Concentration Camps During The Holocaust

Concentration camps was definitely not the best place for a person to be in. They put people in there who were detained or confined, and the prisoners were kept in extremely harsh conditions and they didn’t have any rights. According to https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005144he camps had a variety of different facilities which included labor camps, prisoner of war camps, transit camps, and camps that were killing centers, called

The majority of the people were killed in concentration camps. Over 2,000,000 people were killed at the camp called Auschwitz. Over 1,380,000 people were killed in the camp Majdanek, and over 800,000 people were killed in the camp called Treblinka. Treblinka only had a staff of 150 people. The camp Belzec had 600,000 deaths. Some camps that had a smaller death toll were, Chelmno which had 340,000 deaths. Sobibor had 250,000 deaths. Camps that had “small” death numbers were Mauthausen who had less than 95,000 deaths, Ravensbruck had less than 90,000 deaths, and Bergen- Belsen had 70,000 deaths. Bergen-Belsen was the camp that Anne Frank died at- two weeks after her death, her camp was liberated by British troops. The German concentration camps were first set up in 1933, and the original purpose of them was to keep anyone who was “undesired” or was a political enemy to Nazi Germany. The main purpose of these camps was not to kill people, but many times people would die because of the living conditions, malnutrition, or because they were treated cruelly. Many camps did medical experiments on the detainees, and few of the victims survived these medical experiments. These gruesome experiments would be performed in an unclean room and would be performed without anesthesia. Many times it was common for the victim to die later because of unclean living quarters. Most people think that Germany wouldn’t have been a major threat in

During the holocaust there were millions of people that were sent in killing centers and millions of people that were put into concentration camps.It was where around six million Jews were killed by Hitler’s Nazi group and its people, which was a genocide.

Auschwitz Birkenau was the largest death camp during the Holocaust. Auschwitz is located in a Poland city called Oswiecim. The Germans construction of Auschwitz Birkenau began in April 1940. 1.1 million people were sent to Auschwitz and 200,000 of those 1.1 million survived the Holocaust. The people who survived the Holocaust found a new life in modern day to day.

Concentration camps were places designed to torture individuals especially targeting those of Jewish decent. Naming just a couple camps, Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Buchenwald were some of the major known camps. The holocaust occurred during World War II from January 30, 1933 to May 8, 1945 causing the deaths of about 6 million Jews. Concentration Camps were a big part of the holocaust .These Camps changed the life of many and for the future to come. The reality of these camps and the intense cruelty towards these people is far beyond unbelievable.

Anti-semitism in Germany led by Adolf Hitler would back up a plan called the final solution, to exterminate all of the Jews in Europe. Out of the 100 million Jews aimed for extermination, 6 million of them were killed. On his path to German greatness, Jews became victim to inconceivable actions. First the Nuremberg Laws were passed which stripped Jews of their german citizenship, eliminating their opportunity to flee to other countries. After Kristallnacht, the Night of Broken Glass, Hitler forcefully deported Jewish people into fenced confinements called ghettos. More Jews died here than in any extermination camp due to the harsh conditions and labor. Most people living in ghettos had no access to running water or a sewage system and overcrowding

“In spite of all the terrible things that happened to me, I did not allow Hitler to make me feel less than human.” (Holocaust). Hitler made people feel like they were nothing, he would take their lives away because he didn’t like them. It is important to know that what Hitler did to the Jews is not right. Auschwitz is still standing today as a place people can visit. Many people feel offended by this. Auschwitz is still affecting people today on how they feel and act.

The concept of conducting camps used to incarcerate, degrade and essentially murder millions of innocent people who were deemed ‘unsuitable’ would be barbaric, nonsensical and deranged to nearly any person. But what was truly intriguing was the fact that these camps were at a point in time supported and encouraged by many. The formation of these camps known as “Concentration Camps” were notorious for being one of the most unnerving events in not only WWII, but even world history. The treatment that citizens like Jews had to experience still influence people nearly 70 years later, after the end of World War II in 1945. The establishment that began this process was known as the Nazi Regime. Their ideas lead by Adolf Hitler brainwashed

