11. Concentration Camp System

Question 1

Operation Reinhard

Answer 1

The German plan to systematically murder the remaining Jews in German-occupied Poland - 1.7 million victims

Question 2

Death camps

Answer 2

Established for the sole purpose of mass murder
Assembly-line methods used by the Nazis in order to murder large amounts of Jews

Question 3

Approximately how many Jews were killed in death camps?

Answer 3

2.7 million

Question 4

At the height of deportations, how masonry Jews were being gassed per day at Auschwitz?

Answer 4

6000

Question 5

Concentration camp

Answer 5

A place were Jews were concentrated and imprisoned without trial
Inmates exploited for their labour and kept under harsh conditions
Aim was to contain prisoners in one place, however many inmates died in these camps

Question 6

Transit camp

Answer 6

Camps where prisoners were briefly detained prior to deportation to other Nazi camps
Unsanitary, awful, poor facilities and overcrowding
Sometimes run by local collaborator in the countries they were based

Question 7

Death marches

Answer 7

From Autumn 1944, as German forces pulled back, the Nazi regime carried out a frantic programme of evacuations and marches
Inmates of camps sent on long marches westwards away from the advancing Red Army
Inmates malnourished, had bad clothing and footwear, and were in freezing conditions
Any inmate who failed to keep up with the required pace was shot dead

Question 8

Estimate number of victim of Nazi death marches

Answer 8

Between 250,000 and 400,000 victims