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As early as the first months of 1942, word was already filtering back that the "work camps" were death houses. Only about 10% of all people incarcerated in the concentration camps lived through the experience. Being Jewish, the Franks, like all Jews at that time, dedicated their lives to trying to stay out of the camps.
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Did Hitler try to hide the concentration camps?
no, but the conditions of the camps from 1941 onwards was hidden.
Why did prisoners leave the concentration camps and what happened along the way?
They left the camps to try to return home.
What did Jews do in concentration camps to try to avoid disease?
they mostly avoided some of the people who had bad diseases or the germans killed them if the diseases were really severe.some jews tried to help the sicklier jews but that is one reason that diseases got spread.
Why would the franks and hundreds of others go in to hiding?
They went into hiding in order to try to avoid being deported to a forced labour or extermination camp.
Why call Gross Rosen a Polish concentration camp when all concentration camps were German and Gross Rosen itself was located in what was then Germany?
There were no Polish concentration camps during World War Two. Poland was attacked by Germany in September 1939 and occupied till 1945. All concentration camps on the Polish territory were built and operated by the German government. The term "Polish concentration camps" is highly abusive to Poles as millions of Polish citizens, of whom most were of Jewish origin, were killed there. By the German Nazis. To make it clear. Above agreed 100%. Note also that Poland was 100 miles further East between the World Wars, the border got shifted to take in a lot of Germany in 1945 when Soviet Russia had a major say in carving up Europe. So some concentration camps that were in Nazi Germany are now geographically in Poland. Try to find an historical atlas to fully understand! Also agreed. The camps should be referred to as Nazi German camps. In practice, the use of the term Polish concentration camps is usually lazy, not malicious. Some people also refer in the context of the Holocaust to Jewish concentration camps (!).
What happened to those who try to rescue or hide Jews?
If someone was caught harboring a Jew, then they usually were brought to the concentration camps alos and got the same treatment as the Jews.
Where can I find records of American soldiers who were captured in Philippines concentration camps during world war 2?
Try the "American War Library."Try AMVETs (American Veterans) founded by WW2 veterans in 1944.
Why does Elie Wiesel believe that people need to be reminded about what happened at concentration camps?
Because some of the countries of the world, may rise up, and try to pull a Hitler on us
Wikiplidi on what prisoners did in concentration camps?
Prisoners in concentration camps did not have lives that were free. They starved, got sick, fell ill from exposure, wasted away and some died right on the spot when they were doing slave work. The only thing they could do was sing together, talk, pray and try to survive. Some were even killed just for talking, singing and praying.
Were kids killed in concentration camps?
Yes, there was many young Jews killed during the Holocaust. Out of the 6 million people who were killed, I'm sure there were a lot of little kids killed because after they got out of the concentration camps there weren't that many left.
Why did Hitler try to destroy the concentration camps?
The USAAF bombed Auschwitz III because it produced chemicals (plastics), but apart from that the Allies have been severely criticized for not bombing concentration camps. Please see the related question.
What did Nazis try to do at concentration camps before allied soldiers were able to free captives?
From about September 1944 on, the SS began moving prisoners away from camps in Poland to other camps deep inside Germany, and from January 1945 on the prisoners were taken on death marches. The SS also tried, as far as possible, to destroy evidence of the Holocaust.
