"Not all victims were Jewish, but all Jews were victims." - Elie Wiesel
Soon after Hitler gained power prison camps were set up to hold opposed to Nazism in 'Protective' custody. At the camp there were 32 wooden brackets in two rows, all surrouned by an electric fence. Anyone caught walking near the fence was shot. One of the first concentration camps was Dachau, Which opened on March 20, 1933. Just after the Holocaust started in early 1933. Although many people refer to all Nazi camps as "Concentration Camps," there were actually a number of different kinds of camps, including concentration camps, extermination camps, labor camps, prisoner or war camps, and transit camps. The camps were opperated for profite. When it was no longer profitable they started killing the Jews.
Life within the concentration camps were horrible. Prisoners were forced to do hard physical labor and yet given tiny rations. Prisoners slept three or more people per crowded wooden bunk, no mattress or pillow, Torture within the concentration camps was common and deaths were frequent. While concentration camps were meant to work and starve prisoners to death, extermination camps, also known as death camps were built for the soul purpose of killing large groups of people quickly and efficiently. Prisoners transported to these extermination camps were told to undress and take a shower. Rather a shower the prisoners were herded into gas chambers and killed. This is one of their acts of killing Jews quickly and efficiently. Anyways, At a number of Nazi concentration camps, Nazi doctors conducted medical experiments on prisoners against their will.
From 1933 until 1938, most of the prisoners in the concentration camps were political prisoners (people who spoke or acted in some way against Hitler or the Nazis) and the Nazis labeled them as "Asocial."
Auschwitz was the largest concentration camp and extermination camp built. It is estimated that 1.1 million people were killed at Auschwitz. At Auschwitz guards kept watch over the movements of all the prisoners, making it impossible for them to escape.
Heninrich Himmler ran the gestapo (the dreaded street police).They murderd Hitlers enemies including 77 Nazis Hitler didn`t trust.Himmler also issued an order that any Jew found with a weapon in his/her possesion would be held in a consentration camp for a period of 20 years.
Jews, communists,socialists,clergymen,trade union members,people who listened to forgein radio stations,writers,judges,lawyers,teachers,and others were sent straight to concentration camps. The slaves ( Prisoners.) were color coded or numbered so they could tell who they were. The Jews wore yellow stars on them. Six million Jews were killed, men , women, children, even babies. The principal reason for it was not to gain land or property, but to simply kill.
Life within the concentration camps were horrible. Prisoners were forced to do hard physical labor and yet given tiny rations. Prisoners slept three or more people per crowded wooden bunk, no mattress or pillow, Torture within the concentration camps was common and deaths were frequent. While concentration camps were meant to work and starve prisoners to death, extermination camps, also known as death camps were built for the soul purpose of killing large groups of people quickly and efficiently. Prisoners transported to these extermination camps were told to undress and take a shower. Rather a shower the prisoners were herded into gas chambers and killed. This is one of their acts of killing Jews quickly and efficiently. Anyways, At a number of Nazi concentration camps, Nazi doctors conducted medical experiments on prisoners against their will.
From 1933 until 1938, most of the prisoners in the concentration camps were political prisoners (people who spoke or acted in some way against Hitler or the Nazis) and the Nazis labeled them as "Asocial."
Auschwitz was the largest concentration camp and extermination camp built. It is estimated that 1.1 million people were killed at Auschwitz. At Auschwitz guards kept watch over the movements of all the prisoners, making it impossible for them to escape.
Heninrich Himmler ran the gestapo (the dreaded street police).They murderd Hitlers enemies including 77 Nazis Hitler didn`t trust.Himmler also issued an order that any Jew found with a weapon in his/her possesion would be held in a consentration camp for a period of 20 years.
Jews, communists,socialists,clergymen,trade union members,people who listened to forgein radio stations,writers,judges,lawyers,teachers,and others were sent straight to concentration camps. The slaves ( Prisoners.) were color coded or numbered so they could tell who they were. The Jews wore yellow stars on them. Six million Jews were killed, men , women, children, even babies. The principal reason for it was not to gain land or property, but to simply kill.