In the beginning of WWII when Adolf Hitler and his fascist party of the Nazis came to power in Germany, they used what would become to be a major issue that would still have an effect on society today. The Nazis used discrimination and prejudice against Jews known as anti-semitism, because he thought they were the cause of Germany’s problems during their economic hardships and the reason for Germany’s defeat in WWI. Hitler wanted more living space for “Aryans” which were people of purely North Western European descent with blonde hair and blue eyes because he wanted to create a “perfect” Germany where everyone was superior than the rest. Jews became the main targets of the Nazis because they believed that if they created an enemy to blame
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When Hitler won the election on March 5, 1933 he established what would become to known as concentration camps as he wanted to kill jews in bigger amounts and in a confined area instead of for searching them for long periods of time. Camps were an essential part of the Nazis ' systematic oppression and mass murder of Jews, political opponents, and others considered socially and racially …show more content…
By killing all the jews in Europe, Germany would now have more living space for Aryans and even more would be created as they planned to take over other countries. When the camps in Poland were finalized the harsh conditions used were brutal as people in the camps were crammed into small areas as if they were caged animals. They were made to sleep on the bunkers with straw mattresses, which were often infested with lice and other rodents Most were starved and not fed well as starvation and physical exertion would kill most of the people in the concentration camps, even before they were 'picked ' for the mass extermination. Furthermore, they were beaten inhumanly if they failed to perform their daily tasks or made an error and the treatment to the inmates in extermination camps like Auschwitz, was very bad while people were killed in gas chambers or bullets were fired through their body.The use of gas chambers was the most common method of mass murdering the Jews in the extermination camps using Zyklon B gas in addition to sending the bodies to crematoriums and spreading the ashes in the air, which made the process of eliminating the bodies faster. The Nazi doctors used concentration camp inmates for a number of horrifying and useless experiments as subjects, including very small children, were
When Hitler won the election on March 5, 1933 he established what would become to known as concentration camps as he wanted to kill jews in bigger amounts and in a confined area instead of for searching them for long periods of time. Camps were an essential part of the Nazis ' systematic oppression and mass murder of Jews, political opponents, and others considered socially and racially …show more content…
By killing all the jews in Europe, Germany would now have more living space for Aryans and even more would be created as they planned to take over other countries. When the camps in Poland were finalized the harsh conditions used were brutal as people in the camps were crammed into small areas as if they were caged animals. They were made to sleep on the bunkers with straw mattresses, which were often infested with lice and other rodents Most were starved and not fed well as starvation and physical exertion would kill most of the people in the concentration camps, even before they were 'picked ' for the mass extermination. Furthermore, they were beaten inhumanly if they failed to perform their daily tasks or made an error and the treatment to the inmates in extermination camps like Auschwitz, was very bad while people were killed in gas chambers or bullets were fired through their body.The use of gas chambers was the most common method of mass murdering the Jews in the extermination camps using Zyklon B gas in addition to sending the bodies to crematoriums and spreading the ashes in the air, which made the process of eliminating the bodies faster. The Nazi doctors used concentration camp inmates for a number of horrifying and useless experiments as subjects, including very small children, were