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Clergymen in Dachau classified according to nationality 
and religion. Note very high number (and percentage) of 
Polish priests who were murdered in the camp.

Source: SS records, quoted in "Concentration Camp Dachau", 
ISBN 3-87490-528-4, p. 60. 

Nationality      Total   Released   Transferred  Liberated   Deaths
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Albanian           2         -           2            -         -
Belgian           46         1           3           33         9
Danish             5         5           -            -         -
German           447       208         100           45        94
English            2         -           1            1         -
French           156         5           4          137        10
Greek              2         -           -            2         -
Dutch             63        10           -           36        17
Italian           28         -           1           26         1
Lithuanian         3         -           -            3         -
Luxemburg         16         2           -            8         6
Norwegian          1         1           -            -         -
Polish          1780        78           4          830       868
Rumanian           1         -           -            1         -
Jugoslavian       50         2           6           38         4
Spanish            1         -           -            1         -        
Swiss              2         1           -            -         1
Czechoslovakian  109         1          10           74        24
Hungarian          3         -           -            3         - 
Stateless          3         -           1            2         -


Roman Catholic               2579
Protestant                   109
Greek Orthodox                22
Old Catholic and Maronite      8
Mohammedan                     2


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