Some research indicates the Nazis established and ran at least 52 concentration camps, ranging from collection and transit to labour and extermination camps.
The three most vicious of these camps were (in order): Treblinka (Poland), Belzec (Poland) & Auschwitz-Birkenau (Poland). These rankings are determined by the approximate average number of murders per day of camp operation. This is freaking scary:
Treblinka = 1682.5 people killed each day (roughly 17 months of operation)
Belzec = 1315 people killed each day (15 months of operation)
Auschwitz-Birkenau = 850 people killed each day (58 months of operation).
Auschwitz-Birkenau has the notorious distinction of being the place where the Final Solution was acted upon most zealously (having claimed nearly 1.5 million lives). But I did not realize that Treblinka was so much more violent, nearly twice as many people were murdered on a daily basis.
Seven of the top ten most violent concentration camps were located in Poland. At Treblinka, someone was murdered every 51 seconds – 70 innocent people per hour. There are roughly 415 seats on a Boeing 747, which means the equivalent of just over 4 fully loaded jumbo jets crashed on Treblinka daily. Your average school bus holds anywhere from 60-90 people, which means the equivalent of a fully loaded school bus was exterminated each and every hour the camp was open.
The equivalent of two+ fully loaded 747s crashed on Auschwitz-Birkenau each day for 58 months. We’re talking about roughly 3500 747s or 16700 school bus loads being destroyed in less than 6 years.
Posted by Bettman 