Holocaust

The purpose of Auschwitz was to rid of the Jews.

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Auschwitz was originally established in May 1940 as a very harsh concentration camp for Polish intellectuals, members of the Polish resistance and habitual German criminals. Until 1942 there were very few Jews there: the camp changed function ... See the related question for more information.

It was not sufficient to leave Nazi Germany (or other Nazi controlled countries). They also need somewhere to go to. In the 1930s and in World War 2 nearly all countries had very tight controls on immigration, which were strictly enforced. At the time, there was no legal right to asylum. Moreover, refugees need something to go to - such as a job or relatives. The only alternative was to live on charity ...

It was just one more part of the "Final Solution". Strip them of citizenship, homes, wealth, labor and dignity. Then dispose of the evidence.
Hitler used propaganda to blame them for all the problems of his country and he wanted everybody to be pure with no sins. He thought Jews were nonhuman and he made up a thing with blonde hair and blue eyes are pure people even though he had green eyes and brown hair!

There's misunderstanding here. The German people were not told about the killings and many Germans had only a vague inkling, if that, that the Jews were being exterminated.

Moreover, the antisemitic policies of the Nazi regime were not even particularly popular among most Germans. This was one of the main reasons that the extermination of the Jews and others was carried out in secret.

The people captured by the Nazis were sent to concentration camps. If they did not send you to a concentration camp they would send you to a labour camp. Often they were sent to a 'transit camp' first, till there were enough people for a train-load to a concentration camp.

You see in the camps you were not allowed to talk about how wrong the Nazis were because, they felt that after getting rid of them they would finally have a perfect world. But what does perfect actually mean? Figure that out.

Joseph Stalin was the leader of Russia during World War II. He was a brutal dictator who was known for his heavy fist. He did not directly commit the torture, however, his secret police were known for carrying out his work.

Gassing turned out to be the easiest way to kill large numbers of victims quickly. Previously, they had relied on mass, open-air shootings, which took longer and sometimes made the killers vomit.

Because, largely speaking, they weren't able to leave. Other countries weren't admitting Jews in the 1930s-40s, period.

Until the First World War, there hadn't been so great of a problem with immigration; but there was also not that much motivation for mass movement of Jewish populations, since anti-Semitism was relatively static, ubiquitous, and low-level (with the exception of Russia). But by the time the 1930s had arrived, with the sudden spike in hatred of Jews by Germany, nationalism and border-control had also spiked, and people were suddenly unable to immigrate freely to the various destinations. America (for example), which had accepted 1,800,000 Jews before World War One, suddenly made a drastic reduction in the numbers permitted to arrive there. The same thing happened (for other reasons) in the British Mandate in Israel (Palestine).

The only place in the world to which Jews could enter uninhibited was Shanghai; and about 25,000 did so, despite the vast distance and the hardships involved. Even there, the Nazis badgered their Japanese allies to obliterate the new Jewish community.

Another point is that no one predicted that the Nazis would overrun all of Europe; so that many Jews who did move out of Germany were killed anyway.

The Gestapo was founded in April 26, 1933 as the "Geheime Staatspolizei" or the "Secret State Police" headquartered in Prinz-Albrecht-Strabe, Berlin. The Gestapo numbered roughly 32,000 employees.

The Gestapo was under the administration of SS leader Heinrich Himmler the Chief of German Police. After September 1939 it was led by the "Reichssicherheitshauptamt" or the "Reich Main Security Office".

The Gestapo was dissolved May 8, 1945 after the Nazi defeat at the end of WW2.

The predecessors of the Gestapo were the Prussian Secret Police.

Kommandant is Germany for commandant. The word is used for the officer in command of a prisoner of war camp, an internment camp or a concentration camp. The German version is often used for local colour. (Note that on many websites the word commander has crept in).

The Nuremberg Laws were two laws which did not include the Jews in German life. The Nuremberg laws stripped the Jewish people of their rights . These laws were first declared at the annual Nazi rally held in Nuremberg in 1935.

