...had concentration camps and America had Japanese internment camps. Concentration camps were work camps for the people in Germany who were deemed impure, these people often died of disease, starvation, or cyanide gas. Internment camps were plots of land guarded by layers of barbed wire fences, that the Japanese people were put into with no resources. Nazi concentration camps and Japanese internment camps were essentially the same because both the Jews and the Japanese lost their rights as citizens, in both camps people were dehumanized, and in the two camps were used to jail those who opposed or threatened their governments. Both the Jews and the Japanese lost their rights as citizens of their countries. First in Japanese internment camps the people were classified as non-alien enemies. The loyal Japanese citizens couldn’t even be called citizens anymore but were classified as non-alien enemies. Second before the concentration camps in Germany, the Jewish people were stripped of their rights to everything, their homes, their businesses, and going to...
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...happened during World War II. One of the main concentration camps was Auschwitz this is the largest of the Nazi death camps, the camps address is Więźniów Oświęcimia 20, 32-603 Gmina Oświęcim, Poland. Auschwitz was located approximately 37 miles west of Krakow, near the prewar German-Polish border in Upper Silesia, it’s an area that Nazi Germany took control of, in 1939 after invading and conquering Poland. Of the camps of Auschwitz there were three camps. The first was just the main Auschwitz, the second was Auschwitz-Birkenau and the third was Auschwitz-Monowitz .In these camps they killed 1.1 million people and most of them were Jews. These camps symbolize death in the eyes of millions of people. It was on the five death camps the most streamlined mass killings ever. Auschwitz I or the main camp housed the prisoners, the cite of medical experimentations, the cite of Block 11, which was a place of severe torture, and the Black Wall the place of execution. These people were sent here from other camps around Europe just to be executed, just because of who they were born to be. In September, the SS first tested Zyklon B as an instrument of mass murder. They were tortured and treated like slaves because of being Jewish or Polish or Roma. Anybody who was not of the Aryan race was not acceptable to be German because of the conception of one man telling them they were a disgrace. Auschwitz-Birkenau camp had the largest total prisoner population. It...
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...weak were tested physically and emotionally as the path of death was effortless, while the road to survival seemed impossible and unachievable. Throughout the narrative, Primo transforms from an apathetic victim to a progressive survivor in the German concentration camp at Auschwitz. The concept of black marketing, knowledge in chemistry and his spirituality all contributed toward the survival of Primo Levi and others in Auschwitz. According to Primo Levi, illegality, deceit, infidelity and sin were all relevant in the concentration camp. These characteristics made up Auschwitz and were used as necessities in order to survive such horrid conditions. Those who were captured and sent to German camps quickly noticed that this was a place where happiness was extinct. Little pieces of bread, shoes or soup bowls were perceived as rather large when consumed and used by other prisoners. The smallest amount of food attracted any inmates, creating trust issues and this idea of every man for himself. This type of nature constructed the black market and how it was used amongst Levi and others as a survival tactic. This encouraged prisoners to deceive and steal food or property for their personal gain. In order to survive inside the death camp, Levi explains how one learned to cope with the environment and do whatever they could to live. Primo...
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...Have you ever wondered how different your life might be if you were deported to a concentration camp, but managed to escape and survive? In the book Night by Elie Wiesel, Elie and his family were deported to a concentration camp. Elie eventually lost his mother, father, and sisters, and struggled to survive throughout the book. After going through many horrible things, he was freed when American tanks came to the concentration camp Elie was at. Elie had been affected by many events in the book, such as the loss of his humanity, the harsh conditions in the camps, and the loss of his father. One event that clearly changed him was the loss of his humanity. In short, he lost everything that made Elie himself, such as his clothes and even his own name. For example, Elie said “A Kapo came in to check if somebody had new shoes… I had new shoes. But, as they were covered in mud, they weren’t noticed. I thanked God for creating mud” (Page 38). It is very evident that Elie did not want to lose his shoes, because the Germans had already taken everything he owned that made Elie unique. Another example can be found just a few pages later. Elie notes “I became A-7713. From then on, I had no other name” (Page 42). He was no longer identified as a living human being with a name, but...
