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To answer your question it is important to understand that there were 'only' six 'death' camps (extermination camps). The rest were concentration camps which had a ifferent function, although a large number of people died in them. The six camps were: most of the Birkenau section of Auschwitz, Belzec, Chelmno, Majdanek (part) , Treblinka and Sobibor . These were all built in Poland and designed to liquidate the Jewish and gypsy population of Europe.
These were set up in 1941-42 as part of the 'Final Solution'. It is accepted that no-one, adults and children alike, had any idea what was to happen to them until the last possible moment. On arrival by rail at the camp the unfortunates were greeted by smiling, friendly guards who explained that they were to be re-settled in this new town that was being built for them. They were then escorted to the proccessing sheds where they were invited to leave their belongings while they had a shower and were de-loused. They were then taken to changing rooms where they left their clothes folded neatly in cubicles and filed into the 'shower' rooms. Only when the gas-tight doors were shut and the Zyklon-B gas canisters dropped did the occupants guess something was amiss. These camps existed for no reason other than extermination. This was carried out, normally, within a few hours of their arrival and all signs of their fate were removed prior to the arrival of the next train-load. The Nazis employed Poles, Ukrainians and Serbs, as well as some Jewish slave labour. All were instructed to keep their mouths tightly shut when dealing with the new arrivals and to smile at all times in order to keep up the pretence.
At Auschwitz some prisoners were worked to death. Auschwitz was a complex of about 48 camps, and of these part of Auschwitz II (Birkenau) was a camp of the kind described above. Usually, prisoners were sorted quickly on arrival: able-bodied adults (usually 15+) were chosen for slave labour, and the rest (the old, sick, very young and visibly pregnant women) were gassed as soon as possible.
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What do you think of allies decision to focus on winning the war rather than immediately trying to save the people in Nazi death camps?
Because they did not know what was going on in the camps, they thought it was more of a prison camp than a death camp
Do kids had to go to concentration camps Holocaust?
I don't think so, probably only if they could work. Mostly, they were killed.Added: Yes, even children were sent to the Concentration Camps - reason being is that the people being sent there thought they were only going to work camps and didn't know they were going to be killed. The Nazi's feared that if the children were forcibly removed from the parents prior to their reaching the camps, there would be rioting among the Jews, et al, that even they wouldn't be able to suppress. So entire families were sent to the camps so that the children could be removed from the parents under tightly controlled and secure conditions.
Did people around the death camps know what was going on inside them?
No, the Nazis did a pretty good job of covering up what they did, even to most of the Jews until they were brought to the camps. ____ The fact that victims, often transported from hundreds of miles away, knew nothing, doesn't answer the question. One hears conflicting reports about what local residents knew. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There was little doubt that the local residents knew about the death camps (as opposed to the concentration camps), for various reasons, including: - the volume of people going in, as opposed to the volume coming out. - the smell of the cremations. - local inhabitants would buy items that workers from the camps had stolen from the dead.
Did Children get killed in concentration camps first?
there are two ways that i know of. one was they would burn the children and two that would use them as shooting targets
When did the Nazis begin to close the death camps?
It depends on which one you want to know about because they were all liberated on different days and sometimes different years.
Did the Jews know were they where going in 1941?
No. Most Jews were unaware of the existence and purpose of the Concentration Camps and the Death Camps.
What do you think of allies decision to focus on winning the war rather than immediately trying to save the people in Nazi death camps?
Because they did not know what was going on in the camps, they thought it was more of a prison camp than a death camp
How did the citizens not know about the concentration camp?
Most Germans did know, at least that the camps existed. Some kidded themselves that they were just forced labor camps. Some knew they were death camps, but as it was "just Jews", they didn't care.
Do kids had to go to concentration camps Holocaust?
I don't think so, probably only if they could work. Mostly, they were killed.Added: Yes, even children were sent to the Concentration Camps - reason being is that the people being sent there thought they were only going to work camps and didn't know they were going to be killed. The Nazi's feared that if the children were forcibly removed from the parents prior to their reaching the camps, there would be rioting among the Jews, et al, that even they wouldn't be able to suppress. So entire families were sent to the camps so that the children could be removed from the parents under tightly controlled and secure conditions.
What excuse did the US use to not stopping the holocaust immediately?
Due to the isolated locations of most of the camps, military forces could not reach the death camps immediately.
Did people around the death camps know what was going on inside them?
No, the Nazis did a pretty good job of covering up what they did, even to most of the Jews until they were brought to the camps. ____ The fact that victims, often transported from hundreds of miles away, knew nothing, doesn't answer the question. One hears conflicting reports about what local residents knew. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ There was little doubt that the local residents knew about the death camps (as opposed to the concentration camps), for various reasons, including: - the volume of people going in, as opposed to the volume coming out. - the smell of the cremations. - local inhabitants would buy items that workers from the camps had stolen from the dead.
Did Hitler ever hurt a child?
Hitler's policies to "purify" the Germanic race resulted in the death of thousands of people. The concentration camps were used to contain and kill Jews and other races of all ages including children. Even if the children had been excluded from the death camps, the fact that parents and other family members were taken away from them would surely be a horrific and traumatic event. There is a huge amount of reading material on the holocaust and concentration camps. It makes for very sobering reading but something that today's generations should know.
How did Nazis keep death camps secret?
* The death camps were all located in Poland (plus one in Belarus). * With the exception of Majdanek, which was in a suburb of Lublin, they were all in remote places. * The whole operation was classified as Top Secret (Geheime Reichssache). * Some of the death camps were destroyed in 1943 (Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec). * The other death camps were destroyed as the Soviet Army approached. * On various levels and in various ways, most people didn't want to know.
Did Children get killed in concentration camps first?
there are two ways that i know of. one was they would burn the children and two that would use them as shooting targets
When did Britain know about the Jewish treatment?
because people were escaping the camps and going to England and telling people
Why event in World War 2 became know as the holocaust?
Mass killing of 6 million Jews in death camps
What to you call a red Indian settlement?
The Lakota that I know call them "Death Camps," American's call them "Reservations," the Nazi's called them "Internment Camps" or "Concentration Camps." They all mean the same thing in actual practice, though the description by official sources change.
