NAME OF CAMP | DESCRIPTION |
SACHSENHAUSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP | Sachsenhausen was a German Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used from 1936 until April 1945, shortly before the defeat of Nazi Germany in May later that year. |
LOCATION | HOLOCAUST |
ORANGEBURG GERMANY | GERMAN-OCCUPIED-POLAND |
KNOWN FOR | N/A |
OPERATIONAL | JULY 1936-APRIL 22, 1945 |
INMATES | POLITICAL PRISONERS ,JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES SOVIET POWs, POLES, JEWS, HOMOSEXUALS, AND FREEMASONS. |
NUMBER OF INMATES | 200,000 |
NUMBER OF GAS CHAMBERS | 1 |
KILLED | 50,000 |
LIBERATED BY | POLISH ARMY 2ND INFANTRY DIVISON |