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...The Nazis built a concentration camp near the town of Natzweiler, about 31 miles south of Strasbourg, on a hill in the Vosges Mountains. Natzweiler-Struthof was one of the smallest concentration camps. It was apparently established after Albert Speer, Hitler’s architect, who had been on an inspection tour of recently occupied France and had noticed that there was granite deposits in the Natzweiler area. The Deutsche Erd-und Steinwerke GmbH AKA “The German Earth and Stone-Works Ltd”,reacted to Speers promptings and by autumn 1940 had launched a project to quarry the granite, with the work to be done by prisoners. The commandants of Natzweiler were these people: Egon Zill – 1942-1943 Hans Huettig – 1942 Friedrich Hartjenstein - 1944 Heinrich...
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...resistance group called “Justice and Liberty”. They were sent to Auschwitz Buna, a factory that created synthetic rubber and latex. After eleven astonishing months surviving as a laborer and a chemist inside Auschwitz, Primo Levi and the whole camp was saved by the Russian Army. Once Levi entered the camp his personal background and physical capabilities influenced the nature of his life in Auschwitz, as it did too for many other prisoners. Before World War II began Levi had just gotten a degree in chemistry in the University of Turin. In Auschwitz the Nazis opened a chemistry unit and with his professional background as chemist, Levi was sent to work there. This meant superior living conditions thereby increasing his chances of survival especially during the harsh winter. It is clear from Levis account that a prisoner’s physical condition, mental capacities and skill set were determining factors in...
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...Westerbork was built in 1939, and was located near two towns called Westerbork and assen. The camp Westerbork was one of the 100 concentration camps used to kill Jews during the 3rd right. Over thousands of Jews were killed in the westerbork concentration camp. Some questions that are most common are. What was going on inside westerbork? How many Jews were murdered in westerbork? What type of people were in that camp? What was the environment inside the camp? The last question is we're there any people that escaped westerbork, if so how many and how? Everything the prisoners faced were unspeakable. The camp Westerbork was one of the concentration camps used to kill Jews during the 3rd right. Do you know what was going on...
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...Transylvania, he was a teenager and in 1944 his family and him were taken from their home and were transported to a concentration camp in Auschwitz. There were two different ethnicity groups the Jews and the Germans, each had different rights because they believed that the Germans were more powerful and higher class than the Jews. Elie Wiesel shows three overlying themes throughout the novel those themes are hope, fear, and faith. These themes help create the images, and the details that Elie provides it helps us better understand what he is trying to tell us by providing us with more knowledge that allows us to realize each of the three themes and how those themes are represented throughout the novel. In the book “Night” there are several overlying themes and one of those themes is hope. Hope is a feeling of expectation and a desire for something to happen. In the novel it states “every bomb that hit filled us with joy.” When Elie and the others heard all of those bombs they were glad to hear that sound because it made them think that everything would be back to normal again and...
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...Holocaust. What comes to mind when this single event is mentioned? Tragedy, fear, death, sadness? For many, the thought of the Holocaust sounds like it occurred a lifetime ago. However, the atrocities which the Jews faced transpired less than seventy-five years ago. The Holocaust is not another shrapnel of ancient antiquity to be disserted – it is a chapter of modern history which must be deliberated and reflected upon. For this time, history cannot repeat itself. The nefarious concentration camps had their own social climate, as Jews braced themselves every day for the same endless battle of survival and did anything they had to do in order to outlive their relentless enemy – death. The story of how countless people were ripped from their homes and thrown into death camps is told firsthand, by the autobiographical novel, Night, written by Holocaust survivor Eliezer Wiesel. According to Wiesel’s recollection, it all commenced when German officers began to enter Jewish towns and occupy them. There was talk of German tensions, but almost everyone was indifferent. Before they knew it, Jews were being placed into ghettos, curfews were being imposed on them, and they were having more rights taken away from them. Anti-Semitism became...
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...Westerbork was a nazi German network concentration camp. Westerbork was established in 1939. In 1941 there had been an amount of 1,100 inmates in Westerbork ,most of the inmates were Jewish. All of the work they had to do in the cam was very exhausting and very tiring to do. Westerbork was operational from 1 July 1942 -12 April 1945s. Westerbork was liberated by Canadian 2nd Infantry Division. An amount 101,525 Jews were killed in Westerbork. About an amount of 101,525 Jews have been gassed, burned, or died by natural causes in Westerbork . An amount of 14,502 children, 41,156 men, and 45,867 women were murdered in Westerbork. When they got to the camp the old or the young were told to take a shower and then gassed to death just because they were to weak. If you were to young or to old they killed you in the gas chambers because you were not worth feeding....
