SACHSENHAUSEN CONCENTRATION CAMP

NAME OF CAMPDESCRIPTION
SACHSENHAUSEN CONCENTRATION CAMPSachsenhausen 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.

LOCATIONHOLOCAUST
ORANGEBURG GERMANYGERMAN-OCCUPIED-POLAND
KNOWN FORN/A
OPERATIONALJULY 1936-APRIL 22, 1945
INMATES POLITICAL PRISONERS ,JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES SOVIET POWs, POLES, JEWS, HOMOSEXUALS, AND FREEMASONS.
NUMBER OF INMATES200,000
NUMBER OF GAS CHAMBERS1
KILLED50,000
LIBERATED BYPOLISH ARMY 2ND INFANTRY DIVISON