Sickening Concentation Camps During the Holocaust

Concentration Camps during the Holocaust
The Holocaust was a time in history that was brutal, sickening, and ruthless. The Holocaust refers to, “The systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators.” (ushmm.org) The Nazi’s came to rule in January of 1933 in Germany. They supposed that the German’s were “ethnically greater” and the Jews considered “mediocre” were a threat and problem to the German society. The German’s did not only target the Jews, they targeted Gypsies, Slavic people, Russians, the disabled, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, etc. If those people were captured but not killed yet, they were sent away to concentration camps. Concentration camps were introduced as harsh, uncleanness living camps and a very important feature of the regime. After Adolf Hitler became leader in January of 1933, he developed the first concentration camps in Germany (ushmm.org).
At first, Nazis, local police, etc. would capture anyone who would criticize the Nazis. These people included, church leaders, communists, and socialists. The Nazis would throw them into local prisons to keep them confined. The Nazis soon realized that this arrangement was not working so well. They came up with a new resolution which was to build large, strong-minded camps in order to hold the thousands of prisoners restrained. Soon, the prisoners were substantially concerted into one area and Nazi’s called it the first “concentration camps” (theholocaustexplained.org). The living conditions in the camps were unbearable (fcit.usf.edu). Eventually, the Nazis extended all over Europe, constructing about 20,000 more camps but of all numerous types. These comprised more conc...

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...dren had survived. Terezin was very different from Auschwitz-Birkenau and Buchenwald. Terezin was not a concentration camp. It was a place that people would go to avoid a poorer luck. Families and the elderly were mostly transported to Terezin (jewishvirtuallibrary.org).
In conclusion, the Holocaust was a time in history that was brutal, sickening, and ruthless. The Holocaust refers to, “The systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators” (ushmm.org). When Adolf Hitler came to power, he established the first concentration camp in Germany. Concentration camps were built to hold prisoners but not in a nice, friendly way. Concentration camps were developed to be brutal, unhappy, grimy places. Millions and millions of people in the 1930’s and on died in these horrific camps.