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...At the death camp, Auschwitz, a jewish man survived Nazi doctor Josef Mengele removing his kidney without any anesthesia and then survived the gas chambers because he was the 201st person in line for a 200 person gas chamber. “Statistics indicate that the total number of jews killed in the holocaust was over 5,830,000.” (Bülow) Acts of cruelty were performed daily on jews by Nazis. Neighboring countries could of stepped in and saved millions of jews lives, but instead stepped back and watched them die. The holocaust was terrible, because jews were slaughtered, because homosexuals were persecuted, because it killed millions of people. If human cruelty is not opposed, it will flourish like a flower of death. The Nazis were able to successfully...
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...The book Night is centered in a time period which was highly unfavorable for anyone not of German heritage. Racial unequality and prejudice was thrown enourmously towards the Jews. They were forcefully tossed into concentration camps against their will where they slaved for the sake of their life. In the book "Night" by Elie Wiesel, Eliezers is dehumanized and treated like an animal for being nothing but a young Jewish boy and day by day loses hope of experiencing a better tomorrow. While being held hostage inside the concentration camp walls the aspiration and belief of their lord removing them from misery declines more each and every day. For example, Eliezers explains, "Behind me, I heard the same man asking : 'For God's sake, where is...
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...Concentration Camps during The Holocaust 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. It all started in 1933 when Hitler came to power in Germany. Adolf Hitler was a very strong minded individual that liked everything to go his way, and for what he believed in. Germany was already a very racial country, and judged people strongly on their religious beliefs, and their political communities. The Nazis, also known as the National Socialist German Worker's Party, planned to murder the Jewish people. They called this plot, "the final solution." The Holocaust was a devastating time during World War Two,that changed the lives of many people all over the world. The name holocaust comes from the Greek word "holokauston", meaning sacrifice from fire. The holocaust killed many groups of people such as the Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, the disabled for persecution, but mostly the Jews. When Hitler first gained power, he formed an advanced police and military force to smother anyone who criticized his authority. With...
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...Jews. Bruno is not allowed to leave the house but one day he decides to go down to the people in the striped pyjamas and finds another boy called Shmuel around the same age as him. After some time Bruno and Shmuel become best friends. Shmuel asked Bruno if he could help him find his father, Bruno says ok and goes into the concentration camp to help find him, but they get mixed into a group of Jews about to get taken to the gas chambers, the boys don’t know where they are going and go along with it, they get lead into a gas chamber thinking they are gonna have a shower but get gassed and killed. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas is set during world war 2 in Berlin and soon after in a place called Out-With which is where the Auschwitz concentration camp was. The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas follows the normal structure of a novel. In the first few chapters the author describes the setting and who the family is, followed by the storyline where Bruno and his family move to Out-With and Bruno discovers the concentrations camp and makes friends with Shmuel. In the end Shmuel and Bruno get gassed and killed after searching for Shmuel’s dad in the concentration camp. A character in the novel I...
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...already a very racial country, and judged people strongly on their religious beliefs, and their political communities. The Nazis, also known as the National Socialist German Worker's Party, planned to murder the Jewish people. They called this plot, “the final solution.” The Holocaust was a devastating time during World War Two,that changed the lives of many people all over the world. The name holocaust comes from the Greek word “holokauston”, meaning sacrifice from fire. The holocaust killed many groups of people such as the Gypsies, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, the disabled for persecution, but mostly the Jews. When Hitler first gained power, he formed an advanced police and military force to smother anyone who criticized his authority. With this force, Hitler developed the first concentration camp, Dachau. A concentration camp was used to work and starve prisoners to death. Later Dachau became a huge concentration camp to exterminate Jews. Hitler made life miserable for Jews. On April of 1933, the Nazis initiated by boycotting all Jewish ran businesses. The Nuremberg Laws issued in September of 1935, made it so Jews were excluded from most public life. The law included exposing the German Jews of their citizenship, and outlawed marriages and extramarital sex between Jews and Germans. This law was the start of all legal standards for additional anti-Jewish legislation. After the Nuremberg Laws, many new laws against Jews were created...
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