The Pros And Cons Of Jewish Concentration Camps

Imagine being forced out of your home. Imagine losing your dignity, your pride, your freedom. That is what the people in the Nazi concentration camps and in the Japanese internment camps went through. The camps seem similar but are they essentially the same thing? During World War 2 Jews were put in Nazi concentration camps. Japanese-Americans were put in Japanese Internment camps by the U.S. government. The Jews and the Japanese were both forced out of their homes. Japanese internment camps are not essentially the same thing as Nazi concentration camps served a different purpose as the Japanese internment camps, the Jews and the Japanese people were treated differently, and the Jews were forced into labor and the Japanese were not.

It is estimated that Nazis established around fifteen thousand concentration camps throughout occupied countries. (Concentration Camp Listing, 2010) These camps, known as “DEATH CAMPS” spread throughout all of Europe under German ruling. It has been estimated to be around 15,000,000 concentration camps that were established from small to large ones. (Concentration Camp Listing, 2010) One of the most commonly known concentration camps was the one located in Auschwitz, this particular concentration camp was were diseases and epidemics prevailed due to poor living conditions. (living conditions, labor and executions) Examples of these

Have you ever heard of the nasty, disgusting, and horrible conditions that jews had to suffer with in concentration camps during the Holocaust? Lice and fleas are a big part of conditions in concentration camps, another horrible condition in the camps are diseases and sanitation, lastly another awful condition in concentration camps is mass murder and starvation. Many people died in concentration camps during the Holocaust because of the environment the jews had to live in and deal with, and many families were split and torn apart because loved ones of theirs had died because of the horrible conditions in the camps.

Throughout history of the world , we have experienced many horrific occurrences, two of these being the Holocaust and Japanese Internment. Although both of these incidents are terrible, the Holocaust was much more miserable. The Jewish people were placed into Concentration camps by the Nazis, but Adolph Hitler was racist towards them. The Japanese were relocated to Internment camps. The way of life in these camps is way negligent.

Holocaust prisoners left, together, in cold dark water for hours at a time. Were their punishments for nothing? Or did their suffering somehow help us today? Between the years of 1939 and 1945, also known as the Holocaust; the Nazi’s took test subjects from groups of people to perform procedures and experiments on. Unfortunately, all of these so-called “important tests” were exceptionally inhumane. A few examples of the procedures performed were leaving prisoners in freezing cold water for three hours straight or only allowing them to drink pure ocean water for two weeks straight. For the most part, what those German doctors did was unnecessary due to the fact that the outcome was highly predictable. But over the course of the intense studies, a few valid and useful tidbits of information did surface. Some of the research findings from Nazi medical testings during the Holocaust continue to benefit today's modern medical development.

Both the Jewish and Japanese camps were discriminatory towards the Jewish and Japanese race. However the Japanese internment camps were put into place out of fear, because Japan dropped a bomb on the United States. While the Jewish concentration camp was put into place because the Jewish “caused” the Great depression. However the camps are similar because they were made for the same reason which was racial discrimination. Both the Jewish and Japanese camp homes were ransacked, and were forcefully put out their homes. Their business were also taken away. Therefore they were put in the camps against their will and were not happy with living there. In both America and Germany the government claimed innocent, when really they were the guilty ones. If it were not for the United States of Germany government the camps would have never been created. Which would have never led to racial discrimination towards the Jewish or Japanese. Many would think that America was just as guilty as Germany, for the only difference is the amount of people killed. Although some if these points are true, they are not strong enough. The Japanese were put into the camps out of fear while the Jews were put into camp for the feeling of ultimate power

Concentration camps and internment camps both wanted people to suffer, but overall, they weren’t all that similar. The Holocaust was 12 years long from 1933-1945. The Japanese-American Relocation was held for 4 years from 1942-1946. Many people think these camps are the same, but if these people dig deeper they are realize they are nowhere close. The Japanese internment camps and the Jewish concentration camps aren’t essentially the same for three main reasons: Jews were forced to work while Japanese had the option, Jews were put to death, but the internment camps no one was killed, and concentration camps were formed for different reason.

