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Nazi Camp System

Nazi Camp System. Prisoners of the camp. These were people who died because of being treated very poorly, or being executed by the Germans. Twenty-three thousand German and Austrian Roma (Gypsies) were inmates of Auschwitz, and about 20,000 of these were killed there. Enemies of the state.

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Nazi Camp System

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  1. Nazi Camp System

  2. Prisoners of the camp • These were people who died because of being treated very poorly, or being executed by the Germans. • Twenty-three thousand German and Austrian Roma (Gypsies) were inmates of Auschwitz, and about 20,000 of these were killed there.

  3. Enemies of the state • Jews were the main target of Nazi hatred, they were not the only group persecuted. Other individuals and groups were considered "undesirable" and "enemies of the state." • Jehovah's Witnesses, members of a small Christian group, were victimized not for reasons of race but because of their beliefs. • Homosexuals were victimized by the Nazis for reasons of behavior.

  4. Forced Labor • Jewish Laborers were subjected to humiliating treatment such as having the men cutting off their beards. • Having the ability to work would save ones life. • Jews that refused to work were shot or deported • Germans made all men between 18 and 45 receive labor assignments • Many of the man worked for the Germany army

  5. Death Marches • Germans moved the Jews from the front of Germany to the inside of Germany. • The Jews were first taken by train then the would walk which was then known as “Death Marches” • Prisoners were forced to march long distances in bitter cold, with little or no food, water, or rest. • If they couldn’t keep up they were shot. • If they were still alive when the marchers reached the shores of the sea were driven into the water and shot

  6. Liberation • In the final stages of war the Soviet Solders freed concentration camp prisoners. • They entered Auschwitz on January 27, 1945, and there they found hundreds of sick and exhausted prisoners that the Germans had left behind in their efforts to retreat. • American, British, Canadian, and French troops also freed prisoners from the concentration camps; they each responsible for certain camps. • Troops and doctors provided food and medical care for the camp survivors but many of them did not make it.

  7. The Survivors • For survivors, going home was hard because most houses have been looted or taken over by others. • When 150 Jews came home people feared that hundreds more would come back to reclaim their belongings. • Anti-Jewish riots broke out all over Polish cities. • Some governments wouldn’t allow large numbers of Jews in. • Finally, United Nations voted to divide Palestine into a Jewish and Arabian state.

  8. The Nuremberg Trail • Were 12 prominent Nazis were put on trail for war crimes • They were on trail for playing key roles thought the holocaust and mass genocide. • They were on trail in Nuremburg Germany at the palace of justice.

  9. More Information • The trails lasted between 1945 and 1946. • Twelve of the defendants were sentenced to death three of which ended up only being sentenced to life in prison.

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