| Gross-Rosen |
| Established: May 1, 1941 Evacuated: February 13, 1945 Liberated: May 8, 1945 by Soviets Survivors: "a handful" at liberation* Inmates at one time: 1,500 - 125,000 Total Deaths: 40,000 Subcamps: 36 * 12,000 Jews were liberated out of subcamps of Gross-Rosen. Because they were not in the main camp, this number is not included in the "handful" of survivors at liberation. |
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| Gross-Rosen was originally an external camp of Sachsenhausen. Gross-Rosen was located near stone quarries in Poland for the exploitation of the quarries and labor. Gross-Rosen was a major Polish camp that was active in the euthanasia program and in Hitler's subjugation of the Polish people. Nearby quarries were granite quarries and marble quarries. Normal capacity of the camp was between 10,000 and 12,000 inmates. The top population of the camp reached 20,000 prisoners. In the camp, 65,000 Russian inmates were killing in 6 months. Gross-Rosen held the buld of NN prisoners, along with Natzweiler. |