Jehovah's Witnesses refused to conform to Nazi ideology and refused to cooperate with Hitler's political aims and military endevors and and because of this were targeted for the harshest of treatments. Historian Brian Dunn identifies 3 basic reasons why the beliefs of Jehovah's Witnesses were incompatible with Nazism:
1. The Witnesses's opposition to racism in any form
2. The international scope of the religion, implying international equality
3. The Witnesses's political neutrality & their refusal to swear allegiance to the state
The groups that were sent to the concentration camps during the holocaust were Jews, Roma (gypsies), homosexuals, Soviet prisoners of war, Jehovah's Witnesses and many others.
Political opponents and dissidents were sent to concentration camps. Also, homsexuals and 'anti-social elements'.
around 8 million families were sent to concentration camps in the holocaust and in which few made it out alive. ____ The number of individuals sent to concentration and extermination camps was lower than this ...
concentration camps or death camps Edit: Like the above said, they were sent to concentration camps. Although, if they were healthy the Jew was then send to work camps, but before this they lived in the ghettos. (or they had to go hide.)
According to numerouse sources and figures, Their's an estimate of 34,000 Jews were sent to Auschwitz from other Nazi Concentration Camps or Sub-Camps. According to most Historians, it widely agreed that 33,734 Jews were sent to Auschwitz from other Nazi Concentration Camps or Sub-Camps.
If you're talking about Germany... Jehovahs Witnesses refused the nazi-salute and the military service (according to their religious belief). Therefore they were sent to concentration camps (where some of them died).
The groups that were sent to the concentration camps during the holocaust were Jews, Roma (gypsies), homosexuals, Soviet prisoners of war, Jehovah's Witnesses and many others.
They were sent to ghettos prior to the Concentration Camps...
With reference to the concentration, destruction and prison camps in operation in Nazi territories during the second world war, Jehovah's Witnesses were sent to all the major camps and detention centers notably Sachsenhausen, Auschwitz, Dachau, Mauthausen, Lichtenburg, Ravensbrück and others.
Political opponents and dissidents were sent to concentration camps. Also, homsexuals and 'anti-social elements'.
around 8 million families were sent to concentration camps in the holocaust and in which few made it out alive. ____ The number of individuals sent to concentration and extermination camps was lower than this ...
The Allies liberated many Nazi and Axis concentration camps in World War Two.The prisoners of war were sent to concentration camps.
concentration camps or death camps Edit: Like the above said, they were sent to concentration camps. Although, if they were healthy the Jew was then send to work camps, but before this they lived in the ghettos. (or they had to go hide.)
The extermination camps (without forced labour camps) were only used for Jews and Romanies/Sinti (gypsies) only and were dismantled and in two cases grassed over when they had 'served their purpose'. Other categories were sent to ordinary concentration camps. ___ Handicapped people were killed in separate centres, and political prisoners, communists, trade unionists, habitual criminals, homosexuals, Jehovah Witnesses, beggars and vagrants were sent to ordinary concentration camps.
Yes, many thousands were sent to the concentration camps and suffered badly. Please see the link below for a more detailed answer.
because the camps were set up to hold them.
The Nazis.