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Who was the spanish general that set up concentration camps in Cuba?
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Which Spanish general created concentration camps in Cuba?
general V. Weyler
How did Concentration Camps begin?
The first concentration camps were not in Europe, for that one must go back to 1898 in Cuba. One Spanish general, Valeriano Weyler, adopted a policy of reconcentration of the civilian population in detention camps, but this measure backfired when it aroused international concern, notably in the United States.
Where is flan eaten in cuba?
Next to the concentration camps for americans.
Who were the first immates of the first concentration camp?
The first inmates of Nazi concentration camps were Communists, Social Democrats and various political dissidents. (The first inmates of the first concentration camp was women and children of the Boer nation in South Africa - 1898) (There were also Spanish concentration camps in Cuba in the mid 1895s).
Which nation did the us use concentration camps like the ones in cuba?
Philippines
When was Buchenwald concentration camp created?
Dachau, the first concentration camp, opened on 22 March 1933 - less than two months after Hitler came to power. In April 1933 small concentration camps sprang up in all kinds of places, but most these were later closed by mid 1934. From 1937 additional camps were built, starting with Buchenwald.
What weapon did valeriano weyler the hard nosed Spanish general use?
He was one of the earliest military leaders to practice internment, also known as concentration camps or civilian detention. He was colonial governor of Cuba from January 1896 to October 1897 and was referred to as "the Butcher" by the US press in the run-up to the Spanish-American War (1898).
Where was the first concentration camp located?
Cuba: The Spanish Army's General Valeriano Weyler y Nicolau aka "The Butcher Weyler" had camps known as reconcentradoserected during 1896 to pen up 500,000 peasants who allegedly supported rebels in an effort and to quell the rebellion in the War of 1895....200,000 died of disease and starvation.
Who invented concentration camp?
The term Concentration camp was first used by the British in the Boer wars. this was very different form the concentration camps used in Nazi Germany. they were not death camps but camps in which the family of Boer rebels were imprisoned so that they could not aid the rebels. However concentration camps have been used before this (only they were not called concentration camps) they were used by the Spanish in the 1860's even American soldiers used similar camps on Cherokee and other native Americans in the 1830's so this type of military tactic has been around for a long time, but the term is British. Evidently, there are no real differences, but rather there are similarities between the English and the German concentration camps.
How did the valeriano weyler help to cause the out break of the spanish American cuba war?
His methods were less then humane, but he could put an end to revolt. The media called him the butcher, and much of Yellow Journalism centers around his program of reconcentration camps which did cause thousands of deaths.
How do you use concentration camp in a sentence?
first answers: The concentration camp was liberated before the SS could destroy its records. The Jews in Europe were relocated to concentration camps, originally as forced laborers. another answer: The term "Concentration Camp" was first used by the Spanish in the 1890's referring to population relocation centers in Cuba that helped them defeat Cuban nationalist rebels by preventing their co-habitation with the Cuban population (now moved into these camps).
Who was the army doctor that was appointed to govern Cuba after the Spanish-American War?
General Leonard Wood was the Governor General of Cuba from 1899 to 1902.
