New Holocaust fact - Apparently over 20,000 camps not 5-7,000
You know I always wondered about this. You hear about the camp for Jazz students, the camp for Gays but the Holocaust Museum finally put it all together.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/03/AR2009060303690.html
Extent of Nazi Camps Far Greater Than Realized
By Monica Hesse
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 4, 2009
A little more than a decade ago, researchers at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum decided to create an encyclopedia of concentration camps. They assumed the finished work would be massive, featuring a staggering 5,000 to 7,000 camps and ghettos.
They underestimated by 15,000.
Their ultimate count of more than 20,000 camps -- which they reached after a year of research -- is far more than most scholars had known existed and might reshape public understanding of the scope of the Holocaust itself.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/03/AR2009060303690.html
Extent of Nazi Camps Far Greater Than Realized
By Monica Hesse
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 4, 2009
A little more than a decade ago, researchers at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum decided to create an encyclopedia of concentration camps. They assumed the finished work would be massive, featuring a staggering 5,000 to 7,000 camps and ghettos.
They underestimated by 15,000.
Their ultimate count of more than 20,000 camps -- which they reached after a year of research -- is far more than most scholars had known existed and might reshape public understanding of the scope of the Holocaust itself.