The Prison Population of Sachsenhausen
The figures in the table show the fluctuation of the
Sachsenhausen prison population (as of the end of December of each year).
| 1936 |
2,000 |
| 1937 |
2,523 |
| 1938 |
8,309 |
| 1939 |
12,168 |
| 1940 |
11,697 |
| 1941 |
11,111 |
| 1942 |
16,577 |
| 1943 |
28,224 |
| 1944 |
47,709 |
The total number of persons imprisoned in Sachsenhausen
was approximately 200,000.
Sources: Gutman, Israel. ed. Encyclopedia of the Holocaust. Vols. 1-4. NY: Macmillan, 1995.
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