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Why was the Nazis involved in the concentration camp buchenwald?
The Nazis were involved in the concentration camp Buchenwald because it was a camp for political prisoners.
What evidence does the following excerpt from Angela Merkel's 2013 speech at Buchenwald provide to support the conclusion that Nazis pursued a policy of genocide toward Jews during World War 2?
Merkel suggests that most of the prisoners died in the camps.
What was the Appellplatz?
The Appellplatz was a central area or square used for roll-call. (Appell - roll-call). Sometimes prisoners had to watch whippings and hangings there, too. At many concentration camps, roll-call (twice a day) was deliberately spun out and used to make the prisoners' lives a misery. Often it lasted 2 hours plus and the prisoners had to stand to attention throughout, but the SS guards walked around. On 11 (?) December 1938 at Buchenwald the numbers didn't tally at evening roll-call and the prisoners were recounted twice in freezing weather. At the end of it some of the prisoners were dead!
Why were some of the prisoners armed with truncheons and ready tto use them?
because they didnt like those prisoners and they were heading to the crematorium
What role did prisoners of war play in Japanese war effort?
Japanese made extensive use of labor forces composed to both prisoners of war and local peoples.
What were the prisoners doing in the concentration camps Buchenwald?
Most prisoners at Buchenwald were forced laborers in local armaments factories. Prisoners were also used as test subjects for medical experiments at Buchenwald, which resulted in a large number of deaths.
How are the SS finally driven from Buchenwald in the book night?
By the Americans ____ Actually, there was a prisoners revolt at Buchenwald.
Why was the Nazis involved in the concentration camp buchenwald?
The Nazis were involved in the concentration camp Buchenwald because it was a camp for political prisoners.
What was Buchenwald's primary method of killing?
Buchenwald was a very harsh, 'ordinary' concentration camp, not an extermination camp. About 25% of the prisoners perished. Most of these were worked to death on insufficient food. Many also died when some of the prisoners were taken on death marches in April 1945. From about late 1944 onwards some prisoners from camps further east were moved to Buchenwald.
How many people perished in Buchenwald?
Accoding to the Wikipedia article on Buchenwald 56,545 prisoners perished at Buchenwald out of a total of 238,380 who entered the camp alive. This does not, however, mean that the others all survived, as many prisoners were transferred to other camps and perished there. (It was a harsh concentration camp, but not an extermination camp).
What has the author Erich Fein written?
Erich Fein has written: 'Rot-Weiss-Rot in Buchenwald' -- subject(s): Buchenwald (Concentration camp), German Prisoners and prisons, Political prisoners, World War, 1939-1945
What type of prisoners were at buchenwald concentration camp. help me out here i need to type a paper on this for English class?
The prisoners in Buchenwald came from many places throughout Europe. People from Poland and Slovenia but also many religious and political prisoners, Gypsies (Roma), homosexuals, Jews and prisoners of war. Buchenwald was mainly for housing forced labour for armament factories. The ending of the war did not mean the end of the camp as the Soviet Union used it to house more than 28,000 prisoners between 1945 and 1950.
What has the author Bodo Ritscher written?
Bodo Ritscher has written: 'Walter Kramer' 'Spezlager Nr. 2 Buchenwald' -- subject(s): Buchenwald (Concentration camp), Concentration camps, Political prisoners, Politics and government, Prisoners and prisons, Russian, Russian Prisoners and prisons, World War, 1939-1945
How many people survived buchenwald?
The German Wikipedia article on Buchenwald gives the total number of prisoners killed at Buchenwald as 56,000 - of whom 11,000 were Jews. (Note that Buchenwald not an extermination camp and was not specifically for Jews).
What did buchenwald do in World War 2?
Buchenwald was a sister camp of Auschwitz. They operated as 'Death Camps' annihalating large numbers of Jews and other Political prisoners and disposing of their bodies.
Were tattoos used to identify prisoners in Bergen-Belsen and Buchenwald?
The Auschwitz group of camps were the only ones that used tattoos. Tattoos were not used at other camps, though obviously prisoners transferred from Auschwitz to Buchenwald or Bergen-Belsen still had their tattoos. (Note that prisoners who were sent to the gas chambers immediately on arrival at Auschwitz were not tattoed).
Where did the prisoners in the book Night finally stop their march?
The prisoners in the book Night finally stopped their march at the Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.
