Auschwitz/ Birkenau

LocationAuschwitz/Birkenau is located in

Oswiecim, Poland

Established/Liberated Auschwitz/Birkenau was

established on October 8th 1941. Then it was liberated on January 27th 1945.

Number KilledIt is estimated that The Nazis

killed 2.1 to 2.5 million Jews, Gypsies, and Homosexuals in Auschwitz/Birkenau, But that is only an estimate. People think that at least 4 million were killed by the Nazis in that one camp!

Purpose of the CampAuschwitz/ Birkenau is a Sub

camp but it was also an extermination camp.

Interesting facts 1. Auschwitz/ Birkenau was

liberated by the red army or the Soviet Union.

2. There was a total of 7 gas chambers in Auschwitz/ Birkenau.

3. There were 3 Crematoriums were they burned the dead into ashes.

4. This camp had more security than any other camp in Poland

Bergen-Belsen

LocationBergen-Belsen is located in Lower

Saxony, Germany.

Established/LiberatedBergen-Belsen was established in

1940 and was liberated in April 15th 1945 by British troops.

Number KilledIt is estimated that about 18,000

people died every month in this camp by the end it is thought to have killed about 2 million people.

Purpose of the CampThis camp was originally a

Prisoner of war camp but was then turned into a death camp.

FactsAnne Frank was sent here and

died here.This camp was liberated by the

British.About 20,000 died in one monthAnne Franks Margot also died

here

Westerbork

LocationThe location of Westerbork is in

the Netherlands near the towns Westerbork and Assen

Established/LiberatedThis camp was established in

October 1939 and was liberated in April 1945.

Number killedUnlike the other camps

Westerbork was a deportation camp we it send 54,940 Jews to Auschwitz, 34,313 to Sobibor, 4,771 to Theresienstadt ghetto and 3,762 to Bergen Belsen.

Purpose of the campThe Purpose of this camp was a

Deportation camp where it would house Jewish refugees mainly from Germany.

FactsThis was a deportation campLiberated by Canadian allies Anne Frank was kept here then

deported to Bergen-Belsen Etty Hillesum was also kept here

Belzec

LocationBelzec was located in Belzec

Southeastern Poland near Lvov (L’viv)

Establishment/LiberationIt was established in March

1941and was not liberated it was dismantled by the Nazis and they killed everyone there then they Planted trees and crops to disguise it as a farm

Number killedIt is thought that about 600,000

were killed by Nazis in this camp

Purpose of the CampThis camp was a deportation

camp and an extermination camp. It is estimated that about 434,500 Jews were deported to other camps.

FactsReports of killing by

electrocution.No one knew about Belzec

because it was taken down and turned into a farm by the Nazis.

This was one of the most Mysterious camps because there were absolutely no records of it.

There is still many questions about Belzec.

Majdanek

LocationMajdanek is located in the

outskirts of Lublin, Poland

Establishment/LiberationIt was established in October 1,

1941and then Liberated By the Soviet Union in July 23, 1944.

Number KilledWhen the Soviets liberated the

camp They thought to have seen at least 1.7 million Jews dead there in a big pile but when they revised their numbers they counted 1.5 million Jews dead.

Purpose of the camp This camp was originally a POW

camp but then changed to and extermination camp for Jews.

Facts The area of the camp was about 2.7 sq. kilometers,

surrounded by an electrified barbed wire fence and watch-towers. It was surrounded by workshops and storage facilities.

The first inmates were Polish political prisoners, Polish Jews and 5,000 Soviet POWs who arrived in October 1941.

The gas used in this camp was the same as the gas used in Auschwitz/ Birkenau Zyklon-B

The largest massacre occurred on November 3, 1943, when 17,000 Jews were machine-gunned to death as part of the 'Erntefest Aktion'. It is estimated that up to 500,000 people passed through Majdanek, of whom 200,000 perished. Approximately 125,000 of these were Jews.

BIBLIOGRAPHYhttp://www.ushmm.org/wlc/article

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http://history1900s.about.com/cs/bergenbelsen/

http://www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/Camps/AuschwitzEng.html

http://www.shoaheducation.com/camps/location.html#belzec

http://www.scrapbookpages.com/poland/majdanek/Majdanek.html