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Concentration Camps:
|
|
CAMP NAME |
LOCATION
|
CAMP TYPE
|
DATES OF USE
|
CLOSURE
|
PRESENT STATUS
|
| Auschwitz - Birkenau | Poland |
Annihilation; Forced Labor |
April 1940 January 1945 |
Liberation (USSR) |
Preserved (Museum) |
| Belzec | Poland |
Annihilation |
March 1942 June 1943 |
Liquidation |
Monument |
| Bergen-Belsen | Germany |
Holding Center |
April 1943 April 1945 |
Liberation (UK) |
Graveyard |
| Buchenwald | Germany |
Forced Labor |
July 1937 April 1945 |
Liberation (USA) |
Preserved (Museum) |
| Chelmno | Poland |
Annihilation |
December 1944 April 1943; April 1944 January 1945 |
Liquidation |
Monument |
| Dachau | Germany |
Forced Labor |
March 1933 April 1945 |
Liberation (USA) |
Preserved (Museum) |
| Dora - Mittelbau | Germany |
Forced Labor |
September 1943 April 1945 |
Liberation (USA) |
Memorial Sculpture |
| Flossenburg | Germany |
Forced Labor |
May 1938 April 1945 |
Liberation (USA) |
Monument |
| Gross-Rosen | Poland |
Forced Labor |
August 1940 - February 1945 |
Liberation (USSR) |
Preserved (Museum) |
| Janowska | Ukraine |
Annihilation; Forced Labor |
September 1941 November 1943 |
Liquidation |
Not Maintained |
| Kaiserwald | Latvia |
Forced Labor |
March 1943 September 1944 |
Liquidation |
Not Maintained |
| Majdanek | Poland |
Annihilation |
July 1941 July 1944 |
Liberation (USSR) |
Preserved (Museum) |
| Mauthausen | Austria |
Forced Labor |
August 1938 May 1945 |
Liberation (USA) |
Monument |
| Natzweiler - Struthof | France |
Forced Labor |
May 1941 September 1944 |
Liquidation |
Preserved |
| Neuengamme | Germany |
Forced Labor |
June 1940 May 1945 |
Liberation (UK) |
Monument (Prison) |
| Oranienburg | Germany |
Holding Center |
March 1933 March 1935 |
Liquidation |
Not Maintained |
| Plaszow | Poland |
Forced Labor |
December 1942 January 1945 |
Liquidation |
Not Maintained |
| Ravensbruck | Germany |
Forced Labor |
May 1939 April 1945 |
Liberation (USSR) |
Monument |
| Sachsenhausen | Germany |
Forced Labor |
July 1936 - |
Liberation (USSR) |
Preserved (Museum) |
| Sobibor | Poland |
Annihilation |
May 1942 - October 1943 |
Liquidation |
Monument |
| Stutthof | Poland |
Forced Labor |
September 1939 May 1945 |
Liberation (USSR) |
Preserved (Museum) |
| Terezin (Theresienstadt) | Czech Republic |
Holding Center/Transit |
November 1941 May 1945 |
Liberation (USSR) |
Monument |
| Treblinka | Poland |
Annihilation |
July 1942 November 1943 |
Liquidation |
Monument |
| Westerbork | Netherlands |
Transit Camp |
October 1939 April 1945 |
Liberation (Canada) |
Monument |
Source: Copyright The Simon Wiesenthal Center
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