The historical maps illustrate different themes: the internment camps in France, France of 1940, Europe in 1942, the ghettos of Poland, the routes of the main convoys to Auschwitz, the world of concentration, the marches of death.
The main internment and extermination camps
This map of the camps in Europe allows to visualize the organization of persecution and killing. Concentration camps are spread throughout Germany, in Alsace and Poland, while death camps and mixed camps are concentrated «to the east», in Poland.
France of the camps
A very complete support on the geography of the 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 visualise the Nazi «Grand Reich», the countries occupied by Germany, those occupied by Italy, the countries of the Axis, the neutral countries and the warring allied countries.
The ghettos of Poland
This map shows the different stages of the occupation of Poland by Germany as well as the distribution of the many ghettos created in these territories, not only in Poland but also in Lithuania and 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, coming from virtually all the countries of Europe occupied by Germany, or allied with the Nazi state.
The steps of death
This map shows the details of the routes taken in 1945 for the death marches from Auschwitz, Gross-Rosen and Buchenwald.