How many Nazi concentration camps & sub camps were there?

From its rise to power in 1933, the Nazi regime built a series of detention facilities to imprison and eliminate so-called "enemies of the state. read more

Most people are familiar with the names of the major concentration camps - Auschwitz, Buchenwald, Dachau, and Treblinka, for example - but few realize that these were not the only places where Jews and other prisoners were held by the Nazis. read more

Though the term 'concentration camp' is often used as a general term for all German camps, there were in fact several types of concentration camps in the German camp system during World War II. read more

In some camps, Nazi doctors performed medical experiments on prisoners. Following the June 1941 German invasion of the Soviet Union, the Nazis increased the number of prisoner-of-war (POW) camps. Some new camps were built at existing concentration camp complexes (such as Auschwitz) in occupied Poland. read more