Essay On Nazi Concentration Camps

"Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it.” - George Santayana. All throughout history, the inability to learn from one’s mistakes has led to great disasters. An example of those in history ignoring the result of another’s actions, can be found when comparing Nazi Germany concentration camps and North Korean Internment camps. Although these two types of camps were created around the same time, Nazi camps were liberated unlike North Korean camps that still occur in present times. These camps both used fear in their rule, propaganda for control, and executed prisoners; yet, these two camps had some different ways of doing their wrongs, their means of executions were differing, along with the food given to prisoners, and their camp set ups. Concentration camps controlled by Nazi soldiers and North Korean guards were eerily similar, yet had their differences. During the time of World War II, German political leader Adolf Hitler focused much of his time and resources to his anti-semitic views and used his power to …show more content…
Although public executions were not necessarily planned, oftentimes guards would publicly end the life of someone not abiding by camp rules. Instances of times where on the spot deaths were seen as necessary included, but are not limited to, the attempted escape of a prisoner, a prisoner caught stealing or concealing valuable items, or a prisoner attempting to revolt or disrespect a guard(SOURCE). Typically, these brave individuals would be shot without many questions asked. Executions were also seen as necessary to weed Nazi camps of those unfit to work. Selections occurred, where SS officers would round up the entire prison and call out the numbers of those that were noticeably unfit for labor.(SOURCE) Executions were vital to the running of both German concentration camps and North Korean concentration