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When was the first concentration camp established and when were the concentration camps liberated?

When was the first concentration camp established and when were the concentration camps liberated?. Mary Claire Paddock English – 6 th period. Establishment of Concentration Camps. When? When the Nazis came into power in Germany in the early 1930s.

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When was the first concentration camp established and when were the concentration camps liberated?

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  1. When was the first concentration camp established and when were the concentration camps liberated? Mary Claire Paddock English – 6th period

  2. Establishment of Concentration Camps • When? When the Nazis came into power in Germany in the early 1930s. • Why? In an effort to group people who were in some way “undesirable” in one place where they could be watched

  3. The First Camp Established DACHAU • Opened on March 22, 1933 • Located about 10 miles northwest of Munich, in southern Germany • Accommodated up to 5,000 prisoners at a time • Served as a “prototype” for other camps that would follow

  4. Dachau Prisoners

  5. Dachau – prisoner barracks

  6. Liberation of the Camps MAJDANEK • What? The first camp to be liberated • Where? Poland - When? July 23, 1944 - By Whom? The Soviet troops

  7. Majdanek Ovens

  8. Majdanek Liberation Day

  9. Liberation of Other Camps • Most concentration camps were liberated between 1944 and 1945. • The camps were liberated by the Allied Troops which were led by the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union. • Dachau, the first camp established, was liberated by U.S. soldiers on April 29, 1945.

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