CONCENTRATION CAMP |
LOCATION |
TYPE OF CAMP |
OPERATION |
CLOSURE |
PRESENT STATUS |
AUSCHWITZ
BIRKENAU |
Poland |
Annihilation; Forced Labor |
April 1940 January 1945 |
Liberated by USSR |
Camp Preserved |
BELZEC |
Poland |
Annihilation |
March 1942 June 1943 |
Liquidated by Germany |
Monument |
BERGENBELSEN |
Germany |
Holding Center |
April 1943 April 1945 |
Liberated by UK |
Graveyard |
BUCHENWALD |
Germany |
Forced Labor |
July 1937 April 1945 |
Liberated by USA |
Camp preserved; Museum |
CHELMNO |
Poland |
Annihilation |
December 1944 April 1943; April 1944 January 1945
|
Liquidated by Germany |
Monument |
DACHAU |
Germany |
Forced Labor |
March 1933 April 1945 |
Liberated by USA |
Camp preserved; Museum |
DORA/MITTELBAU |
Germany |
Forced Labor |
September 1943 April 1945 |
Liberated by USA |
Memorial Sculpture Plaza |
FLOSSENBÜRG |
Germany |
Forced Labor |
May 1938 April 1945 |
Liberated by USA |
Buildings; Monument |
GROSSROSEN |
Poland |
Forced Labor |
August 1940 February 1945 |
Liberated by USSR |
Camp Preserved; Museum |
JANOWSKA |
Ukraine |
Forced Labor; Annihilation |
September 1941 November 1943 |
Liquidated by Germany |
Not Maintained |
KAISERWALD |
Latvia |
Forced Labor |
March 1943 September 1944 |
Liquidated by Germany |
Not Maintained |
MAJDANEK |
Poland |
Annihilation |
July 1941 July 1944 |
Liberated by USSR |
Camp Preserved; Monument |
MAUTHAUSEN |
Austria |
Forced Labor |
August 1938 May 1945 |
Liberated by USA |
Buildings; Monument |
NATZWEILER/
STRUTHOF |
France |
Forced Labor |
May 1941 September 1944 |
Liquidated by Germany |
Camp Preserved |
NEUENGAMME |
Germany |
Forced Labor |
June 1940 May 1945 |
Liberated by UK |
Used as Prison; Monument |
ORANIENBURG |
Germany |
Holding Center |
March 1933 March 1935 |
Liquidated by Germany |
Not Maintained |
PLASZOW |
Poland |
Forced Labor |
December 1942 January 1945 |
Liquidated by Germany |
Not Maintained |
RAVENSBRÜCK |
Germany |
Forced Labor |
May 1939 April 1945 |
Liberated by USSR |
Buildings; Monument |
SACHSENHAUSEN |
Germany |
Forced Labor |
July 1936 April 1945 |
Liberated by USSR |
Museum; Buildings |
SOBIBOR |
Poland |
Annihilation |
May 1942 October 1943 |
Liquidated by Germany |
Monument |
STUTTHOF |
Poland |
Forced Labor |
September 1939 May 1945 |
Liberated by USSR |
Buildings; Museum |
TEREZIN
(THERESIENSTADT) |
Czech Republic |
Holding Center Transit Ghetto |
November 1941 May 1945 |
Liberated by USSR |
Buildings; Monument |
TREBLINKA |
Poland |
Annihilation |
July 1942 November 1943 |
Liquidated by Germany |
Monument |
WESTERBORK |
Netherlands |
Transit Camp |
October 1939 April 1945 |
Liberated by Canada |
Monument |
