There are many geographical features of the holocaust and to help explain things, we have created two maps.
The first map shows which parts of Europe were owned by the Germans, and which parts weren't. From this map we can infer that the Germans invaded and occupied many countries in Europe, particularly those near to Germany. The Germans invaded France but didn't get to Spain and we think that if the war went on for much longer, Britain could have been invaded too. Countries such as Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia were known as Baltic states.
This map shows where in Europe the concentration and extermination camps were. From this map we can infer that a lot of the concentration camps are found in the North East of Germany, for example Bergen-Belsen and Buchenwald. However most of the extermination camps are found in Poland. This may have been because Poland was home to the largest Jewish population of any European country which made it an ideal location. Also it is quite a remote location and this makes it easier to hide what is going on from the rest of the world.
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