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Concentration camps were established in 1933 and were primarily for political prisoners. Extermination camps were first established in 1941 and were for groups that the Nazis wanted to exterminate completely - Jews and 'gypsies'.From late 1944 onwards some Jews were transferred from the more easterly camps, especially Auschwitz, to ordinary concentration camps and the distinction became somewhat blurred.
Yes, prisoners at the Flossenbürg concentration camp were tattooed. In many concentration camps, including Flossenbürg, prisoners were marked with a series of numbers as a means of identification. These tattoos were typically placed on the prisoner's forearm.
Prisoners at Flossenburg wore what prisoners in other concentration camps wore; striped uniforms.
first off its PUT, "putted" is not a word. and its because Hitler strongly hated Jews and wanted them out of the world. So being an extreme nationalist that he is, he placed Jews in concentration camps to wipe all of the Jews out of Europe.
they didn't, not even close.
Jews, Gypsies, Homosexuals, political prisoners.
Camps for political prisoners have been called a detention center, a concentration camp, prisoner of war camp, labor camp, or gulag.
Back in 1940, there were five concentration camps in Germany. These camps were established to eradicate resistance groups, political prisoners, racial groups of the Jews and Roma.
There are no concentration camps now-a-days. ___ A common purpose of a concentration camp is to terrorize political opponents. Myanmar (Burma) is notorious for its vile punishment camps for political opponents. Prisoners who disobey the guards are brutally beaten and so on.
Croatian Association of Prisoners in Serbian Concentration Camps was created in 1995.
Yes, the Nazis persecuted Freemasons and often sent them to concentration camps. Within the camps, Freemasons were categorized as political prisoners, and were forced to wear an inverted red triangle on the sleeves of their uniforms.
Able bodied prisoners had to work as slave labourers.
Jews <><><> Also political prisoners, homosexuals, trade unionists, gypsies, and members of other religious organizations.
Hard physical labor.
No, there was no such thing as a "good" concentration camp!
Concentration camps were established in 1933 and were primarily for political prisoners. Extermination camps were first established in 1941 and were for groups that the Nazis wanted to exterminate completely - Jews and 'gypsies'.From late 1944 onwards some Jews were transferred from the more easterly camps, especially Auschwitz, to ordinary concentration camps and the distinction became somewhat blurred.
Concentration camps, originally designed to hold political prisoners, eventually were used to hold Jews, Soviet prisoners, Gypsies, Poles, left of center political prisoners, homosexuals, people with disabilities, Jehovah's Witnesses, common criminals, etc. Many people in all of these groups were either killed or worked to death, but probably the Jews and the Soviets suffered the greatest number of casualties.