1944Riot at Auschwitz Concentration Camp

A riot took place at Auschwitz concentration camp when the S...
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🪖 Dachau Concentration Camp Opens

Germany's first concentration camp, Dachau, is completed.
Dachau Concentration Camp Opens (1933)
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🏭 Auschwitz Expansion Ordered

Hitler gives orders for the expansion of Auschwitz prison camp, to be run by Commandant Rudolf Höss.
Auschwitz Expansion Ordered (1941)
Auschwitzconcentration campHolocaustNazi GermanyexterminationRudolf Hössgenocidepersecutiondeath camp

🚪 Majdanek Concentration Camp Opens

Majdanek concentration camp (German: Konzentrationslager Lublin) and later to become extermination camp is opened.
Majdanek Concentration Camp Opens (1941)
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💀 Bogdanovka Concentration Camp Massacre

The inmates at the Bogdanovka concentration camp are massacred to quell an outbreak of typhus. Roughly 40,000 die.
Bogdanovka Concentration Camp Massacre (1941)
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🔥 Riot at Auschwitz Concentration Camp

A riot took place at Auschwitz concentration camp when the Sonderkommando Jewish collaborators came to understand that they also were slated for extermination. Over 450 were killed in suppressing the revolt, along with many others who escaped the camp in the melee.
Riot at Auschwitz Concentration Camp (1944)
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🕊️ Auschwitz Concentration Camp Liberated

Auschwitz concentration camp is liberated by Soviet troops.
Auschwitz Concentration Camp Liberated (1945)
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