Of the 1.3 million people deported to the Auschwitz concentration camps during the Second World War, approximately 1.1 million were murdered. The vast majority of the deportees were Jews, who made up around 90 percent of all deaths in the camp. While a much lower number of Roma/Sinti or Soviet POWs were deported to the camp, their death rates were also exceptionally high.
Estimated number of deportees and deaths at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex during the Holocaust 1941-1945, by background
*The source gave estimate ranges for the following, the average of which has been used for display purposes:
Poles - Deportees: 140,000-150,000, Deaths: 70,000-75,000.
Others - Deaths: 10,000-15,000.
*Although it is not stipulated by the source, it is likely that "Poles" refers to non-Jewish Poles only, and that a very large share of the Jews killed were Polish.
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Gedenkstätte und Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau. (February 4, 2022). Estimated number of deportees and deaths at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex during the Holocaust 1941-1945, by background [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288821/auschwitz-deportees-deaths-by-background/
Gedenkstätte und Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau. "Estimated number of deportees and deaths at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex during the Holocaust 1941-1945, by background." Chart. February 4, 2022. Statista. Accessed December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288821/auschwitz-deportees-deaths-by-background/
Gedenkstätte und Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau. (2022). Estimated number of deportees and deaths at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex during the Holocaust 1941-1945, by background. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288821/auschwitz-deportees-deaths-by-background/
Gedenkstätte und Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau. "Estimated Number of Deportees and Deaths at The Auschwitz Concentration Camp Complex during The Holocaust 1941-1945, by Background." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288821/auschwitz-deportees-deaths-by-background/
Gedenkstätte und Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, Estimated number of deportees and deaths at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex during the Holocaust 1941-1945, by background Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288821/auschwitz-deportees-deaths-by-background/ (last visited December 21, 2024)
Estimated number of deportees and deaths at the Auschwitz concentration camp complex during the Holocaust 1941-1945, by background [Graph], Gedenkstätte und Museum Auschwitz-Birkenau, February 4, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1288821/auschwitz-deportees-deaths-by-background/
