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The first concentration camp is built. At first, this is a place to hold prisoners who are political opponents. It is established in Nazi Germany at Dachau
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The first German Gypsies are arrested and sent to Dachau concentration camp.
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A concentration camp is established at Auschwitz, Poland.
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Construction begins on Birkenau, an addition to the Auschwitz camp. Birkenau includes a killing center which starts in early 1942. Auschwitz-Birkenau is also know as Auschwitz II.
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The mass murder of Jews by gas chamber begins at Auschwitz, Birkenau, Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec, and Majdanek-Lublin camps.
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Treblinka death camp is established. This camp will kill many people, mostly Jews.
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All Jews that were in concentration camps in Germnay are sent to Auschwitz. As you can see, Auschwitz is the main camp.
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All Gypsies in Germany and countries with Nazis in them, with a few exceptions, are arrested and sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, also known as Auschwitz II.
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The inmates at Treblinka rebel. This leads to the later
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In an effort to cover up their mass murder, the Nazis destroy and hide a majority of the dead bodies. This camp was then closed. It wasn't until later after the war that archeologists discovered the barial site where many bodies were. They realized it was an extermination camp.
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This camp was one of the worst places for the people to go to. Here, it was a death camp and a concentration camp. In the end, it is the Soviets who come to their rescue. It is estimated that more about 1,100,000 people were killed here.
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The Americans come to the rescue to liberate this camp! Although it was a concentration camp, and not a death camp, over 32,000 people were killed here.
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In this last year, the Soviets work hard to liberate the many camps. This includes Auschwitz and Dachau.
