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Nazi Germany unveiled the concept of the concentration camp in 1934. Heinrich Himmler said that they would be used for "concentrating enemies of the Reich." And that's what they did - kept all the enemies of Hitler's 3rd Reich in one place where the Nazis could keep an eye on them.

Before long, systematic extermination of these "enemies" took place. After a worker (probably a Jewish one) had outlived his usefulness, he would be offered a "shower" by the guards. They would take him to a large chamber with a group of other prisoners, who were also expecting a shower. They would strip off their clothes and enter the chamber, where the doors would be locked and the lights would be turned off. A guard on the roof would then pour Zyklon-B - an industrial rat poison that becomes deadly when exposed to air - into precut openings in the ceiling. The gas would enter the chamber, and everyone inside would be dead within 20 minutes.

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