1.3 million deportees
The German Nazis deported to Auschwitz at least 1.3 million people of more than 20 nationalities. Of that amount, 400 thousand were registered and incarcerated in the concentration camp as prisoners while 900 thousand were murdered in the gas chambers on arrival. Jews constituted 85% of all deportees and 90% of those who were murdered.
1.1 million murdered
From among 1.3 million Auschwitz deportees, at least 1.1 million were murdered:
Total number of deportees and murdered in Auschwitz
Nationality/Category |
Number of deportees |
Percentage of the total number of deportees |
Number of victims |
Percentage of murdered within the category/nationality |
Percentage of all victims |
Jews |
1.1 million |
85% |
~1 million |
90% |
91% |
Poles |
140 thousand |
10.8% |
~70-thousand |
46% |
5.8% |
Other groups |
25 thousand |
1.9% |
~12 thousand |
48% |
1% |
Roma (Gypsies) |
23 thousand |
1.6% |
~21 thousand |
91.3% |
1.7% |
Soviet POWs |
15 thousand |
1.2% |
~14 thousand |
93% |
1.3% |
Total |
~1.3 million |
|
~1.1 million |
85% |
|
Jews deported to Auschwitz according to their country of origin
(according to the pre-1939 borders)
Country of origin |
Number |
Hungary (according to the borders during the war) |
430 thousand |
Poland |
300 thousand |
France |
69 thousand |
The Netherlands |
60 thousand |
Greece |
55 thousand |
The Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (Theresienstadt) |
46 thousand |
Concentration camps and other centers |
34 thousand |
Slovakia (according to the borders during the war) |
27 thousand |
Belgium |
25 thousand |
Germany and Austria |
23 thousand |
Yugoslavia |
10 thousand |
Italy |
7.5 thousand |
Norway |
690 |
Total |
~ 1.1 mln |
Prisoners of the Auschwitz concentration camp
The Germans imprisoned approximately 400 thousand people in the Auschwitz concentration camp:
Among the 25 thousand people of different nationalities the most numerous were the Czech (9 thousand), followed by: Belarussians (6 thousand), Germans (4 thousand), French (4 thousand), Russians (1.5 thousand), Yugoslavians (mostly Slovenians but also Croatians and Serbs) and Ukrainians.
Small numbers (several to several dozen persons) of people of the following nationalities were also imprisoned in the camp: Albanian, Belgium, Danish, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Luxembourg, Dutch, Norwegian, Romanian, Slovakian, Spanish and Swiss (alphabetical order not reflecting the actual numbers).
Prisoners of Auschwitz concentration camp
Nationality |
Number |
Jews |
200 thousand |
Poles |
140 thousand |
Roma |
21 thousand |
Soviet captives |
12 thousand |
Czech |
9 thousand |
Belarussian |
6 thousand |
German |
4 thousand |
French |
4 thousand |
Russian |
1.5 thousand |
Yugoslavian |
800 |
Ukrainian |
500 |
Other |
200 |
Total |
~ 400 thousand |