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First Concentration Camp
The First Concentration Camps
The first concentration camps were very important to the entire holocaust. The Nazis were able to imprison any people who were seen as non–Aryan
in camps where they would be forced to work or they could even be killed upon arrival. Therefore, many people died in these camps because of their
race or religion. There were very brutal living conditions in most camps and it made an enormous impact on the lives of all prisoners. The first
concentration camps were complex and heavily impacted many of the most popular camps of the holocaust. Overall, these camps set the stage for what
the holocaust would evolve by introducing what was going to happen in the next 13 years.
Concentration Camp Administration Process
The...show more content...
Adolf Hitler was very persuasive and knew how to convince people that what he was doing was right. Some people agreed with the Nazi rule and
others did not. The Nazi regime did receive authority to imprison people in concentration camps. "The Criminal Police could issue a "preventative
detention" order after December 1937 for persons considered to be habitual and professional criminals, or to be engaging in what the regime defined
as "asocial" behavior"(United STates Holocaust Memorial Museum). Eventually, the rules got a little bit more strict than they were in the beginning.
For example, "After 1938, authority to incarcerate persons in a concentration camp formally rested exclusively with the German Security Police
(made up of the Gestapo and the Criminal Police)"(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). The power to imprison people in concentration
camps was a very controversial subject. Some people agreed with the Nazis way of dealing with people who opposed their rule, and other people
thought that it was unnecessary. Many people questioned how the nazis were allowed to imprison people for things such as their race or
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Essay on Nazi Concentration Camps
The Holocaust was one of the world's worst genocides; concentration camps were the worst place to be if you were a captive. Adolf Hitler, a Nazi,
convinced many that certain groups of people needed to be exterminated. He started concentration camps to terrorize his enemies. The first
concentration camps started in 1933, six years before World War Two began. There were several concentration camps. These concentration camps
consisted of European Jews, P.O.W.'s (Prisoners of War), political prisoners, criminals, homosexuals, and gypsies, the mentally ill and other groups.The
first concentration camp was called Dachau, located in Munich, Germany. It was opened March 22, 1933. Within five years of Dachau opening, the
number of...show more content...
If a child was born in a concentration camp, they would be killed on the spot. Most children and elders were killed as soon as they got to the
concentration camps if they looked too weak to be useful to work. Some were used for drug and surgery experiments. To save the amount of
poison gas and ammunition used to kill people, some children would be thrown into ovens or put into open fire pits. These prisoners were also
beaten, put in pressure chambers, or frozen to death. The Nazis were brutal and didn't care who they killed.There were many escape attempts,
though only 802 attempts on record. Only 144 made it out but most of them were caught and killed, or taken back to camp and starved to death. If
someone successfully made it out of the camp, random people in their prisoner block would be starved. One of the most successful escapes was
when a few prisoners dressed as guards, stole a car and drove out the front gate, they were never caught. The most successful escape was when Oscar
Schindler got 300 women out of Auschwitz. Oscar pretended to be one of the people in charge of the camp. Before the freight car full of people got
to the camp, he told them to send them back. When they got back, he took them to a safe house and looked after them. The concentration camps were
all shut down on May 7, 1945 when World War Two ended. It was estimated that 7,991,460 people lost their lives in the concentration camps. When the
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Concentration Camps Essay
A concentration camp is where prisoners of war, enemy aliens, and political prisoners are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions, or
place or situation characterized by extremely harsh conditions. The first concentration camps were established in 1933 for confinement of opponents of
the Nazi Party. The supposed opposition soon included all Jews, Gypsies, and certain other groups. By 1939 there were six camps: Dachau,
Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, Mauthausen, Flossenburg, and Ravensbruck. Auschwitz Auschwitz, or Auschwitz–Birkenau, is the best–known of all
Nazi death camps, though Auschwitz was just one of six extermination camps. It was also a labor concentration camp, extracting prisoners' value...show
more content...
