LOCATION | UPPER BAVARIA, SOUTHERN GERMANY |
KNOWN FOR | NAZI CONCENTRATION CAMP OPENED ON 22 MARCH 1933, WHICH WAS INITIALLY INTENDED TO HOLD POLITICAL PRISONERS |
OPERATIONAL | MARCH 1933 – APRIL 1945 |
INMATES | POLITICAL PRISONERS, POLES, JEWS, HOMOSEXUALS, JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES, CATHOLIC PRIESTS, COMMUNISTS, ROMAN |
NUMBER OF INMATES | OVER 188,000 (ESTIMATED) |
KILLED | 41,500 |
LIBERATED BY | US ARMY |
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