Who decided to create the concentration camps?
The very first decision to open concentration camps for political opponents was made by Herman Goering in 1933, when he was minister of Prussia. Of course, this action was taken with the approval of Adolf Hitler. During his trial at Nuremberg, Herman Goering explained that he was proud of this decision… • Question: Which was the first concentration camp? The very first official concentration camp to be opened was Dachau (March 22th, 1933). The opening of this concentration camp was not secret: an official announcement was published in several Munich newspapers in the following days. Before the creation of Dachau, there were several “wild camps” located in Germany and created by S.A. officers. Some of these “wild camps” were: Papenburg, Breslau, Lichtenburg, … • Question: When were the concentration camps discovered? The existence of concentration camps was known by most of the European governments long before the beginning of the WW2. It was known that the inmates in the camps were
