Historical maps

The historical maps illustrate different themes: the internment camps in France, France in 1940, Europe in 1942, the ghettos of Poland, the routes of the main convoys to Auschwitz, the concentration camp universe, the death marches.

The maps to download

The main internment and extermination camps
This map of the camps in Europe allows you to visualize the organization of persecution and killing. The concentration camps are spread throughout German territory, in Alsace and in Poland, while the killing camps and mixed camps are concentrated "to the east", in Poland.

France of the camps
A very complete support on the geography of camps in France: concentration camps, internment camps, camps reserved for Jews, camps of the organization Todt and camps under German administration.

Europe in 1942
This map is a statement of the balance of power in 1942, a pivotal year. We visualize the 'Great Nazi Reich', the countries occupied by Germany, those occupied by Italy, the countries of the Axis, the neutral countries and the allied combatting countries.

The ghettos of Poland
This map allows to visualize the different stages of the occupation of Poland by Germany as well as the distribution of the numerous ghettos created on these territories, in Poland but also in Lithuania and in Latvia.

The routes of the main convoys to Auschwitz
The map of the routes of the trains that led more than one million Jews to Auschwitz-Birkenau, from practically all the countries of Europe occupied by Germany, or allied with the Nazi state.

The death marches
This map shows the details of the routes taken in 1945 for the death marches from Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen and Buchenwald.