World War II is the most brutal war in the history of the world. Both the U.S. and Germany put innocent people in internment camps (in the U.S.) and concentration camps (in Germany). Both countries treated both groups differently, but both were the same. The United States gave the Japanese fairly normal lives with the exception of that the Japanese could not leave the “cage”, while Germany gave the Jews next to no rights at all. Japanese internment camps and Jewish concentration camps were the same because each country wanted to be safe from the cause of their problems, both countries were both racist to the society that they put in the camps, and the two countries were both afraid of the other race.

Some people claim that the Internment camps were worse than Nazi camps but in reality, they were a bit alike but nothing really similar to them. Some of the hardships were bad food and very small living spaces but they were in there for national security, not for extermination. Over two-hundred voluntarily moved in.(Pipes) Families dined together at communal mess halls.(USHistory.org) Some of the internees had the option of serving in the army. One of the strongest units was the 442nd regiment, an all Japanese unit in Europe. So camps never reached the levels of Nazi camps.(USHistory.org)

First, Nazi concentration camps and Japanese internment camps were not essentially the same thing because the Jews were not being treated like people, while the Japanese resumed a normal life. First, in Anne Frank's diary it says, “The people get almost nothing to eat, much less to drink”(Anne Frank's diary, October 9th,1942) . In the Nazi concentration camps they weren’t even given the luxury of food. It was watered down porridge, which gave them absolutely no nutritional value. To make matters worse, water was only available 1 hour a day. Many people would go days without food and water. Killing the weak and the sick. Next, while in the Japanese internment camps they had plenty of food and water. They had healthy food

Throughout history of the world , we have experienced many horrific occurrences, two of these being the Holocaust and Japanese internment. Although both of these incidents are terrible, the Holocaust was much worse. The Jewish people were put ti to concentration camps but by Nazis by Adolph Hitler was racist towards them. The Japanese were relocated to internment camps. The way of life in these camps are way worse then anyone knows.

In internment camps the Japanese had low quality food that were a mixture of Japanese and American food. In concentration camps the food was horrible “you must have your mess-tin in hand, no mess-tin, no food, approximately 10 ounces of bread and some coffee” (Châtel). The life in the internment camps were better than those in the concentration camps, the Japanese that were put in the internment camp were kept as prisoner but were eventually freed and receive an apology from the US government. The people in the concentration camps were not usually kept as prisoner but as slaves and test subjects, they were killed and used as lab rats for the Nazi’s experiments. Both camps did have their population behind fences however the children in the internment camps had more freedom than those in the concentration camps. The children in internment camps play sports to help

In concentration camps, they slept on concrete bunk beds as well as wooden bunk beds that were meant to hold 52 horses, they had no heat, the ceilings were damp and leaky, the prisoners only got 1,300 calories a day, that’s 500 less calories than what the average human should have, they had to work about 10 hours each day. In internment camps, they were located in areas where there's harsh weather, they had schools and medical care in the camps, the japanese were payed to work at the camps, but many people did die from the poor amount of health care or the intenses stress they were put under while being in the camps. They had there own animal stalls that was almost like their home. The prisoners i n the camps were almost treated as slaves, making FDR and Hitler feel like they had more power.

For my research paper, I have chosen to compare and contrast the Jewish concentration camps and the Japanese internment camps. This will border around how and why the camps were built, their claimed purpose and their real purpose, how it affected both the victims, the victors and the bystanders (then and now), and the result it has made to the present world. If possible, I would also like to bring the reservations camps into my research paper. Although the reservation camps were very different from concentration camp and internment camps, I still think that there is still a similarity between all of them.

The threat of radical Islam and the deadlock in the Washington conferences forced the Rabin govt. to change the Israeli rejection to negotiate with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). Subsequently, secret negotiations talks initiated between the Israel and the PLO, which were held in Oslo, Norway. On 13 September 1993, in Washington both the Israel and the PLO singed the Declaration of principles. In the declaration both states mutually recognized each other. It stated that during the 5 year period Israel would withdraw its military from the Jericho and the Gaza Strip, also with its additional withdrawals from unspecified areas of the west bank. The declaration also stated the other key issues like territories to be surrendered by Israel, the status of Jerusalem, water rights, nature of Palestinian entity to be created, the refugee problem and the future of Israeli settlers were kept aside for the final status talks.