The Camp

there was one of the largest mass murders in history being conducted right in your backyard. It is sad to say, but this was the case for some people. The site was called the Auschwitz Concentration Camp. This dreadful period of time lasted for about 5 years. After arriving at the Auschwitz Concentration Camp, no one knew if they were going to make it out alive. Auschwitz was established by the Nazi’s in april of 1940. ( Alder, Nagorski 10) Heinrich Himmler, who was the leading member of the…

During an interview with Elie Wiesel, Oprah Winfrey and him visited one of the most infamous concentration camps during the Holocaust, Auschwitz Concentration camp. Elie Wiesel is a survivor of the Holocaust and a survivor of Auschwitz where he was imprisoned for almost 16 months. Oprah and Elie toured the Concentration Camp as Elie reminisced about the horrible events that took place during his time there. The Holocaust was one of the most tragic genocides in world history. Germany was going…

Auschwitz was the largest concentration camp during the Holocaust, with horrible living conditions,and when Auschwitz drew to a close, millions were dead. Auschwitz was the largest concentration camp during the Holocaust. Having three main camps, Auschwitz I, Auschwitz II, also known as Birkenau, and Auschwitz III, also known as Monowice, Auschwitz covered approximately forty square kilometers, with branch camps scattered over several hundred kilometers. Auschwitz was based old Polish army…

Concentration camps, The prisoners had to work for days and didn’t eat at days at a time. Also, the prisoners had to go “death marches” and moved from camp to camp in trains. The rides were days long and during them, the Soldiers through bread through the windows and watched the prisoners fight for bread because they were starving. People died during the rides and were thrown out on the side of the road. Some of the camps were worse than others and treated the prisoners differently.…

Concentration Camp Liberators During the Second World War, as the Allies invaded Germany, the job of special units of soldiers called liberators was to liberate Nazi concentration camps scattered throughout Germany and other parts of Europe. These concentration camps were the housing of what the Germans called their prisoners of war. However, in reality, these camps were the areas or starvation, forced labor, and precise execution of tens of thousands of Jews and other minorities under Hitler’s…

Belzec: A Death Camp Belzec was a horrendous place of suffering, disease, and death. The prisoners of Belzec lived in an incredibly dark place, and almost all of them died there. This death camp was part of the Holocaust and it was just as disgusting as some of the better-known concentration camps. Belzec was a concentration camp designed for killing thousand of Jews, and that is exactly what happened. Belzec was a death camp located in southeastern Poland, near the Polish cities of Lvov,…

suffering during his childhood. Camp 14 is known as one of North Korea’s most brutal and severe political prison camps, doomed to the same fate of his convict parents. Like many other prisoners in the camps, Shin will forever be reminded of his gruesome days within the fence. If not his unforgettable memories, then his various scars that cover his entire body. Shin’s remarkable story of pain and suffering is told through Blaine Harden’s renowned novel Escape from Camp 14. The story revolves…

Vught Concentration Camp Vught concentration camp was a harsh and cruel camp located in Holland. In this camp many people were shot or died from one, or more, of the many ways of death. Prisoners arrived at this cruel camp already weak and starving from their previous camp. This concentration camp was split into two different sections, one for the Jews and the other for political Dutch and Belgian prisoners. The Vught concentration camp was a cruel and strict camp, a place where many hard…

II. Japanese Internment Camps during WWII It is estimated that around 120,000 Japanese in the United States were held in internment camps during WWII after U.S conflict with Japan grew (Onishi 1). Japanese-Americans were forced to take a test which asked them to pledge their loyalty with the United States, cut ties to Japan, and asked if they would pledge service to the United States military. An answer of “no” to any of the questions would result in the person being labeled as disloyal…

Auschwitz Concentration Camp was fully established on April 1940. The camp was built on a piece of land near the Polish City of Oswiecim and could hold about 150,000 prisoners at the same time. Many of the prisoners were sent to camp where they were forced labor then were eventually killed. These prisoners were put to work for long hours and were given no breaks. Often tortured and even had experiments tested on them, millions had started to die off. Auschwitz Concentration camp was truly a…