In addition to the Jews, Poles, Gypsies, and Soviet POWs, about 25 thousand prisoners of other nationalities were imprisoned in Auschwitz. These mainly included Czechs, Byelorussians, Germans, French, Yugoslavians, Ukranians.
Between 10 and 11 thousand Czech political prisoners were deported to Auschwitz between 1941 and 1945. The next largest group of deportees came from Byelorussia: about 6 thousand men, women, and children were detained during pacification operations directed against partisans in the Minsk and Vitebsk regions. 4,619 Germans were imprisoned in Auschwitz. Over 4,100 French political prisoners were sent to Auschwitz between 1942 and 1944. There were 783 Yugoslavians and 550 Ukrainians classified as political prisoners.
There were prisoners in Auschwitz from almost every country in Europe, and even some non-Europeans. They included Albanians, Belgians, Danes, Dutch, Greeks, Hungranians, Italiaans, Latvians, Lithuanians, Luxembourgers, Norwegians, Fomanians, Slovaks, Spaniards, and Swiss, with from several to several score of each nationality. There was also a lone Argentinean, a Chinese, a Bulgarian, and an Estonian.
Many of those from other countries may have shared religious and sexual views that resulted in their placement inside of this concentration camp. It is horrific what happened to these people and unfortunate that such a large number of people were killed and harmed during this time period.
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