Question

Which of the following describes a difference between concentration camps and extermination camps in Nazi Germany?

Answer 1

C. Concentration camps were used for forced prison labor, while extermination camps were built to kill all prisoners.

Answer 2

The correct answer is C.

The Nazis established killing centers for efficient mass murder.

Concentration Camps served mainly as a place for forced prison labor, nevertheless, many prisoners were also executed on their arrival there. The majority of the forced prisoners died during their stay there due to malnutrition, illnesses and the extremely heavy manual labor in harsh weather conditions.

Extermination Camps or death camps were almost exclusively death factories where all the prisoners were murdered. The Nazis murdered almost 2,700,000 Jews in the killing centers by shooting or asphyxiation with poison gas.