| Timeline of the Holocaust: Concentration Camps 1933-1945 |
|
| 1945 - Over 30,000 prisoners lived in main camp of Dachau (camp had been planned for 5,000) January 15 - Soviet troops liberate concentration camp at Plaszow, Poland. January 17 - Final roll call at Auschwitz: 11,102 Jews remain at Birkenau; 10,381 women in women's camp, 10,030 at Auschwitz main camp; 10,233 at Monowitz satellite camp; about 22,800 in remaining factories in the surrounding region. January 18 - Auschwitz evacuated, forced march began with 66,000 prisoners. 15,000 die on the march. January 25 - Stutthof evacuated. January 27 -Auschwitz liberated by Soviet troops, about 7000 inmates found alive. February 13 - Gross-Rosen evacuated. April 1 - Dora evacuated, forced march began. April 5-6 - Buchenwald evacuated with 28,250 inmates. April 9 - Mauthausen evacuated. April 9 - Dora liberated by U.S. troops, only a handful of inmates found alive. April 11 - Buchenwald liberated by U.S. troops, about 21,000 inmates found alive. April 15 - Bergen-Belsen liberated by British and Canadian troops, about 60,985 inmates found alive. April 20 - Flossenburg evacuated. April 23 - Flossenburg liberated by U.S. troops, about 2,000 inmates found alive. April 27 - Sachsenhausen liberated by Soviet troops, about 3,000 inmates found alive. April 29 - Dachau liberated by U.S. troops. April 29 - Neuengamme evacuated. April 29-30 - Ravensbruck liberated, about 3,500 women found alive. May 1 - Stutthof liberated by Soviet troops. May 5 - Mauthausen liberated by U.S. troops. May 7 - Germany surrenders. May 8 - Gross-Rosen liberated by Soviet troops, only a handful of inmates found alive. (12,000 Jews found in subcamps) |
| 1943 - Dachau's prostitute and brothel service in operation. February 16 - Majdanek established in Poland. February 26 - First transports of Gypsies reach Auschwitz. July 5 - Himmler orders Sobibor to become a concentration camps. August 2 - Treblinka prisoners revolt, 750 Jews escape. October 14 - Sobibor prisoners revolt, 300 Jews escape. October 18 - Jews from Rome deported to Auschwitz. |
| 1944 March 27 - Bergen-Belsen established in West Germany. Prior to official concentration camp status, Bergen-Belsen was a Stalag XIC for Soviet POWs. July - Majdanek evacuated. July 23 - Majdanek liberated by Soviets, about 500 inmates found alive. September - Natzweiler evacuated. October 6-7 - Uprising at Auschwitz destroys one of the gas chambers. October 28 - Dora established in East Germany. |
| BACK TO PREVIOUS PAGE |