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List of German concentration camps
- See also the related article on Nazi concentration camps
The following is a list of German concentration camps during World War II. Extermination camps are marked with pink, while major concentration camps of other types are marked with blue.
| Name of the camp | Country (today) | Type of camp | Operation time | Estimated number of prisoners | Estimated number of deaths | Subcamps | Webpage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arbeitsdorf | Germany | Labour camp | April 8, 1942 - October 11, 1942 | min. 600 | |||
| Auschwitz-Birkenau | Poland | Extermination and labour camp | April 1940 - January 1945 | 400,000 | 1,100,000 - 1,500,000 | list | [1] |
| Bełżec | Poland | Extermination camp | March 1942 - June 1943 | 600,000 | [2] | ||
| Bergen-Belsen | Germany | Collective point | April 1943 - April 1945 | 70,000 | [3] | ||
| Bredtvet | Norway | concentration camp | ? | ? | ? | ? | |
| Breendonk | Belgium | Prison and labour camp | September 20, 1940 - September 1944 | min. 3532 | min. 391 | none | [4] |
| Breitenau | Germany | "Eearly wild camp", then labour camp | June 1933 - March 1934, 1940 - 1945 | 470; 8500 | [5] | ||
| Buchenwald | Germany | labour camp | July 1937 - April 1945 | 250,000 | 56,000 | list | [6] |
| Chełmno | Poland | Extermination camp | December 1941 - April 1943; | 340,000 | |||
| Dachau | Germany | labour camp | March 1933 - April 1945 | 200,000 | min. 30,000 | list | [7] |
| Falstad | Norway | Prison camp | December 1941 - May 1945 | min. 200 | none | [8] [9] | |
| Flossenbürg | Germany | labour camp | May 1938 - April 1945 | min. 100,000 | 30,000 | list | [10] |
| Grini | Norway | Prison camp | December June 14, 1941 - May 1945 | unknown | none | ||
| Gross-Rosen | Germany | Labour camp | August 1940 - February 1945 | 125,000 | 40,000 | list | [11] |
| Herzogenbusch | Holland | Prison and transit camp | 1943-summer 1944 | list | [12] [13] | ||
| Hinzert | Germany | Collective point and subcamp camp | July 1940 - March 1945 | 14,000 | min. 302 | [14] | |
| Kaufering/Landsberg | Germany | labour camp | June 1943 - April 1945 | 30,000 | min.14,500 | [15] | |
| Kauen (Kaunas) | Lithuania | Ghetto and internment camp | Prawienischken | [16] | |||
| Langenstein Zwieberge | Germany | Buchenwald subcamp camp | April 1944 - April 1945 | 5,000 | 2,000 | ||
| Le Vernet | France | Internment camp | 1939 - 1944 | ||||
| Lwów, Janowska street (L'viv) | Ukraine | Extermination and labour camp | September 1941 - November 1943 | ||||
| Majdanek (KZ Lublin) | Poland | Extermination camp | July 1941 - July 1944 | min. 200,000 | [17] | ||
| Malchow | Germany | - May 8, 1945 | |||||
| Maly Trostenets | Belarus | Extermination camp | July 1941 - June 1944 | 200,000-500,000 | [18] | ||
| Mauthausen-Gusen | Austria | labour camp | August 1938 - May 1945 | 195,000 | min. 95,000 | list | [19] |
| Mittelbau-Dora | Germany | Labour camp | September 1943 - April 1945 | 60,000 | min. 20,000 | list | [20] |
| Natzweiler-Struthof | France | labour camp | May 1941 - September 1944 | 40,000 | 25,000 | list | [21] |
| Neuengamme | Germany | Labour camp | December 13,1938 - May 4, 1945 | 106,000 | 55,000 | list | [22] |
| Niederhagen | Germany | Prison and labour camp | September 1941 - early 1943 | 3,900 | 1,285 | none | [23] |
| Oranienburg | Germany | Collective point | March 1933 - July 1934 | 3,000 | min. 16 | [24] | |
| Osthofen | Germany | Collective point | March 1933 - July 1934 | ||||
| Płaszów | Poland | labour camp | December 1942 - January 1945 | min. 150,000 | min. 9,000 | list | [25], [26] |
| Ravensbrück | Germany | Labour camp | May 1939 - April 1945 | 150,000 | (min. 90,000) | list | [27] |
| Riga-Kaiserwald (Mežaparks) | Latvia | Labour camp | 1942 - August 6, 1944 | 20,000? | 16, incl. Eleja-Meitenes | [28] | |
| Sachsenhausen | Germany | Labour camp | July 1936 - April 1945 | min. 200,000 | (100,000) | list | [29] |
| Sobibór | Poland | Extermination camp | May 1942 - October 1943 | 250,000 | [30] | ||
| Stutthof | Poland | Labour camp | September 1939 - May 1945 | 110,000 | 65,000 | list | [31] |
| Lager Sylt (Alderney) | United Kingdom | Labour camp | March 1943 - June, 1944 | 1000? | 460 | none | [32] |
| Theresienstadt (Terezín) | Czech Republic | Transit camp and Ghetto | November 1941 - May 1945 | 140,000 | 35,000 | [33] | |
| Treblinka | Poland | Extermination camp | July 1942 - November 1943 | min. 800,000 | |||
| Vaivara | Estonia | ? | September 15, 1943 - February 29, 1944. | ? | ? | 22 | [34] |
| Warsaw | Poland | Labour and extermination camp | 1942 - 1944 | Up to 40,000 | Up to 200,000 | ||
| Westerbork | Netherlands | Collective point | October 1939 - April 1945 | 102,000 | [35] |
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