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What were the prisoners of a concentration camp given so as to tell them apart from each other?
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Each was given a number. It was tattooed on the inside of the forearm.
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What did Flossenburg prisoners wear?
Prisoners at Flossenburg wore what prisoners in other concentration camps wore; striped uniforms.
What does the word Kapo mean?
Kapo n - In a Concentration Camp a Prison, usually a criminal is put in charge of a work group or other prisoners.
Did any prisoners in hiding in concentration camps escape to other countries?
yes
What were the prisoners meant for in the concentration camps?
The Jews did slave work in the concentration camp. The slave work was building tanks and weapons that he was killing other people with.
What was the difference between a Kapo and an SS soldier?
A Kapo (sometimes spelled Capo) was a trusted prisoner in a Nazi concentration camp. Kapos were given various privileges and had to supervise other prisoners, maintain discipline, distribute food and so on. Many abused their power, of course, and ill-treated the other prisoners ... A Kapo was not a soldier and had no standing outside the camp.
Were Polish prisoners tattooed in concentration camps?
In the Auschwitz group of camps (which by 1943 included 45 subcamps) prisoners used as labourers were tattoed, whether Jews or non-Jews). So this would have included the non-Jewish Polish prisoners. At other camps, the prisoners were generally not tattooed.
In which two towns did Hitler set up concentration camps designed to systematically destroy Jews and other prisoners?
In Auschwitz and in Dachau
Who did Hitler but in concentration camps?
Jews <><><> Also political prisoners, homosexuals, trade unionists, gypsies, and members of other religious organizations.
Why is dachau important?
Dachau was the first Nazi Concentration camp. It was first just used for political prisoners but as time went on more people were put into the camp. Dachau was the model for the other concentration camps that came later. Inside Dachau prisoners were medically experimented on and they had to do forced labor which sometimes killed them.
After Akiba Drumer's death what do Eliezer and the other prisoners do?
Eliezer and the other prisoners mourn Akiba Drumer's death briefly, then focus on their own survival. They continue to endure the harsh conditions of the concentration camp, trying to avoid the same fate as Akiba.
What was the purpose of Theresienstadt that set it apart from other camps?
Part of Theresienstadt was an 'ordinary' concentration camp and a Gestapo prison (mainly for Czechs), and another part was a transit camp for 'prominent' German Jews. It was for a time a 'model concentration camp' that Germany could should off to the Red Cross. To some extent, the Jews there were allowed to organize their own lives. However, the grim reality was that prisoners were regularly sent by train to Auschwitz.
Was everybody in the concentration camps treated the same?
No. The treatment meted out to Jewish inmates was often worse than that of most other categories of prisoners. For example, at Oranienburg (an early temporary concentration camp) the Jewish prisoners were forced to clean the lavatories with their bare hands. Homosexuals were often beaten up by other prisoners and some were killed by fellow inmates. At some camps 'professionl criminals' banded together to gain all the positions of trust, with the result that some of the Kapos were dangerous psychopaths. There was some variation from camp to camp.
