Pros And Cons Of Nazi Concentration Camps

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Imagine being suddenly taken away from your home and family to be placed in concentration or internment camps. The Nazis and Hitler were putting Jews in concentration camps to be tortured and killed. The Americans were also putting Japanese immigrants and Japanese-Americans into internal camps “to protect them” but really to make sure they're not terrorists,spies,or not loyal. Nazi concentration camps and Japanese internal camps are essentially the same thing because they both took away and controlled the lives of the people in the camps, targeted people because they're not like them,and used them to prove their power.
The Nazi concentration camps and the Japanese internal camps took away their rights and controlled the Japanese-Americans and the Jews. For example: Japanese-American citizens had to give away or sell all of their things.Evidence that supports this is in the video “The United States of America Propaganda” which states the “Japanese were made to sell and give away their property.”This means that the Americans took away some of their ancestry, family businesses, and personal items. Which means
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An example of this is Hitler was convincing the German community that the Jews are the key to all the problems and make the society bad.In the Holocaust Documentary video it says “He thought the Jews were a bad influence .”This means that he thought that the Jews were a bad influence on society. Next the Americans were proving that they will protect us. In the United States of America Propaganda video it says “The goverment relocated to make sure there are no spies or future attacks by the Japanese.”Also, the Americans were proving to the Japanese and other people that they won’t let anymore attacks by the Japanese happen in America.The imprisonment of the Japanese was to make sure there were no spies and to also make sure they were loyal and traders.The main purpose for the camps was to prove a

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