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* The death camps were all located in Poland (plus one in Belarus). * With the exception of Majdanek, which was in a suburb of Lublin, they were all in remote places. * The whole operation was classified as Top Secret (Geheime Reichssache). * Some of the death camps were destroyed in 1943 (Treblinka, Sobibor, Belzec). * The other death camps were destroyed as the Soviet Army approached. * On various levels and in various ways, most people didn't want to know.
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Who was involved in the death marches?
those in the concentration camps. Jews, Homosexuals, POW's, etc. Of course, the Nazis walked with them, keeping track of them. Those that couldn't keep up or tried to escape were shot.
Why was it so important to keep the invasion site secret from the Nazis?
If they knew where the allies were going to land they would have had more troops, tanks, and other things there to stop them. As it was many men died on the beaches of Normandy.
What were death marches?
Where prisoners were forced to march toward a concentration camp or other prison type facility where they were to be executed. Anyone who fell behind or was not well enough to walk was executed on the spot, often being beaten to death. Those who made it to the prison camp were starved or given very minimal food rations then they were worked to death or executed.
What is the difference between death camps and labor camps?
Although the British are said to have invented and used concentration camps in the Boer War, such camps are mainly associated with Nazi Germany.The Nazis had four main types of camp:The Stalags: prisoner-of-war campsLabour camps: where slave labourers were housedConcentration camps: interim holding campsExtermination camps; where prisoners were murdered soon after arrival.Some concentration camps also has extermination facilities such as gas chambers and incinerators.British and Allied POWs were treated relatively well.Russian and East European POWs were treated very badly, often being starved or murdered.Slave labourers were treated sufficiently well to keep them useful to the Nazi state, but such workers did not last long before they became infirm and were shipped off for extermination.In concentration camps, conditions were hell on earth.In extermination camps, the poor victims did not have long to suffer before they were killed.
What did concentration camp factories produce?
Some camps were specifically set up as munitions factories, and prisoners lucky enough to be sent to one of these got slightly better food and slightly better accommodations than prisoners in the death camps. Their labor was important to the Reich, hence some effort was made to keep them alive. The death camps produced nothing for the war effort but recyclables (shoe leather, human hair, etc.) Most of the "work details" in places like Auschwitz were designed to work the prisoners to death - nothing more.
Why did Nazis create concentration camps?
to keep the Jews away from the Germans
Examine the map and answer the following question Which inference does the locations of Nazi extermination camps support?
Nazi leaders wanted to keep the existence of extermination camps secret.
Did the troops know the concentration camps belonged to the Nazis when they first found them?
While the Nazis did try to keep secret the what they were doing in the camps; their existence and use was well know to the allies before they were captured at the end of the war. Even though they were briefed on what they would find, the troops were all shocked and horrified. May had lifelong mental trauma as a result of the horrors they found in the camps.
How were the Nazis able to keep the Jews from fleeing from Germany?
putting them in concetration camps
What did the Jewish death camps keep the Jews from doing?
The death camps kept the Jews from living!
Who did Nazis keep in Concentration Camps?
The main people who the Nazis targeted and putted into the Nazi Concentration Camps were:JewsEthnic PolesSoviet POW'sRomasHomosexualsMentally IllPhysically DisablesJehovah's WitnessesSlavsSerbsBlack PeoplePolitical OpponentsAnti-Nazi religious Leaders
Who was involved in the death marches?
those in the concentration camps. Jews, Homosexuals, POW's, etc. Of course, the Nazis walked with them, keeping track of them. Those that couldn't keep up or tried to escape were shot.
Examine the map and answer the following question What does the location of Nazi extermination camps away from major population centers imply?
Nazi leaders wanted to keep the existence of extermination camps secret.
How did prisoners in the Nazi death camps keep their faith?
Many people in the death camps did not keep their faith. Of those that, did each had an individual story of what served to hold them to their faith.
Why were the non Jews so scared they had to keep the camps a secret?
it was not like that, there was no one to tell.
What secret did Seurat keep until his death?
he was a gay fish...
What is marches imposed upon prisoners by the Nazis to keep them from being liberated?
they were called 'Death Marches'.
