What camp known as bergen-belsen was located near what city in Germany?
Yes. Anne Frank - the young Jewish girl who wrote The Diary of Anne Frank -
died there along with her sister, Margot.
It was the first major German camp to be reached by the British, in April 1945.
Bergen-Belsen (or Belsen) was a Nazi concentration camp in Lower Saxony in northwestern of Germany, southwest of the town of Bergen near Celle. Originally established as the prisoner of war camp Stalag XI-C, in 1943 it became a concentration camp on the orders of Heinrich Himmler, where Jewish hostages were held with the intention of exchanging them for German prisoners of war held overseas. Later still the name was applied to the displaced persons camp established nearby, but it is most commonly associated with the concentration camp it became as conditions deteriorated between 1943-1945. During this time an estimated 50,000 Russian prisoners of war and a further 50,000 inmates died there, up to 35,000 of them dying of typhus in the first few months of 1945.
The camp was liberated on April 15, 1945 by the British 11th Armoured Division. 60,000 prisoners were found inside, most of them seriously ill, and another 13,000 corpses lay around the camp unburied. The scenes that greeted British troops were described by theBBC's Richard Dimbleby, who accompanied them:
"Here, over an acre of ground, lay dead and dying people. You could not see which was which... The living lay with their heads against the corpses, and around them moved the awful, ghostly procession of emaciated, aimless people, with nothing to do and with no hope of life, unable to move out of your way, unable to look at the terrible sights around them ... Babies had been born here, tiny wizened things that could not live ... A mother, driven mad, screamed at a British sentry to give her milk for her child, and thrust the tiny mite into his arms, then ran off, crying terribly. He opened the bundle and found the baby had been dead for days.
"This day at Belsen was the most horrible of my life".
Bergen-Belsen was a concentration camp located near Celle, north of Hanover. For a long time it was a special camp for people with infectious diseases, but later was used as a dumping ground for people moved there from Auschwitz. When it was liberated by the British Army on 15 April 1945, they were greeted by a sight so horrific that initially the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) was unwilling to report it! The British Army ordered German doctors and nurses to tend the sick and issued an immediate appeal for British personnel to volunteer to help there.
Bergen Belsen was a sick ,terrible camp it was not an extermination .and it had no gas chamber or gas vans but it a lot of people died there,it was filthy and there were a lot of diseases spread there like typhus epidemics that were spread in the camp at the end of the war.
What happened to those who were labeled weak in the concentration camps?
they would be worked or beaten to death. Later, when the extermination camps were established they would be shipped out for extermination.
What year did Anne Frank go to Auschwitz?
The first group of Jews was sent to Auschwitz in March 1942.
How many mentally disabled people were killed in concentration camps?
The vast majority of "incurables" were killed in killing centres in Germany and weren't sent to camps. After all, the SS didn't want people arriving at camps in wheelchairs.
What was the conclusion to treblinka?
In August 2, 1943, a revolt took place. The camp was in bad condition, so the Germans shot the remaining prisoners and lupins (a type of flower) were planted to make it look neat.
Did German citizens know about the Extermination camps?
By and large I don't think that they did. I think that they were discouraged from finding out. They knew that some people, Jews in the main, were very much disliked by the Nazi party(to put it at its mildest) and that to show an interest in their welfare was very much not in their own interests. That people were herded onto railway trains & went east was probably known, but that these people did not return was not seen as part of their concern. It was just better not to know. The Nazis ensured this to hide their own culpability, but people were made aware that finding out would result in a place on the train for them, not a journey which would benefit anyone.
What did they do to pregnant women in the concentration camps?
If you're talking about German concentration camps, they were probably gassed or placed in front of a firing squad. If you're talking about American concentration camps for Japanese during WWII, they were probably kept confined and fed a minimalist diet.
And if you mean the camps in Bosnia during the war, the women were raped until they got pregnant and then they waited until it was too far along to have an abortion and then let them out to fend for themselves and try to find a way back. It was planned out and that is how rape finally became a war crime. Those who were pregnant arriving at the camp saw their baby killed when born.
What was second largest death camp in the Holocaust?
Technically there is no real answer to this because this is a opinion. There are many ghettos some yes some had better conditions then other but there is no real worst ghetto. In my perspective I feel Lodz was the worst.
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It is a valid opinion; Lodz suffered from the worst leadership, but had the most employment and was not as overcrowded as some others.
When was Anne Frank sent to Bergen-Belsen?
1944 --when her family was betrayed. They had been in hiding for two years in amsterdam. ___ Anne and Margot Frank were put on the very last transport from Auschwitz Women's Camp to Bergen-Belsen. It left Auschwitz on 31 October 1944.
