When the Nazi death camps were liberated, people around the world were most shocked by ...

A) the existence of the camps.

B) the size and scale of the camps.

C) the secrecy of the camps.

D) the locations of the camps.

Answer: B) the size and scale of the camps.

Explanation:

There were concentration camps in all the territories under Nazi Germany, before and through the Second World War.

The first Nazi camps were erected in Germany rapidly following Hitler becoming Chancellor. Initially held around 45,000 prisoners, mostly political opponents, and union organizers, to torture them. Before the war, most prisoners were German Communists, Socialists, Social Democrats, Jehovah's Witnesses, and homosexuals. After, they expanded to Jews, Romanis, Serbs, Soviet POWs, Poles, and disabled people, totaling 715,000 prisoners in January 1945.

The size and scale of the camps.