this article presents a partial list of more prominent german concentration camps set up across europe during world war ii and the holocaust. a more complete list drawn up in 1967 by the german ministry of justice names about 1,200 camps and subcamps in countries occupied by nazi germany,list of concentration camps and their outposts  while the jewish virtual library writes: "it is estimated that the nazis established 15,000 camps in the occupied countries."concentration camp listing sourced from van eck, ludo le livre des camps. belgium: editions kritak; and gilbert, martin atlas of the holocaust. new york: william morrow 1993 isbn 0-688-12364-3. in this on-line site are the names of 149 camps and 814 subcamps, organized by country. most of these camps were destroyed. the later camps, built by the third reich mostly between 1939 and 1942, were intended to hold large groups of prisoners without trial or judicial process, including jews, gypsies, slavs, prisoners of war and many others, seen as undesirable by the occupation administration. in modern historiography, the term refers to a place of mistreatment, starvation, forced labour, and murder. some of the data presented in this table originates from the war against the jews by lucy dawidowicz. united states holocaust memorial museum: "nazi holding camp system" == list ==  extermination camps are marked with pink, concentration camps are marked with purple, labour camps are marked with grey, while transit camps and collective points remain unmarked. nazi ghettos are generally not included. according to data presented in the table below, an estimated 4,251,500 people lost their lives in the camps. {| class="wikitable sortable" cellpadding="1" style="font-size:85%; border:gray solid 1px; text-align:middle;" |- !# ! camp name ! country (today) ! camp type ! dates of use ! est. prisoners ! est. deaths ! sub-camps ! webpage |- |1 | alderney | channel islands | labor camps | jan 1942 â jun 1944 | align=right | 6,000 | align=right | 700 | lager borkum, lager helgoland, lager norderney, lager sylt |  |- |2 | amersfoort | netherlands | transit camp and prison | aug 1941 â apr 1945 | align=right | 35,000 | align=right | 1,000 | |  |- |3 | arbeitsdorf | germany | labor camp | 8 apr 1942 â 11 oct 1942 | style="text-
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