The Pros And Cons Of Wwill Concentration Camps

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Everyone had tough situations in the concentration camps in WWll. Both prisoners and guards had lived their lives in fear at the camps, and had no freedom in their own lives. In the concentration camps the prisoners would live their lives working in fear from SS guards and Kapos. While the Kapos, and SS guards were working in fear from Hitler, and the higher leaders above them. Jewish prisoners and German guards were thought as two total opposites, but they do have some things in common.

In concentration camps if the Jewish prisoners weren’t killed in the gas chambers they were forced to work as a punishment. When working they prisoners were controlled by Kapos and SS guards who were very violent towards them. There were a variety of jobs

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