Why Did Buchenwald Use Of Dehumanization

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Nestled in a wooded area on the northern slopes of Ettersberg, about 5 miles north of Weimer in east-central Germany was one of the largest, most notorious concentration camps, Buchenwald. Buchenwald, an infirmary for death and disease, dehumanized its residents with their tactics during life and death.
This horrendous camp used dehumanization to get their prisoners to obey them and not rebel. Grant, R.G stated in his book that “…prisoners were reduced to such a state of weakness and terror that resistance was almost impossible.” This proves that the Nazis put such fear in the eyes of the Jewish or the prisoners that not listening to their instructions was basically impossible. Another example is “Prisoners arrived at the railroad station at

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