Holocaust survivors give great insight to the realities of what the life was like within the gates of the Nazi concentration and death camps. Not to say that the research of historians, writers, and professors does not provide pivotal information to the study of the Holocaust; but their research provides secondary sources and accounts. Primary sources for historic moments allows a reader to get into the mind and psyche of the writer who is sharing his or hers experiences. The ability to become one with their most inner thoughts of fear, sadness, despair, happiness, joy, etc. makes a reader feel as if they are going through these moments alongside them. For survivors of the Holocaust, concentration camps, death camps, and World War II; such a connection is created with their listeners, viewers and readers by way of these primary sources. With father time working against them, the chances to speak with or listen to these individuals in person are quickly and sadly coming to an end. Which leaves society to use the literature of these surviving people to truly understand what life was like for them during the reign of terror caused by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi regime. Primo Levi’s, Survival in Auschwitz, offers just that connected and emotion to current and future generated as he illustrates what life was like for Jewish people during the Holocaust and World War II while surviving in concentration camps. Primo is a survivor of one of the most infamous Nazi concentration camps

The camp Auschwitz killed around 1,100,000 Jewish(history.com, Gypsy, and bi-sexual prisoners. Prisoners of camps usually suffered the same fate of dying in the gas chambers. It was very harsh because people were barely fed. The Nazis were very violent with prisoners. Most men went to work camps. Hitler and the nazis were ruthless to prisoners.

Prisoner of War camps and concentration camps during the second world war were brutal, extreme, and deadly. Many POW soldiers, Jews, Gypsies, and more died within these camps of many causes. Sometimes as I’m learning about World War II, I wonder whether the Japanese prison camps were better, worse, or just as bad as Nazi concentration camps and why did Germans treat Americans better than the Japanese did? I chose this topic, because not many people look into the Japanese war camps as much as they did with the Nazi concentration camps. I thought about what happened in those camps that differed from German concentration camps and which was worse. That’s why I chose this topic to learn about.

Over 11 million innocent men, women, and children died during the Holocaust, all because of one man’s beliefs. During World War II and the Holocaust, Hitler’s main goal was to create the perfect race to control Europe and eventually the world. In order to accomplish this, he created concentration camps to isolate and torture individuals. There were 3 main types of camps; death or extermination camps, labor or work camps, and transit camp. Although these camps had different purposes, they all achieved 1 thing; killing millions of individuals and treating them inhumanely.

INTRO: The Auschwitz Concentration camp was the largest active camp run by the Nazis during World War II. Built in 1940, on the ground of former Polish towns and neighborhoods. The Nazis bulldozed the houses and built the camp. Most of the camp consisted of Slave labor and execution facilities. The camp had gas chambers, medical facilities, and a crematorium. The camp consisted of three sub camps: Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II, and Auschwitz III. It also had many minicamps that were used to hold extra prisoners. The Nazis committed atrocities at all their concentration camps, but Auschwitz was the worst. The Holocaust was one of the worst acts of murder and cruelty from one group of humans to another.

During World War II the German Army had constructed concentration camps in order to imprison people of their dislike, such as Jews. Concentration camps were great for the Germans, but they were not great at all for the people that were imprisoned them. There were many camps, some were work camps and other death camps, yet they all had an evil purpose. Auschwitz, which was the “most effective” concentration camp of the Holocaust during the war, was the place where more than a million people lost their lives (Auschwitz Concentration Camp The Historical Outline). The camp of Auschwitz started as a place to place prisoners, but as the war went on it evolved into a place of mass murder (Auschwitz Concentration Camp The Historical Outline). Auschwitz had one of the worst treatments towards its prisoners which can be showed through the prisoner’s living conditions and their punishments.

Concentration camps were places where individuals were constricted without a trial. Many prisoners were placed in these camps, due to being: German socialists, gypsies, homosexuals and alleged of social irregular behaviour, known as people having a disability. Conditions were appalling and extremely harsh, where prisoners were required to complete hard-working labour, no matter the circumstances that were faced. In Nazi Germany (1933), and throughout Europe (1938-1945), the Nazi’s regulated the control of the prisoners. The first camps were organised as detention centres, to prevent opposition against the Nazi regime, and were named ‘enemies of the state’