Camps That Kill World War II was an extremely devastating time in world history. Many people in Europe were affected by this awful event. Before the war, people such as Jews and Gypsies were tortured in horrific ways. They were sent to Concentration Camps. These camps became sites for mass murders of small targeting groups after the beginning of the war. In March of 1933, the Dachau concentration camp was the first camp to be established by the Nazi government. This camp is located in the northeastern part of the town of Dachau. During the first year of this camp being open, it held approximately 4,800 prisoners (Dachau). By 1937, the number of prisoners in the camp had gone up to 13,260. In August 1944, they had opened a women’s camp inside …show more content…
This camp was located in Upper Silesia (Killing Centers). Rudolph Huss was the first to become commandant of Auschwits in April of 1940. The camp went from 18,000 people in December to 30,000 people in March. A women’s camp was added in August that held 6,000 inmates. A section for Gypsies was also added in March of 1942 (Auschwitz-Birkenanu: History & Overview). Chelmno was the first killing facility to begin operations. This took place in December 1941 (Killing Centers). The commandant of this camp was Herbert Lange. There are only seven Jews that are known to escape this camp. They all worked in the burial detachment. Police authorities established this camp to annihilate the Jewish population (Chelmo). The Belzec extermination camp was one of the smaller camps (Belzec Concentration Camps). Belzec was established on November 1, 1941. It was the second camp to be housed with gas chambers and brutal pits (Belzec Concentration Camp: History & Overview). During some of the earlier months in 1943, the corpses of the murdered Jews were burned in open air pits (Belzec Concentration Camps). It was a small camp that was divided into two sections, each surrounded by barbed wire fences. About 600,000 Jews and Gypsies were murdered in this camp (Belzec Concentration Camp: History &