Female guards in Nazi concentration camps

Mengele and the experiments held there. Auschwitz was the largest of all Nazi death camps and likely to be the most notorious of all. Opened in the spring of 1940, its first commandant was Rudolf Hoss, who had history running other concentration camps throughout Germany. During World War II, more than 1 million people lost their lives in Auschwitz. In January 1945, with the Soviet Army approaching, Nazi officials ordered the camp to be abandoned and sent an estimated 60,00 prisoners to other…

Imagine being minimally fed, exposed to extreme weather, forced to do hard labor without pay and even being on the verge of death (Edmonds). This is what many prisoners of war had to go through during World War 2 (Edmonds). A prisoner of war is a person held captive by their country’s enemy in war (Pranger). Many prisoners of war in Germany during World War 2 were treated unethically, regardless of guidelines put in place to keep them safe. Germany, along with many other regions in the world…

Schindler’s List, a true story about the Holocaust and one specific Nazi who protected his Jewish workers, represents life in Europe from 1939 to 1946 from a German point of view. Beginning with hiring Jews merely because it was cheaper, Oskar Schindler ended with hiring them in order to protect them from the concentration camps where the vast majority would find death. Over time, he realized that what was occurring was terribly evil and had experienced a change of heart. Now known as…

This way for the gas ladies and gentlemen is a collection of short stories following the experiences of narrator and author, Tadeusz Borowski, during his time in the Auschwitz concentration camp. Although the book was first published more than 50 years ago, Borowski's brutally honest, and personal accounts from one of the most traumatizing moments in human history help us gain an insight into modern events. The work of art provides us with a personal account for a moment in history that seems…

Military use of children has existed for a long time and it is only in the 1970s that international conventions have been drafted to limit the number of children in armed conflicts across the world. Typically, children have been used as fighters at the front lines, cooks, messenger boys, spies, human shields, couriers and of late, even suicide bombers. Such use of children in warfare makes them child soldiers. A plethora of children are taken from their loved ones by outlaw soldiers and…

mind then processes and applies meaning to sensory information. Viktor Frankl, the author of “Man Search for Meaning” was a Jewish physiatrist who spent three years during world war 3 under unspeakable circumstances under the most notorious Nazi concentration camps. While imprisoned frank realized that he had one freedom left he had the power to determine his response to the horror unfolding him. He dreamt to see his wife again and wished to teach students…

Are you a holocaust enthusiast? If so you need to get your hands on the book Night by Elie Wiesel. This book is a tempestuous and intense read. It will keep you entertained and never wanting to put it down. This is coming from someone who finds very little interest in reading books. The book was written in the mid 1950’s by Elie Wiesel. It was then translated and published in New York by Hill and Wang.(Night) The book Night was the book of my choice because i have a strong interest in the…

Mystery The perishing of at least six million people in Nazi Germany during the first half of the 20th century is widely known as the Holocaust. Majority of the victims of this genocide were Jewish. Most people acknowledge this devastating time in history, while it is believed by some that the Holocaust was over exaggerated or the death count was far less than claimed. Both sides of this argument will be explored and discussed. Concentration camps are places where large number of people are…

personal belongings and thrown in camps because you were different. The Japanese and Japanese-Americans were thrown into camps out of fear and paranoia in general after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Jewish people were thrown into camps out of hatred Hitler and the Nazi’s had for them. Although both internment camps and concentration camps were wrong only the Japanese got the rightful apology they deserved. Nazi concentration camps and Japanese internment camps are not the same thing because…

by 20 foot rooms. (Ng 35) Housing was overcrowded not everyone had separate rooms as they had before. Living in one room with a family meant higher chances of spreading and contracting illnesses. Loren Eiseley, who had to move into the internment camp at Topaz stated, “‘The first sight of our rooms was dismissal no furniture, unfurnished walls and ceilings, a two inch layer of fine dust on the floor and window sills”’ (Roger et…