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No. Homosexual, Gypsies, Blacks, and the disabled were also put in concentration camps. Each prisoner wore a symbol signifying their reason for being imprisoned. (i.e. the Star of David for Jewish prisoners, the pink triangle for homosexual prisoners, etc.)

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No...mentally handicapped people, gypsies, homosexuals, political prisioners were among others Also Japanese Americans were interned in the United States. Although these camps were not for the purpose of wiping the Japanese out, conditions were not the best.

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What did Germany do during the holocaust?

They captured Jews and sent all of them to concentration camps, where the Jews eventually died. Only a few Jews out of every camp actually survived. In the concentration camps, they Jews were burned, starved, raped, stabbed, and tortured.


Were polish people forced to have consintration camps for Jews?

no - only because no camps were built specifically for Jews, they were forced to have concentration camps though.


Where were the Jewish people placed during World War 2?

Concentration Camps and Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps. Many thousands of Jews were put to death in the camps - but be clear: this happened only in countries overrun by the Nazis, and is known as the Holocaust which, unbelievably, there are still people who deny that it ever happened.


What prevented the allies from helping the Jews during the holocaust?

Basically they could not help. The camps were behind enemy lines, it was only after the military achieved victory that they could get to the camps.


How many Jews were imprisoned at Auschwitz?

In WWII Hitler set up concentration camps all over Germany, in these concentration camps they had millions of Jews, and there was allot of camps, they would work the Jews, and feed them only bread and soup. They had things in these camps and hospitals called selections in which they made the Jews run from place to place and the ones that weren't healthy would be marked down and they would get the gas chamber then sent to the crematory, when WWII was over, Jews were freed and there were pits full of dead Jews, so in these concentration camps there were millions and millions of Jews, they would stuff about 100 Jews in a wagon, going from one camp to another and there was about 20 wagons, and at the end of there journey there would only be about a dozen stepping off every wagon.

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What did Germany do during the holocaust?

They captured Jews and sent all of them to concentration camps, where the Jews eventually died. Only a few Jews out of every camp actually survived. In the concentration camps, they Jews were burned, starved, raped, stabbed, and tortured.


Were polish people forced to have consintration camps for Jews?

no - only because no camps were built specifically for Jews, they were forced to have concentration camps though.


How many major concentration camps during World War 2?

Their was only about 20 Major concentration camps.


Where were the Jewish people placed during World War 2?

Concentration Camps and Japanese Americans were sent to internment camps. Many thousands of Jews were put to death in the camps - but be clear: this happened only in countries overrun by the Nazis, and is known as the Holocaust which, unbelievably, there are still people who deny that it ever happened.


What prevented the allies from helping the Jews during the holocaust?

Basically they could not help. The camps were behind enemy lines, it was only after the military achieved victory that they could get to the camps.


How many Jews were imprisoned at Auschwitz?

In WWII Hitler set up concentration camps all over Germany, in these concentration camps they had millions of Jews, and there was allot of camps, they would work the Jews, and feed them only bread and soup. They had things in these camps and hospitals called selections in which they made the Jews run from place to place and the ones that weren't healthy would be marked down and they would get the gas chamber then sent to the crematory, when WWII was over, Jews were freed and there were pits full of dead Jews, so in these concentration camps there were millions and millions of Jews, they would stuff about 100 Jews in a wagon, going from one camp to another and there was about 20 wagons, and at the end of there journey there would only be about a dozen stepping off every wagon.


This was the process of dividing the Jews at the concentration Camps?

The word is selection. Some Jews were selected for work, the rest were sent to the gas chambers. This could only happen (on a large scale) at camps that were both extermination camps and labour camps, namely Auschwitz and Majdanek.


How did the Jews faced racism during World War II?

Jewish people face antisemitism during World War II, not racism. They were persecuted because of their religious beliefs in Nazi controlled countries and placed in either work camps where they were worked to death or death camps where they were executed. They were not the only people targeted by the Nazis. The Nazis also targeted gypsies, ethnic Poles, and many artists.


What was total number of camps during holocaust?

During the Holocaust, there has been in total of roughly 1,500 Concentration Camps. However between 1933-1935, there were many what was called "Wild Camps" and most only lasted for a few months before being closed or discontinued. From 1935, Most Camps which still existed by then becomes Concentration Camps to hold Political Opponents, regular Criminals and the Jews.


What did the Holocaust do to the Jews?

During the Holocaust, Jews were captured and sent to death and concentration camps. At the death camps, Jews were killed. By shooting, Strangling, Poisen gas(Gas Chamber), and Burning alive. The Holocaust Killed MILLIONS of Jews. and only 100 or so Jews survived. All Jews caught were Starved,beaten ect


Did adolf Hitler kill people besides Jews?

Yes. Many people. Any people who displeased him. Then at the consentration camps there weren't only Jews, and at consentration camps they gassed people.


What happened to the Jews from the Channel Islands?

they were sent to consentration camps. but there were only a few living there.