Left Captivity In The Holocaust

Left Captive in Camps The Holocaust was both a time of extreme emotion and war. Many were persecuted and put into concentration camps, and some were even killed because of who they were. The concentration camps were a place of imprisonment for Nazi Germany’s enemies. To begin, the concentration camps were first established and built in 1933, shortly after Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor. “In the weeks after the Nazis came to power, The SA, the SS, the police, and local civilian authorities organized numerous detention camps to incarcerate real and perceived political opponents of Nazi policy,” (ushmm.com 2017). This was the only intention of the camps at the time, but soon after, more groups were added. These groups included people of the …show more content…
Another statistic finds that over five million Jews were killed in the Holocaust, and about six million non-jews were also killed, leaving the grand total of Holocaust deaths at roughly 11 million. No doubt were the camps a place of pain and anguish for all of those people, but also the only way Germany could get anywhere as a nation. Lastly, Auschwitz-Birkenau was one of the most utilized camps in all of the German-controlled land. Auschwitz was “a complex consisting of concentration, extermination, and labor camps in Upper Silesia,” (fcit.usf.edu 2017). This is one of the most important camps in WWII, killing around 1.1 million people in its usage time. When people think of concentration camps, they usually think of Auschwitz and the horrible death and treatment that existed. Auschwitz is one of the most visited historical landmarks in the world, and it is easy to see why. In short, the concentration camps were a place of pain and anguish for many. The pain not only affected the prisoners, but the prisoner’s relatives and friends. Nazi Germany was truly an evil place to be in in the 30’s and 40’s, but it was all in the