None. Before and during World War Two, Germany operated what is called 'Concentration Camps'. During the war these German concentration camps became mostly extermination or death campsdesigned to murder the inmates, primarily Jews. Some camps also sent out inmates to be used as slave labor. All the German camps were operated in total violation of international law and well outside all standard norms of behavior. Japan was an enemy of the United States, the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth countries, China and several other countries. Japan was an ally of Germany during the war. The Germans did not put the Japanese in these concentration camps. In the United States, many Japanese were placed in either 'Internment Camps' or 'Relocation Centers', depending on their legal status. Both types of camps or centers were operated in accordance with international law. Those foreign nationals from enemy countries (in the US when the war started) were interned in the Internment Camps only as long as the war lasted, and were freed at the end of the war. In some instances internees were repatriated (returned) back to their home country during the war, in exchange for US citizens being held in enemy countries. No internees were killed by the US.Japanese-Americans, either US citizens or Resident Aliens, were sent to US Relocation Centers, only if they lived on the west coast of the continental United States. After arriving at the camp they were free to leave to any part of the United States, except the "west coast exclusion zone". No Japanese-Americans were killed at relocation centers. Unfortunately there are many myths and misconceptions about the relocation and internment of Japanese in the US. Japanese-American citizens and legal aliens were not relocated from Hawaii, the mid-west or the east coast of the United States. Only those living in the west coast areas were subject to this government action. This government action was upheld by the US Supreme Court upon a legal challenge. There was a great deal of mistrust of the Japanese & Japanese-Americans. Many Japanese-Americans openly voiced support for Japan against the US. Secret 'MAGIC' intercepts of Japanese diplomatic coded traffic by the United States government revealed that many Japanese-Americans were assisting the enemies of the United States. The US government was not able to determine all the details of which persons were traitors, so many remained under suspicion. Japanese-Americans were released from these centers based on various criteria, some well before the end of the war, others later near the end. Most of the Japanese-Americans that were in these centers the longest were from families that were unwilling to swear allegiance to the United States. They were allowed to leave if the joined the US military, or to go to college, or to temporarily move to the areas outside the 'exclusion zone'. The exclusion zone was removed shortly before the end of the war. Any people still in the relocation centers was free to return to their west coast homes.

When the Nazis came to power in 1933, there were about 540,000 Jews in Germany in the sense of adherents of Judaism and a further 300,000 or so who came under the Nazi defintions of Jews. Many managed to flee Germany before the Holocaust, but about 165,000 perished.

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The answer is so wide in scope that not all will be covered by it. This will be a brief synapsis.

In Germany there was an ideal race called the "Master Race," or Aryan's. This consisted of blonde, blue eyed, non jews. Anybody who did not fit this mold was seen to be undesireable. The Jews were seen as lessor people who got in the way of the so called Master Race's progress. This is all due to the psycopathic ideology of the Third Reich.

German Jews were at first made to wear fabric gold stars on the outside of their clothing identifying them as Jews. They were rounded up and sent to concentration camps all throughout Europe. Many if not all of these camps were "Death Camps" where conditions were not up to the minimal standards to sustain human life. Many were directly executed simply for their heritage. The largest most infamous Death Camp was Auschwitz. Over six million Jews lost their lives.

However the persecution of Jews was not contained to Germany. Jews all throughout Europe were subjected to the Holocaust. In Warsaw Poland the entire city was segregated and the Jews were walled in to a tiny area known as the Warsaw ghetto. Disease, famine, and widespread death were rampant. These horrible acts were committed by everyday citizens in some cases. People turned a blind eye to the persecution of the Jews.

This is a very brief answer as entire college majors can revolve around Holocaust Studies.

What is important is that history never forgets waht happened so that it will never happen again.

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German Jews didn't enjoy any privileges for being German rather than foreign Jews. They were slaughtered along with the rest in the Holocaust.

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they never encountered each other, they are from different ages.

The prisoners were housed in wooden or brick built barracks. It was very over crowded, and it was a dreadful living situation. The people lived so close together that diseases were constantly being transferred.

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In the concentration camps everyone including Jews were identified by the star of david, different colours mens different groups of people e.g. if someone is wearing a Yellow Star, that means that they're Jewish people.

The Wikipedia article on Zyklon B states: 'Degesch (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schädlingsbekämpfung mbH, or German Corporation for Pest Control) and Testa (Tesch und Stabenow, Internationale Gesellschaft für Schädlingsbekämpfung m.b.H.), under license from patentholder IG-Farben'.

Nothing at all. They were all innocent. It wasn't the Germans who thought that, at least not at first. It was the Nazis who thought that the Jews caused all financial and economical errors in Europe, or Germany as a whole.

On the front lines the Germans may have destroyed homes, but in the main Germans stole Jewish homes (and businesses) and used them for themselves.

Under Hitler, Jews weren't allowed to do anything except die. Michael Montagne I am a Jew. Hitler was not just off limits to Jews. He was so cruel that even his own officers were his enemies. SP