Because executions by gunfire were inefficient, expensive, and potentially identifiable, intoxication by poison gas––a method used by the Germans to
kill over 50,000 mental patients since 1939––was agreed on as the method of choice. Zyclon was originally brought to Auschwitz as a disinfectant and
vermin killer. On September 3, 1941, Fritzsch experimented with Zyclon B. on 600 Russian prisoners of war and 250 tubercular patients. He was
amazed at the number of people who could be killed at once. On October 15, 1941, a plan for the future camp of Birkenau, designed by one of the
prisoners, was approved. The layout was meant to house 100,000 prisoners. Before construction began, however, the SS instructed that Birkenau
should be built for double that amount. The first transports of Jews into the camp began on March 26, 1942 with the arrival of 999 Slovakian
women. Since the crematoriums had not yet been built, women were housed in a newly established women's section in Auschwitz I, placed to work,
and beaten daily at roll call. By the end of March there were 6,000 women prisoners in Auschwitz I. A third section of the camp, called Auschwitz III
or Buna–Monowitz, was established to provide forced labor for the German industries that had plants at Auschwitz. The victims who were lucky
enough to escape the fate of the gas chambers were taken to the "quarantine" where they were taken to a
Get more content on HelpWriting.net
Concentration Camps
At the mention of World War II, many people think of the term concentration camp. Some conjure the idea that the Holocaust was the first time in
history concentration camps were used. However, concentration camps and their terrors were established long before the 1930's. Concentration
camps were first used in Cuba in the late 1800's, and have been used around the world since then. These camps are known for mistreatment or
oppression of others because of their race or religion. It is used when a government desires to bring together, or "concentrate", a nation or group of
people to one specific place so they can be watched over. The Merriam–Webster Dictionary defines concentration camps as, "a camp where persons
(such as prisoners of war, political prisoners, or refugees) are detained or confined." Throughout history, concentration camps have been used to take
civilians and place them into conditions where they could be oppressed, starved, killed, and exposed to diseases. Camps are mostly used during times
of war and conflict between two civilizations when one nation or group of people believe they are superior. However, the ways in which camps are
operated, and the goals of their operation, have not always been inherently harmful to their inhabitants. The term "concentration camp" has evolved
over time, from isolating people in Cuba and in the Boer War to becoming more vicious and intentionally harmful to its victims in World War II. The
first use of concentration camps in
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Essay on Concentration Camps
A concentration camp is where prisoners of war, enemy aliens, and political prisoners are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions, or
place or situation characterized by extremely harsh conditions. The first concentration camps were established in 1933 for confinement of opponents
of the Nazi Party. The supposed opposition soon included all Jews, Gypsies, and certain other groups. By 1939 there were six camps: Dachau,
Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, Mauthausen, Flossenburg, and
Ravensbruck.
Auschwitz
Auschwitz, or Auschwitz–Birkenau, is the best–known of all Nazi death camps, though Auschwitz was just one of six extermination camps. It was also
a labor concentration camp, extracting prisoners' value from them, in...show more content...
Prisoners were packed so tightly into the railroad cars that they couldn't even squat to sit, much less lie down to sleep. They rode for two days with no
food, no water, no toilet facilities––with only dirty straw on the floor. They finally arrived at their destination, glad to finally be breathing fresh air
when the cattle car doors were pulled open. Instead they are greeted with shouts of anger, with guns and bayonets pointed at them, and with guards
holding back police dogs ready to tear them apart. A stench fills the air. They are at Birkenau, the second part of the Auschwitz complex, called by
some "the mother of all concentration camps. The manpower to build the camp came from 200,000 Russian prisoners of war who were
forced to march from Russia to a camp at Lamsdord without any food. During these early days the Russians received more abuse than the Polish
prisoners because they were more feared for their military might. They were looked upon by Hess as expendable labor due to their inferior abilities
and physical weakness. Of the 12,000 prisoners who were sent to Birkenau in 1941, only 150 survived to the following summer. Some prisoners were
assigned to the most gruesome task –– that of the Sonderkommando. These prisoners were forced to work in the crematoria, burning the Jews who
had just been gassed. All prisoners who were selected for forced labor were tattooed with numbers on their left arms.
