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List of camps and general information about them

CAMP
LOCATION
TYPE
OPERATION DATES
CLOSURE
NOW
AUSCHWITZ- BIRKENAU Poland Annihilation; Forced Labor April 1940 - January 1945 Liberated by USSR Camp preserved; Museum
BELZEC Poland Annihilation March 1942 - June 1943 Liquidated by Germans Monument
BERGEN-BELSEN Germany Holding Center April 1943 - April 1945 Liberated by UK Graveyard
BUCHENWALD Germany Forced Labor July 1937 - April 1945 Liberated by USA Camp preserved; Museum
CHELMNO Poland Annihilation December 1941 - April 1943; April 1944 - January 1945 Liquidated by Germans Monument
DACHAU Germany Forced Labor  March 1933 - April 1945  Liberated by USA  Camp preserved; Museum
DORA / MITTELBAU  Germany Forced Labor  September 1943 - April 1945 Liberated by USA  Memorial Sculpture Plaza 
FLOSSENBÜRG  Germany Forced Labor  May 1938 - April 1945  Liberated by USA  Buildings; Monument 
GROSS-ROSEN  Poland Forced Labor  August 1940 - February 1945  Liberated by USSR  Camp Preserved; Museum 
JANOWSKA  Ukraine Forced Labor; Annihilation  September 1941 - November 1943  Liquidated by Germans Not Maintained 
KAISERWALD  Latvia  Forced Labor  March 1943 - September 1944  Liquidated by Germans  Not Maintained 
MAJDANEK Poland  Annihilation  July 1941 - July 1944  Liberated by USSR  Camp Preserved; Monument 
MAUTHAUSEN  Austria  Forced Labor  August 1938 - May 1945  Liberated by USA  Buildings; Monument 
NATZWEILER / STRUTHOF   France  Forced Labor  May 1941 - September 1944  Liquidated by Germans  Camp Preserved 
NEUENGAMME  Germany Forced Labor  June 1940 - May 1945  Liberated by UK  Used as Prison; Monument 
ORANIENBURG  Germany  Holding Center  March 1933 - March 1935  Liquidated by Germans  Not Maintained
PLASZOW (Krakow -Plaszow)   Poland  Forced Labor  December 1942 - January 1945  Liquidated by Germans Monument 
RAVENSBRÜCK  Germany  Forced Labor  May 1939 - April 1945  Liberated by USSR  Buildings; Monument 
SACHSENHAUSEN  Germany  Forced Labor  July 1936 - April 1945  Liberated by USSR  Museum; Buildings 
SOBIBOR  Poland  Annihilation  May 1942 - October 1943  Liquidated by Germans  Monument 
STUTTHOF  Poland  Forced Labor  September 1939 - May 1945  Liberated by USSR  Buildings; Museum 
TEREZIN, THERESIENSTADT  Czech Republic   Holding Center; Transit Ghetto  November 1941 - May 1945  Liberated by USSR  Buildings; Monument 
TREBLINKA  Poland  Annihilation  July 1942 - November 1943  Liquidated by Germans  Monument 
WESTERBORK  Netherlands  Transit Camp  October 1939 - April 1945  Liberated by Canada  Monument