Why did Hitler try to destroy the concentration camps?
The USAAF bombed Auschwitz III because it produced chemicals (plastics), but apart from that the Allies have been severely criticized for not bombing concentration camps. Please see the related question.
Which notorious SS Officer did the prisoners meet at Auschwitz Concentration Camp?
They met the notorious SS Officer Dr. Mengele at Auschwitz.
How did Jews keep their faith in concentration camps?
The Jewish people did their best to practice their religion in the concentration camps. Since they no longer knew what day of the week it was they would observe Sabbath one day a week and would recite the Torah from memory.
What is the origin of the word concentration camp?
The term was first used of the camps established by the British in the Boer War in 1900-1902. Please see the link.
How did the SS maintain Order within the Nazi Concentration Camps during the Holocaust?
The SS Maintained order over people in the Concentration Camps in Many ways. They did this by:
CAMP RULES
The SS had all of the advantages - they were fit. well fed and had guard dogs and weapons. Yet they still worried about revolts in the camps. The first thing they did that by making it hard for the prisoners to socialize with each other. The Camp rules gave Death Penalties to anyone who discussed politics, had meetings, formed groups, loitered with others, persuading others to commit crimes, encouraged mutiny or insurrection. So prisons had to make meetings with each other accidental and keep conversations as short as possible. However, The SS knew it would still be possible, If difficult and dangerous, for prisoners to meet and make secrete plans.
Prisoner against prisoner
The SS then made it difficult for prisoners to trust each other. They put prisoners in charge of other prisoners and encouraged different kinds of prisoners to hate each other. The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolph Hoess said "We encouraged various groups to see each other as enemies, We did everything we could to encourage not only political differences but also other antagonisms between various groups of prisoners. This made it much less likely that they would all join together against us".
Eyes Everywhere
Prisoners were encouraged to tell the SS guards of any plots they overheard. In the same way as people outside the camps were encourage to inform on Jews or any undesirables among their neighbors. In the camps, being an informer brought real benefits. Camps informers were given more food or easier jobs, just for watching and Listening. They got even better rewards if they uncover a plot. So this made it hard prisoners to trust each other. Of course, it was also dangerous to be an informer because it was a lot easier for prisoners to kill an informer in their barracks or on their work gang than it was for them to kill a Kapo or an SS guard. So informers must rely on the SS for protection. However, the SS could easily place an Informer for an new one.
Shifting people
Other things stopped people from forming settled groups such as, the SS deliberately changed working groups around and there was less need to move people around the barracks. There were so many people crammed into each barrack that there was no privacy to plot against the SS. The camp population changed from other factors, too people died in the camps all the time, either killed by the SS or from diseases, starvation or exhaustion.
Punishment System
The concentration camp rules set out a clear system of punishment. They were first used at Dachau, then applied in all camps. Here are some of them;
Punishments allowed at anytime are: beatings, drilling, no mail, food, tying to stakes, reprimands and warnings.
3 Days solitary confinement for anyone who;
-Does not get up at once, or doesn't keep his bed or room in proper order
-Takes a second helping of food without permission, or allows the cook to give him an second helping.
5 Days solitary confinement for anyone who;
-Sit or Lies on his bed during the day without permissions
8 Days solitary confinement (and a whipping of 25 strokes before and after) for anyone who;
-Makes ironic remarks about a SS Officer
-Disrespects or Disobey the SS Guard
-Giving authority by the SS, abuses this by favoring, making false reports on or tyrannizing other prisoners.
The following will be hanged:
Anyone, who at any point:
-Discusses Politics, Forming a political group
-loiters with others
-Collect true and false information about the concentration camp or takes information and buries it or passing it along or discusses it after it is released or it gets out to others.
-Attempting to escape or anyone who gets caught.
-Commits crimes or persuade others to
-Attacks an SS Guard
-Refuses to Obey SS Officers
-Encourages mutiny
-Leaves a marching column or place of Work
-Shouts
-Agitate others
-Making speeches on march or at work
Bending the rules
The examples of the system of Punishment of the camps were made fully clear, but in reality anything could become an punishment including breathing whiles being spoken to. Punishments could be handled out any time especially including the Teenager SS Officers. These rules varied from SS Guard to SS Guard. So, prisoners were supposed to be reported for "ROLL CALL" and properly dressed. Some SS might punish those appearing without a cap with a beating. Others would shoot the improperly dressed prisoners. An standard punishment was 25 lashes with an whip, belt or stick. Also many SS men made the count the 25 lashes in German and If they lost count, they would have to redo the count. Many of the Prisoners didn't speak German before they were sent to the camps.
