Death and concentration camps By: Avraj B, Miguel C, and Chris P
Adolf Hitler World war I veteran leader created camps to eliminate all Jews
Death and concentration camps Started to establish camps on January 30, 1933 Ended on May 8, 1945 Camps were located across Europe
What happened in these camps? These camps were built to torture, murder, and eliminate all Jews and other inferior people like gypsies homosexuals the disabled and mentally ill Camps were ran by SS officers and doctors who used bodies for experiments
Ways of Death Gas chambers Crematoriums Mass shootings
Auschwitz Largest camp that was constructed on April 27, 1940 Included 3 large camps and 45 sub-camps Killed 6,000 people a day with gas chambers and crematoria Murdered about 1,100,00 people
Work cited Death and concentration camps, about.com Holocaust, history.org Holocaust research project.org