The Camp

dangerous conditions. A POW, Louie Zamperini, was one of the many soldiers forced to live in several isolated camps throughout World War II. The novel, Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, examined the life events of Louie Zamperini. A Japanese-American living during the time of World War II, Mine Okubo, related to similar experiences as Louie and other POWs in the Japanese-American internment camps. Mine Okubo and Louie both suffered from dehumanization while in war, but they were able to…

school, we are learning about the WWII (World War II) and I just wanted to tell some information because you are interested in WWII. I mostly want to focus on one specific part about the WWII and it’s the Auschwitz camp. It was located in Cracow, Portland. It was one of the largest camps and more than 1 million people died there. It was divided into three sections; Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II, and Auschwitz III. Auschwitz I was opened on May 20, 1940. Construction for Auschwitz II started on…

Majdanek Concentration Camp Holocaust is a word of Greek and that there were 6,000 Jews killed by the Nazi. The Majdanek concentration camp was a forced labor and extermination camp during the German occupation of Poland in World War ||. It was located in Poland three miles away from Lublin Which this was located in the outskirts. The Majdanek concentration camp is a Nazi and a genocide camp in World War ||.…

were unaware of the existence of Concentration Camps. Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany established almost 40,000 camp’s used to imprison millions of victims. Amongst those 40,000 camps were Buchenwald, Dachau, Sobibor, Bergen-Belsen, and of course, Auschwitz-Birkenau, all of which are the camp’s most students learn about in any world history class. In his book “Night” Ellie Wiesel tells the reader about his first hand experiences in a concentration camp. He tells the reader how the Jews from…

Don’t!” I screech. “I suggest you get straight to work,” divulged the guard. A few months later, by the time my parents and I were used to working in this camp, we were deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp which was located in Oświęcim, Poland. There were three Auschwitz camps. My parents and I were then separated. “Mom! Dad! I love you!”I yelped with heartbreak. “I love you too, honey!” Mom shouted with distress. “Stay strong,I know you are a fighter!” Dad…

Concentration Camps During the time of the Holocaust, many destructive concentration camps were built. Adolf Hitler built these camps to kill the Jews as well as other undesirables throughout Germany and all of Europe. These camps had atrocious living conditions with many of the prisoners dying of starvation, disease, and execution. In addition to torturing and eventually executing most of the prisoners in the camps, the Germans also used them to perform hard manual labor that was necessary to…

concentration camps and incarceration camps. As many as 40,000 camps and incarceration camps were thought to have been established. One concentration camp that had killed over one million jews was Auschwitz. Auschwitz was established in the autumn of 1941, and was the biggest concentration camp of its kind. Auschwitz was the fourth biggest concentration camp. It had three sub camps; Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II, and Auschwitz III. First off, Auschwitz I was used mainly as a death camp for Jews…

Nazi concentration camps were one of the most brutal and horrific torture methods in human history. Between 1933 and 1945, Nazi Germany established about 20,000 camps to imprison their victims. (Nazi Camps - United States Holocaust Memorial Museum) There were many types of camps, including labor camps, transit camps, and killing centers that were designed for mass murder. Over 6 million people died, mostly Jews, but there were also Social Democrats, asocials, and Jehovah’s Witnesses. The first…

WWII About The First Concentration Camp by:Evan The first concentration camp was Dachau established on March 30, 1933 in Dachau Germany. It was made to hold political prisoners of the third reich but it didn't.The first buildings in the Dachau concentration camp complex consisted of the remnants of an old WWI munitions factory that was located in the northeastern portion of the town. These buildings held around 5,000 prisoners. They were the main camp until 1937 when the prisoners were…

Resistance in Death Camps The Nazis had a vulgar and powerful hate towards Jews. They did whatever they could to try to erase the Jewish race. The Holocaust is the largest mass murder to a religion that this world has ever seen. Most Jews had no idea what was going on and had no clue that they were going to be killed so quickly (Grobman). During the Holocaust Jews were thrown into death camps where most were murdered right away while others suffered; however there were some brave and courageous…