Pros And Cons Of President Roosevelt's Concentration Camps

Think of a world with Hitler and his harsh concentration camps, then think of a world with President Roosevelt and his internment camps made for protection of the United States. Adolf Hitler ran concentration camps, these camps were built to imprison people in harsh conditions, their rights were taken away and they were treated as slaves and millions were killed. The internment camps were set up to house anyone with Japanese background, the camps were livable with housing,food and water. Both the concentration and internment camps were run by leaders of a country and people believed in the leaders but they had no clue what the future would hold for these camps, good or bad, when these camps were built. The internment camps and the concentration camps were made for different reasons and conditions. President Roosevelt acted to protect his country, and Hitler acted in prejudice towards people with different religious beliefs, views or race than him for power.
When President Roosevelt set up the internment camps, he set them up to protect his country from the axis powers, the Japanese. …show more content…
For instance, the internment camps were made to protect the US from the Japanese, as a video states that they relocated them because they thought the Japanese were spies and were going to sabotage the US. Unlike the internment camps the concentration camps which were made for killing and slavery. Hitler made the camps specifically for labor slaves and the killing of many people. Additionally, the conditions of the two camps were completely different. Internment camps were just to separate the Japanese and the camps were liveable with housing. Whereas in the concentration camps, there were barely any food and water and the living conditions were awful. Also, the people were killed or worked to death in the concentration camps. Hitler and Roosevelt both used camps, but they were for different reasons and