
  features
  in
  mind.
• 
  Outcome:
  While
  both
  types
  of
  camps
  resulted
  in
  immense
  suffering
  and
  loss
  of
  life,
  death
  camps
  were
  characterized
  by
  their
  efficiency
  in
  killing
  large
  numbers
  of
  people
  in
  a
  short
  period,
  reflecting
  the
  Nazis’
  systematic
  approach
  to
  genocide.

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