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How Did Hitler Use Concentration Camps During The Holocaust

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Adolf Hitler, a German Politician and leader of the Nazi party once said, “When I came to power, I did not want the concentration camps to become old age pensioners homes, but instruments of terror.” Hitler wanted the Jews to be afraid of him and the Nazis, while also making them suffer. He blamed many people on the downfall of Germany but was mainly directed at the Jews. Since Hitler was very patriotic, he did not want people who were not like him and therefore opened up concentration camps to store his prisoners in. This was a part of the Holocaust. During the Holocaust, concentration camps greatly impacted and changed the lives of many involved. First, there are many reasons for the creation of concentration camps. Next, the people involved in the Holocaust were transported and organized in the camps harshly. Lastly, the prisoners were organized into two types of camps, both …show more content…

For instance, after the defeat of Germany in World War 1, they suffered severe economic hardships. This defeat slowly gave rise to leaders like Hitler, who blamed the loss of World War I on Jewish politicians and bankers. As a result, they enforced severe punishments on those they did not see fit to be a true German. “From its rise to power in 1933, the Nazi regime built a series of detention facilities to imprison and eliminate so-called ‘enemies of the state’”(Holocaust Encyclopedia 1). Moreover, concentration camps were created to kill people that were thought to be detrimental to the health of the country. A few groups thought to be enemies were Jews, Gypsies (Roma), Socialists, and Homosexuals. Hitler and the Nazis considered people enemies if they were not a real German, or if they were not loyal to their country. More than forty-thousand camps were established by the Nazis to murder and work the prisoners to death. Overall, concentration camps were constructed to detain people considered to be Germany’s

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