Punished for the "crimes" of others
When an prisoner escaped, the SS punished the remaining prisoners. In Auschwitz I in 1940, a prison was missing at the Afternoon roll call. A punishment roll call was ordered. The prisoners stood at attention from Noon in till 9PM without any worth clothing including shoes. The prisoner was found dead trying to hide from the SS in an shelter of sleet. After the roll call, 120 prisoners dropped dead, caught sickness and fallen unconscious.
Once it was confirmed that an prisoner had escaped, the SS often executed some of the remaining prisoners. They did this on significant days. For example, Polish Catholics were executed on important christian festivals EG. Christmas and Easter or on Polish national holidays
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How many deaths happened in concentration camps?
Total deaths in the Genocidal policies: 6,250,000 European Jews, 3,000,000 Soviet POW, 3,000,000 Polish Catholics, 700,000 Serbians, 250,000 Roma, etc.., 80,000 Germans, 70,000 German handicaps, 12,000 homosexuals, 2500 Jehovahs witnesses. death Camps in Poland Auschwitz 1.6 million Belec 601,500 Chelmno 225,000 Majdanek 360,000 Sobibor 250,000 Treblinka 870,000
What words inscribed on the iron door at Auschwitz during the holocaust?
The inscription on the iron gate said Arbeit Macht Frel. Literally saying "Work makes you free."
Nazi leaders wanted to keep the existence of extermination camps secret.
Did Jews escape from the Nazi Concentration Camps?
About 300 prisoners (not all of them Jews) escaped successfully from Auschwitz. However, it was the biggest camp ... One also needs to compare the figure with the number of victims killed there - which was at least 1.1 million.
Where was Flossenbuerg concentration camp located?
Flossenbuerg concentration camp (please note the unusual spelling, with a u Umlaut) is in a remote part of Bavaria, near the border with the Czech Republic. From Weiden, Germany take road 22 to Neustadt an der Waldnaab. Go through the town past the Rathaus. At the split, take the right toward Stoernstein and Floss. You will see the ruins of the Flossenbuerg castle tower, a few miles before you reach the town. As you drive up the steep street you will see a memorial cemetery containing concentration camp inmates who died after liberation. Most of the way up the hill, follow the road to the right. You may notice a sign saying KZ Denkmal. Turn right and keep going. Park across from the woman's clothing outlet and start the tour at the Commendant Building (huge, built from granite). Perhaps your first impression will be that the land that the camp was on has been used for private housing and industry, almost completely covering up the concentration camp. An effort has been made to document the suffering that took place here. I visited on Feb 27, 2008 See the Related Links for "Wikipedia: Flossenbuerg Concentration Camp" to the bottom for the answer.
How many times a day did prisoners at Auschwitz eat?
Calling it 'Eating' is quite misleading. But it was three times in a day, they were served 'tea' and soup.
Different categories of prisoner would be given different rations. The Jew's ration of 200 Calories per day was almost never met, as though this much food was ordered, often some would be spoiled and that which was not spoiled would often be reduced by anyone picking the best bits before it got to the end-user.
What was the selection proccess like in concentration camps?
It was a part of the 'intake' process to the camps. Persons determined to be of no value as labor would be sent for immediate extermination, the old, the very young, the ill and the infirm were of little or no value to the Nazi slave labor camps. Sometimes people were saved because a certain skill was in short supply like cobblers, or tailors or machinists. It was an important part of the program to exploit fully anyone of use before they were killed.
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Routine selections were carried only out at Auschwitz, not at other camps. At extermination camps, a very small number of men were sometimes selected to help sort valuables and get rid of the corpses, but the point of these camps was industrial-style killing. All other camps were, by definition, forced labour camps.
Why was the worst death camp treblinka?
1. It had served its purpose. Most Polish Jews were dead by the time it closed.
2. The SS was keen to hide the existence of the camp. They even grassed the site over, built a farmhouse there and made a former SS man the farmer!
How many extermination camps were in Europe?
By 1941, the Nazis began building Chelmno, the first extermination camp (also called death camp), in order to "exterminate" both Jews and Gypsies. In 1942, three more death camps were built (Treblinka, Sobibor, and Belzec) and used solely for mass murder. Around this time, killing centers were also added at the concentration camps of Auschwitz and Majdanek. So i would say 6 or more.
What happened to the Jews personal items they brought with them to the concentration camps?
The prisoners' belongings were sorted by the SS, recycled and sold - partly to pay for the Holocaust itself. 'Belongings' meant absolutely everything! Even women's hair was sold for stuffing upholstered furniture in Germany. This was well known among the Germans, who thought (probably mistakenly) that their wartime soap was made from Jewish fat. (Sorry this sounds so awful, but there's no point in hiding what happened).