Hitler's Living Conditions During Ww2

overcrowded and the prisoners had to sleep in the basements and lofts. There was no insulation in their living space and it was a marshy ground. There were more than 700 hundred people that were assigned to each barrack. These barracks lacked any true heating, and the facilities were not sanitary. There was also another kind of barrack. The prisoners in Birkenau slept in barns where horses would sleep. Each stall would contain three wooden bunk beds. Several hundred prisoners would live in each of these barracks or barn. Dampness, leaky roofs, and the decaying of straw and straw mattresses were a struggle for prisoners. Some prisoners would suffer from diarrhea, and that made the living conditions worse. We can see Hitler 's cruelty towards many people. The barracks were filled with bugs and rats. There was not clean water, and there was a shortage of water. Prisoners in the camp would receive three meals a day. One in the morning, afternoon, and at night. The nutritional value of food was not good. Those that worked harder would receive more calories. Those that worked harder would receive 1,700 calories a day. For those who did not do hard labor would receive 1,300 calories. Many people in these camps would …show more content…
More than 50 million people lost their lives in World War II. The Soviet Union took the greatest impact on World War II. This was mainly because of the concentration camps Hitler made. Hitler and the Nazis killed 12 million civilians, including six million Jews. The polish lost more 7 million people in World War II. More than half of these people were killed by Hitler in the concentration camps.11 million Chinese people were claimed dead, Japanese two million, and German five million. 300,000 United States soldiers were killed in World War II. As we can see in World War II many countries suffered. Many cities were destroyed, and many of the people were killed (“World War 2