World War II

What Countries Had Concentration Camps?

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Country
# of Main Camps
Main Camps
Austria Flag
Austria1Mauthausen
Belgium Flag
Belgium1Breendonck
Bosnia and Herzegovina Flag
Bosnia and HerzegovinaSee Yugoslavia
Croatia Flag
CroatiaSee Yugoslavia
Czech Republic Flag
Czech RepublicSee Czechoslovakia
Estonia Flag
Estonia1Vivara
Finland Flag
Finland2Kangasjarvi, Koveri
France Flag
France14Argeles, Aurigny, Brens, Drancy, Gurs, Les Milles, Le Vernet, Natzweiler-Struthof, Noe, Recebedou, Rieucros, Rivesaltes, Suresnes, Thill
Germany Flag
Germany13Bergen-Belsen, Borgermoor, Buchenwald, Dachau, Dieburg, Esterwegen, Flossenburg, Gundelsheim, Neuengamme, Papenburg, Ravensbruck, Sachsenhausen, Sachsenburg
Italy Flag
Italy3Bolzano, Fossoli, Risiera di San Sabba
Latvia Flag
Latvia7Riga, Riga-Kaiserwald, Dundaga, Eleje-Meitenes, Jungfernhof, Lenta, Spilwe
Lithuania Flag
Lithuania5Aleksotaskowno, Kaunas, Palemonas, Pravieniskès, Volary
Montenegro Flag
MontenegroSee Yugoslavia
North Macedonia Flag
North MacedoniaSee Yugoslavia
Norway Flag
Norway6Baerum, Berg, Bredtvet, Falstadt, Tromsdalen, Ulven
Poland Flag
Poland28Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Bierznow, Biesiadka, Dzierzazna & Litzmannstadt, Gross-Rosen, Huta-Komarowska, Janowska, Krakow, Kulmhof-Chelmno, Lublin, Lwow, Majdanek, Mielec, Pawiak, Plaszow, Poniatowa, Pustkow, Radogosz, Radom, Schmolz, Schokken, Sobibor, Stutthof, Treblinka, Wieliczka, Zabiwoko, Zakopane
Russia Flag
Russia21Akmétchetka, Balanowka, Bar, Bisjumujsje, Bogdanovka, "Citadelle", Czwartaki, Daugavpils, Domanievka, Edineti, Kielbasin, Khorol, Klooga, Lemberg, Mezjapark, Ponary, Rawa-Russkaja, Salapils, Strazdumujsje, Yanowski, Vertugen
Serbia Flag
SerbiaSee Yugoslavia
Slovenia Flag
SloveniaSee Czechoslovakia
  • Yugoslavia included modern day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Slovenia, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
  • Czechoslovakia included modern-day Czech Republic and Slovakia.
  • The real name of ‘Citadelle’ is unknown; it was located near Lvov.
  • Most main camps were composed of several smaller camps, which could number in the hundreds. According to the Jewish Virtual Library, the Nazis are estimated to have established up to 15,000 labor, death, and concentration camps in total.