Concentration Camps

By Nicole Caswell 3 rd 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.

Picture Links Prisoners from sblawlink.com Scientist from susty.com Clothes from worthpoint.com Camp from yannatry.blogspot.com Moon from fireflyforest.net

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