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The Nazi concentration and extermination camps were run and guarded by the SS. In all the bigger and most unpleasant camps it became increasingly common to 'trust' some prisoners with routine supervision of other prisoners. In exchange, they were allowed certain privileges, and of course they hoped that if they could impress their masters with their efficiency they would live longer. For example, they were usually responsible for dishing up the miserable meals and made sure they got more food than the others. This practice of bullying, inducing and forcing victims to collaborate was one of more odious aspects of the concentration camp system. The 'trusted' prisoners were called Capos (or Kapos).
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Did the Nazis constatly look at the fences?
In concentration camps they did most of the time but if you read storys that some of the camps they were careless and most of the jewish people escaped
What were the names of the main concentration camps for Jews?
Have a look at the related question.
Why was the concentration camp closed?
Concentration camps were closed when the Allies liberated them. In some cases, such as Sobibor, the Germans destroyed the camps and planted flowers or trees to make it look nice.
How did the concentration camps look?
Like a lot of wooden huts, organised and uniform.
What are the 6 bigger concentration camps?
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What did Gleiwitz concentration camp look like?
There were three camps at Glewitz (including one women's camp). They were all sub-camps of Auschwitz.
Is their a music video showing how most concentration camps were run and how the Jews were treated?
Yes their is, if you look at related link it will show you how jews were captured and sent to the concentration camp, this also showed how jews were treated and how how the concentration camps worked. This concentration camp is Auschwitz II-Birkenau
How were the Jewish people in Germany persecuted under Hitlers control prior to concentration camps?
Please have a look at the two related quesions. They should give you quite a good idea of the kinds of persecution.
Is there a map that shows where the death camps in Poland were?
The German occupiers set-up labour, concentration and death camps in occupied Poland. The Nazi created the death camps of Auschwitz II (Auschwitz-Birkenau), Chełmno, Bełżec, Majdanek, Sobibór and Treblinka. The Nazi German also created many concentration camps such as Auschwitz I.
What crimes did the people on the Nuremberg Trials commit?
Look up holocaust and concentration camps. Any answer I could post here wouldn't do it justice. The people that were tried had committed unspeakable acts to hundreds, if not thousands of people just because they were either Jewish or opponents of the Nazi regime.
Where were the concentration camps and what were their names?
Their located mainly in Germany and Poland. theirs many names, if yu want a list of names look at related link
How did concentration camps come to be?
ordered by Hitler to concentrate enemies of Hitlers Reich into prison camps.... but concentation camps originated in America. The United States used concentation camps before Hitler. They used the concentation camps on the Native Americans. look up fort sumner in New Mexico. The navajo people were forced to be in these camps way before the jews.
