Sachsenhausen : The Prison Population of Sachsenhausen
The figures in the table show the fluctuation of the Sachsenhausen prison population (as of the end of December of each year).
1936 | 2,000 |
1937 | 2,523 |
1938 | 8,309 |
1939 | 12,168 |
1940 | 11,697 |
1941 | 11,111 |
1942 | 16,577 |
1943 | 28,224 |
1944 | 47,709 |
The total number of persons imprisoned in Sachsenhausen was approximately 200,000.
Sources: Gutman, Israel. ed. Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. Vols. 1-4. NY: Macmillan, 1995.