Why was Auschwitz not destroyed by the Nazis to hide evidence, but camps like Treblinka and Westerbork were?

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Why was Auschwitz not destroyed by the Nazis to hide evidence, but camps like Treblinka and Westerbork were?

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Answer 1

In some cases, Allied forces were approaching so fast that camp guards were unable to destroy all the evidence. Or any of the evidence. Instead, some of the Nazis simply locked the gates and fled.

They knew what would happen to them if they were caught there.