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How much sleep did prisoners get in concentration camps during the holocaust?
2 hours
What was the type of activities that took place in concentration camps?
Concentration camps that were not extermination camps had the prisoners working for slave labor. Extermination camps spent 24 hours a day killing the prisoners. Some camps did medical experiments against the "undesirable people". The prisoners spent their time trying to survive starvation, deadly sickness, hyperthermia, heat stroke and dehydration.
Did the prisoners in the concentration camps get days off of work?
Up to 12 hours a day, 6 days a week.
How were people treated in Nazi concentration camps?
Prisoners of German and Japanese Concentration Camps were usually on starvation diets and were worked, generally to death. Many prisoners deemed "unfit to survive" were shot, hung, gassed and then buried in mass graves or cremated and then the ashes spread to the winds. Other camps, such as the Star Camp and Hungarian Camp, the inmates were treated decently.
What were the camps that the Jews went during World War 2?
Concentration camps, forced labor camps and extermination camps. From late 1941 on most of the Jews were sent to extermination camps, where they were killed within 12-48 hours of arrival.
How many hours did prisoners of concentration camps have to do a day?
over 9000
How much sleep did prisoners get in concentration camps during the holocaust?
2 hours
What was the type of activities that took place in concentration camps?
Concentration camps that were not extermination camps had the prisoners working for slave labor. Extermination camps spent 24 hours a day killing the prisoners. Some camps did medical experiments against the "undesirable people". The prisoners spent their time trying to survive starvation, deadly sickness, hyperthermia, heat stroke and dehydration.
Did the prisoners in the concentration camps get days off of work?
Up to 12 hours a day, 6 days a week.
How were people treated in Nazi concentration camps?
Prisoners of German and Japanese Concentration Camps were usually on starvation diets and were worked, generally to death. Many prisoners deemed "unfit to survive" were shot, hung, gassed and then buried in mass graves or cremated and then the ashes spread to the winds. Other camps, such as the Star Camp and Hungarian Camp, the inmates were treated decently.
What were the camps that the Jews went during World War 2?
Concentration camps, forced labor camps and extermination camps. From late 1941 on most of the Jews were sent to extermination camps, where they were killed within 12-48 hours of arrival.
How long did people stay at the Holocaust camps?
People sometimes were in concentration camps for a very short period, but usually because they were killed as soon as they arrived. Others were held in the camps for years, until the Allies rescued them or they eventually died from the horrific conditions they were forced to endure.
What was Appel in a Concentration Camp?
This is a good answer, from answers.com. Also, it was usually spelled "Appell"; it was one of many words that took on new, strange (and sinister) meanings under Nazism. "roll call" (German) - Within the camps, inmates were forced to stand at attention for hours at least twice a day while they were counted. This was always carried out no matter what the weather and often lasted for hours. Often accompanied by beatings and punishments."
What were the 3 concentration camps in the holocaust?
There were dozens of camps, and there were also more than 150 camps located beside German factories to house the slave laborers forced to work in those plants. Many concentration camps also had the inmates working at something, until starvation and disease killed them. There were also death camps, whose entire purpose was to kill everyone sent there within a few hours of their arrival. Some of the worst were Auschwitz, Dachau, and Treblinka. See the attached Related Link for a full list and information.
What were conditions in the nazi concentration camps like?
Conditions in the concentration camps were terrible. Nazis controlled and made the Jews or any kind of person in the camp work. Many people were killed and in brutal ways. Jews were told to take showers, but really were killed by the gas. People were also shot.Conditions were very poor. Several people had to share one bunk.___In concentration camps the prisoners were housed mainly in low wooden huts (often referred to as 'barracks') and had to sleep in shared wooden bunks. They had to work very long hours (up to 11 hours a day, six days a week) on very little food (and no pay apart from the occasional low value 'bonus coupon' at some camps). The camps were run by the SS who were ardent believers in physical punishment. If the prisoners did not work to the satisfaction of the guards they were usually whipped (25 lashes on the bare back) ... For disobeying the guards there were harsher punishments.What went on in the concentration camps was not subject to the law of the land after June 1933. So, sadistic or hate filled guards could ill-treat prisoners just as they liked.There were very prolonged roll-calls, supposedly to check that everyone was accounted for. If the SS men said the numbers didn't add up, then roll-call started all over again ... During roll-call, the prisoners had to stand to attention but the SS guards could move around. On 12 December 1938, a bitterly cold night, roll-call at Buchenwald lasted over 14 hours and at the end of it several prisoners were dead.In extermination camps most newly arrived prisoners were gassed or shot as soon as practical after arrival.
How did people arrived at the Auschwitz Camp?
The inmates of the Auschwitz camps were transported by train more than any other way. The Auschwitz concentration camps were built to handle large numbers of people very efficiently and that included a rail track that ran into Birkenau, one of the camps that made up the Auschwitz complex. Prisoners were offloaded directly into the camp from the train.During the operation of the concentration camps, more than 7000 staff were assigned to them. They had rather more choice in their mode of transport than the prisoners and many may have traveled by road rather than train.
How long did it take to reach the concentration camps in railcarsduring the holocaust?
anything from two hours to ten days.
