Why was Auschwitz not destroyed by the Nazis to hide evidence, but camps like Treblinka and Westerbork were?
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It was the Russians who were heading towards Auschwitz and the Nazis were really scared of them so a lot of them took off before they’d destroyed a lot of evidence. Belsen was burned as a hygiene measure as well as because of the general awfulness of the place. Auschwitz was a death factory and most died in the gas chambers within hours of arrival. Belsen was supposed to be a work camp and more and more people were sent there and left as things become more chaotic. It was a British occupation force decision to burn it as cholera and other diseases were rife. It was the decision of the Soviet occupation force to keep Auschwitz standing
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