Any slip, outburst,
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First Concentration Camp

  • 1. First Concentration Camp The First Concentration Camps The first concentration camps were very important to the entire holocaust. The Nazis were able to imprison any people who were seen as non–Aryan in camps where they would be forced to work or they could even be killed upon arrival. Therefore, many people died in these camps because of their race or religion. There were very brutal living conditions in most camps and it made an enormous impact on the lives of all prisoners. The first concentration camps were complex and heavily impacted many of the most popular camps of the holocaust. Overall, these camps set the stage for what the holocaust would evolve by introducing what was going to happen in the next 13 years. Concentration Camp Administration Process The...show more content... Adolf Hitler was very persuasive and knew how to convince people that what he was doing was right. Some people agreed with the Nazi rule and others did not. The Nazi regime did receive authority to imprison people in concentration camps. "The Criminal Police could issue a "preventative detention" order after December 1937 for persons considered to be habitual and professional criminals, or to be engaging in what the regime defined as "asocial" behavior"(United STates Holocaust Memorial Museum). Eventually, the rules got a little bit more strict than they were in the beginning. For example, "After 1938, authority to incarcerate persons in a concentration camp formally rested exclusively with the German Security Police (made up of the Gestapo and the Criminal Police)"(United States Holocaust Memorial Museum). The power to imprison people in concentration camps was a very controversial subject. Some people agreed with the Nazis way of dealing with people who opposed their rule, and other people thought that it was unnecessary. Many people questioned how the nazis were allowed to imprison people for things such as their race or Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 2. Essay on Nazi Concentration Camps The Holocaust was one of the world's worst genocides; concentration camps were the worst place to be if you were a captive. Adolf Hitler, a Nazi, convinced many that certain groups of people needed to be exterminated. He started concentration camps to terrorize his enemies. The first concentration camps started in 1933, six years before World War Two began. There were several concentration camps. These concentration camps consisted of European Jews, P.O.W.'s (Prisoners of War), political prisoners, criminals, homosexuals, and gypsies, the mentally ill and other groups.The first concentration camp was called Dachau, located in Munich, Germany. It was opened March 22, 1933. Within five years of Dachau opening, the number of...show more content... If a child was born in a concentration camp, they would be killed on the spot. Most children and elders were killed as soon as they got to the concentration camps if they looked too weak to be useful to work. Some were used for drug and surgery experiments. To save the amount of poison gas and ammunition used to kill people, some children would be thrown into ovens or put into open fire pits. These prisoners were also beaten, put in pressure chambers, or frozen to death. The Nazis were brutal and didn't care who they killed.There were many escape attempts, though only 802 attempts on record. Only 144 made it out but most of them were caught and killed, or taken back to camp and starved to death. If someone successfully made it out of the camp, random people in their prisoner block would be starved. One of the most successful escapes was when a few prisoners dressed as guards, stole a car and drove out the front gate, they were never caught. The most successful escape was when Oscar Schindler got 300 women out of Auschwitz. Oscar pretended to be one of the people in charge of the camp. Before the freight car full of people got to the camp, he told them to send them back. When they got back, he took them to a safe house and looked after them. The concentration camps were all shut down on May 7, 1945 when World War Two ended. It was estimated that 7,991,460 people lost their lives in the concentration camps. When the Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 3. Concentration Camps Essay A concentration camp is where prisoners of war, enemy aliens, and political prisoners are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions, or place or situation characterized by extremely harsh conditions. The first concentration camps were established in 1933 for confinement of opponents of the Nazi Party. The supposed opposition soon included all Jews, Gypsies, and certain other groups. By 1939 there were six camps: Dachau, Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, Mauthausen, Flossenburg, and Ravensbruck. Auschwitz Auschwitz, or Auschwitz–Birkenau, is the best–known of all Nazi death camps, though Auschwitz was just one of six extermination camps. It was also a labor concentration camp, extracting prisoners' value...show more content... Because executions by gunfire were inefficient, expensive, and