List of Nazi concentration camps

This article lists some of concentration camps set up by the Third Reich, and includes camps such as Dachau which was set up at first to help the Nazis keep power and control political opponents, and other camps such as Auschwitz which was set up to help fulfil the Final Solution.  The German Ministry of Justice, in 1967,  named about 1200 camps and subcamps in countries occupied by Nazi Germany, 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 . In this on-line site are published the names of 149 camps and 814 subcamps, organized by country.  Most of these camps were destroyed.

Table of selected Nazi concentration camps

According to the table below, an estimated 7,991,460 people lost their lives in the camps.

Camp NameCountry (today)Camp TypeDates of useEst. prisonersEst. deathsSub-campsWebpage  Alderney Alderney, Channel IslandsLabour camp Jan 1942 – Jun 19446,000700 Lager Borkum, Lager Helgoland, Lager Norderney, Lager Sylt  Amersfoort Netherlands Transit camp and prison  Aug 1941 - Apr 194535,0001,000   Arbeitsdorf Germany Labour camp 8 Apr 1942 – 11 Oct 1942 600 min. none Auschwitz-BirkenauPolandExtermination and Labour campApr 1940 – Jan 1945around 1.3 million  list of 48 sub-camps with description at the Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum List of Subcamps of KL Auschwitz (Podobozy KL Auschwitz).  The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim, Poland (Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oświęcimiu), 1999-2010 Franciszek Piper, Construction and Expansion of KL Auschwitz ("Budowa i rozbudowa KL Auschwitz").  The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum in Oświęcim, Poland (Państwowe Muzeum Auschwitz-Birkenau w Oświęcimiu), 1999-2010  Banjica Serbia Concentration camp Jun 1941 – Sep 194423,637 min.    Bardufoss Norway Concentration camp Mar 1944 – ????800250  BełżecPolandExtermination campOct 1941 – Jun 1943 434,508 min. Bergen-BelsenGermanyCollection pointApr 1943 – Apr 1945 70,0002 Berlin-Marzahn Germany Early a "rest place" then Labour camp for Roma July 1936 -    none BernburgGermanyCollection pointApr 1942 – Apr 1945 100,0002   Bogdanovka Moldova Concentration camp 194154,00040,000  BolzanoItalyTransitJul 1944 – Apr 194511,116    Bredtvet Norway Concentration camp Fall, 1941 - May, 19451,000 min.???? none  Breendonk Belgium Prison and Labour camp 20 Sep 1940 – Sep 19443532 min.391 min. none  Breitenau Germany "Early wild camp", then Labour camp Jun 1933 – Mar 1934,1940–1945470 - 8500   BuchenwaldGermanyLabour campJul 1937 – Apr 1945250,00056,000listChełmno(Kulmhof)PolandExtermination campDec 1941 – Apr 1943,Apr 1944 – Jan 1945 152,000 min.  Crveni krst Serbia Concentration camp 1941–194530,00012,300   DachauGermanyLabour campMar 1933 – Apr 1945 200,000 31,591list   Drancy France Internment camp, transit 20 Aug 1941 – 17 Aug 194470,000 Three of five Paris annexes: Austerlitz, Lévitan and Bassano camps  Falstad Norway Prison camp Dec 1941 – May 1945 200 min. none  FlossenbürgGermanyLabour campMay 1938 – Apr 1945100,000 min.30,000list Fort de Romainville France Prison and transit camp 1940 – Aug 19448,100 min.200 min. none     Fort VII (Poznań) Poland Concentration, detention, transit Oct 1939 – Apr 194418,000 min.4,500 min.     Fossoli Italy Prison and transit camp 5 Dec 1943 - Nov 1944  none   Grini Norway Prison camp 2 May 1941 – May 1945 19,7888 FannremBardufossKvænangen  Gross-RosenPolandLabour camp; Nacht und Nebel campAug 1940 – Feb 1945125,00040,000list Herzogenbusch(Vught) Netherlands Concentration camp 1943 - Summer 194431,000750 list  Hinzert Germany Collection point and subcamp  Jul 1940 – Mar 194514,000302 min.   Janowska(Lwów)UkraineGhetto; transit, Labour, & extermination camp  Sep 1941 – Nov 1943 40,000 min.none(see "A-Z")  Jasenovac concentration camp Croatia Extermination camp for Jews, Serbs Roma, Croats, and Bosniaks 1941–1944 100,000 min. 100,000 min. Stara Gradiška concentration camp, Sisak children's concentration camp, Donja Gradina, Jasenovac main  Kaiserwald(Mežaparks) Latvia Labour camp 1942 – 6 Aug 194420,000?  16,incl. Eleja-Meitenes  Kaufering/LandsbergGermanyLabour campJun 1943 – Apr 194530,000 14,500 min.   Kauen(Kaunas) Lithuania Ghetto and internment camp ????   Prawienischken   KloogaEstoniaLabour campSummer 1943 – 28 Sep 1944 2,400  Langenstein-Zwieberge Germany Buchenwald subcamp Apr 1944 – Apr 19455,0002,000   Le Vernet France Internment camp 1939–1944    Majdanek(KZ Lublin)PolandExtermination campJul 1941 – Jul 1944 78,000  Malchow Germany Labour and Transit camp Winter 1943 – 8 May 19455,000   Maly TrostenetsBelarusExtermination campJul 1941 – Jun 1944 65,000 Mauthausen-GusenAustriaConcentration campAug 1938 – May 1945195,00095,000 min.listMittelbau-DoraGermanyConcentration campSep 1943 – Apr 194560,00020,000 min.listNatzweiler-Struthof (Struthof)FranceConcentration camp; Nacht und Nebel camp; extermination campMay 1941 – Sep 194440,00025,000list NeuengammeGermanyConcentration camp13 Dec 1938 – 4 May 1945106,00042,900+listNiederhagenGermanyPrison and Labour campSep 1941 – early 19433,9001,285none   Oberer Kuhberg Germany Concentration camp Nov 1933 – 1935 0 Former infantry base Gleißelstetten   OhrdrufGermanyLabour and concentration camp; Buchenwald subcampNov 1944 - Apr 1945 11,700   Oranienburg Germany Collective point Mar 1933 – Jul 19343,00016 min.   Osthofen Germany Collective point Mar 1933 – Jul 1934    PłaszówPolandLabour campDec 1942 – Jan 1945150,000 min.9,000 min.list  RavensbrückGermanyConcentration camp for womenMay 1939 – Apr 1945150,00090,000 min.list  Risiera di San Sabba(Trieste) Italy Police detainment camp Sep 1943 – 29 Apr 194525,0005,000   SachsenhausenGermanyConcentration campJul 1936 – Apr 1945200,000 min.100,000listSajmisteSerbiaExtermination campDec 1941 – Sep 1944 100,000  SalaspilsLatviaLabour campOct 1941 – Summer 1944 2,000   SobibórPolandExtermination campMay 1942 - Oct 1943 200,000 max. SoldauPolandConcentration camp; Transit campWinter 1939/40 – Jan 194530,00013,000 StutthofPolandConcentration campSep 1939 – May 1945110,00065,000listTheresienstadt(Terezín)Czech RepublicTransit camp and GhettoNov 1941 – May 1945140,00035,000 min. TreblinkaPolandExtermination campJul 1942 – Nov 1943 870,000 VaivaraEstoniaConcentration and transit camp15 Sep 1943 – 29 Feb 194420,00095022  Warsaw concentration camp PolandConcentration camp1943–1944400,000 max.20,000 max.   Westerbork Netherlands Transit camp May 1940 – Apr 1945102,000  

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