Prisoners Of War WW2 By Lily Bevan

Which countries had camps ? Many Countries had Camps including Germany, Canada, USA, United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, New Zealand and others.

Were men and women in the same camps? Lots of camps were single sex but there were some with mixed men and women. Yes some children did go to the camps not all were with parents.

Did soldiers escape ? Some soldiers tried to escape by digging tunnels. The most famous attempted has been made into a film called The Great Escape.

How were the prisoners treated ? In some camps prisoners were treated fairly but in some German Concentration camps the conditions were very bad. There was little food and they were sent to the gas chambers and KILLED !!

Soldiers ran the camps. Adolf Hitler had a special unit called the SS. These were NASTY people who were very CRUEL!!

Have the camps been destroyed ? Most camps have been destroyed, you can visit them because they have been made into museums where they can remember the people who died.

Do we still have camps here today? We don’t have camps like they used to be in the war times but we do have places where prisoners are taken from other countries.