potentially identifiable, intoxication by poison gas––a method used by the Germans to kill over 50,000 mental patients since 1939––was agreed on as the method of choice. Zyclon was originally brought to Auschwitz as a disinfectant and vermin killer. On September 3, 1941, Fritzsch experimented with Zyclon B. on 600 Russian prisoners of war and 250 tubercular patients. He was amazed at the number of people who could be killed at once. On October 15, 1941, a plan for the future camp of Birkenau, designed by one of the prisoners, was approved. The layout was meant to house 100,000 prisoners. Before construction began, however, the SS instructed that Birkenau should be built for double that amount. The first transports of Jews into the camp began on March 26, 1942 with the arrival of 999 Slovakian women. Since the crematoriums had not yet been built, women were housed in a newly established women's section in Auschwitz I, placed to work, and beaten daily at roll call. By the end of March there were 6,000 women prisoners in Auschwitz I. A third section of the camp, called Auschwitz III or Buna–Monowitz, was established to provide forced labor for the German industries that had plants at Auschwitz. The victims who were lucky enough to escape the fate of the gas chambers were taken to the "quarantine" where they were taken to a Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 4. Concentration Camps At the mention of World War II, many people think of the term concentration camp. Some conjure the idea that the Holocaust was the first time in history concentration camps were used. However, concentration camps and their terrors were established long before the 1930's. Concentration camps were first used in Cuba in the late 1800's, and have been used around the world since then. These camps are known for mistreatment or oppression of others because of their race or religion. It is used when a government desires to bring together, or "concentrate", a nation or group of people to one specific place so they can be watched over. The Merriam–Webster Dictionary defines concentration camps as, "a camp where persons (such as prisoners of war, political prisoners, or refugees) are detained or confined." Throughout history, concentration camps have been used to take civilians and place them into conditions where they could be oppressed, starved, killed, and exposed to diseases. Camps are mostly used during times of war and conflict between two civilizations when one nation or group of people believe they are superior. However, the ways in which camps are operated, and the goals of their operation, have not always been inherently harmful to their inhabitants. The term "concentration camp" has evolved over time, from isolating people in Cuba and in the Boer War to becoming more vicious and intentionally harmful to its victims in World War II. The first use of concentration camps in Get more content on HelpWriting.net
  • 5. Essay on Concentration Camps A concentration camp is where prisoners of war, enemy aliens, and political prisoners are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions, or place or situation characterized by extremely harsh conditions. The first concentration camps were established in 1933 for confinement of opponents of the Nazi Party. The supposed opposition soon included all Jews, Gypsies, and certain other groups. By 1939 there were six camps: Dachau, Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, Mauthausen, Flossenburg, and Ravensbruck. Auschwitz Auschwitz, or Auschwitz–Birkenau, is the best–known of all Nazi death camps, though Auschwitz was just one of six extermination camps. It was also a labor concentration camp, extracting prisoners' value from them, in...show more content... Prisoners were packed so tightly into the railroad cars that they couldn't even squat to sit, much less lie down to sleep. They rode for two days with no food, no water, no toilet facilities––with only dirty straw on the floor. They finally arrived at their destination, glad to finally be breathing fresh air when the cattle car doors were pulled open. Instead they are greeted with shouts of anger, with guns and bayonets pointed at them, and with guards holding back police dogs ready to tear them apart. A stench fills the air. They are at Birkenau, the second part of the Auschwitz complex, called by some "the mother of all concentration camps. The manpower to build the camp came from 200,000 Russian prisoners of war who were forced to march from Russia to a camp at Lamsdord without any food. During these early days the Russians received more abuse than the Polish prisoners because they were more feared for their military might. They were looked upon by Hess as expendable labor due to their inferior abilities and physical weakness. Of the 12,000 prisoners who were sent to Birkenau in 1941, only 150 survived to the following summer. Some prisoners were assigned to the most gruesome task –– that of the Sonderkommando. These prisoners were forced to work in the crematoria, burning the Jews who had just been gassed. All prisoners who were selected for forced labor were tattooed with numbers on their left arms. Any slip, outburst, Get more content on HelpWriting.net