Concentration Camps

By Nicole Caswell3rd Period

October 2010

Prisoners

The Nazis may have been aiming for the Jews; but Jews aren't the only ones who suffered from the holocaust. Anyone who ever helped a Jew was put into camp. Anyone who did not obey the Nazi's rules were put into camp. There are many different people who were put into the camps.

Slave labor

The prisoners at the concentration camps often

acted like slaves. They would work for several

years than would be killed. They would sometimes use

the prisoners as guinea pigs. They would have them

drink strange liquids and see if it was safe for a normal person to have.

The clothing

The clothes which you had on when you first went

to the camp would be discarded and you would

be given these uniforms. It had black and white

stripes. One size fits all. As you can imagine it was very cold outside. Some

would suffer from hypothermia.

Food

Another common thing the prisoners died

from was food. The Nazis thought of them as objects. Things that

do not have needs. They got fed just enough to

survive. Some however starved.

Auschwitz

One of the main camps was Auschwitz. Really it was just a big set of three camps. Auschwitz 1 2 and 3. Of course the first one was the worst. Auschwitz was created in 1940.

The holocaust is one of the biggest mistakes the world has ever made. What a terrible event it was. We need to study our mistakes to better handle them the next time around.

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