Concentration Camps
Recipe For Disaster
Savage Brutality
Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi regime from Germany operated over 1,000 concentration camps. Some of them were established on German territories, but they expanded to occupied countries as well. Some camps were turned into death or extermination camps, meaning their only purpose was to kill as many people as possible, primarily Jews.
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Treblinka operated for slightly more than two years, but it quickly became one of the main camps in the Nazi regime’s solution against subhuman individuals. Nazis tried to hide evidence by dismantling it before leaving.
Dachau grew to become one of the most varied camps operated by Nazis, featuring about 100 different subcamps. Prisoners were exposed to occasional murders, as well as brutal torture methods.
Bełżec operated for just over a year, but it became a central camp in getting rid of prisoners. It had five open air grids to burn corpses. Bone crushing was also common in trying to hide any evidence.
Majdanek became popular for its size and numerous torture and murder solutions. It was captured almost intact, as Nazi forces were surprised by the fast advancement of the Soviet Union. It revealed plenty of evidence.
Buchenwald was initially built to host communist prisoners. With time, its uses became more diversified, especially since prisoners started coming from all over Europe. It had 139 subcamps, so it was among the largest Nazi camps.
Nazis operated thousands of camps. Some of them are known to historians due to their size and general uses. Others were successfully dismantled and hidden, so chances are they’ll never be discovered.