The Holocaust: Buchenwald :: European Europe History

The Holocaust Buchenwald foot The Holocaust is the near horrifying crime against humanity of all times. Hitler, in an attempt to establish the pure Aryan race, decided that all mentally ill, gypsies, non supporters of Nazism, and Jews were to be eliminated from the German population.He proceeded to reach his goal in a positive scheme. One of his main methods of doing away with these undesirables was through the use of limitingness camps. In January 1941, in a meeting with his top officials, the final solution was decided. The Jewish population was to be eliminated. In this paper I will discuss concentration camps with a detailed description of the worst one prior to mankind War II, Buchenwald. Concentration Camps The first concentration camps were laid up in 1933. In the early days of Hitlers regime, concentration camps were places that held people in overprotective custody. Victims for protective custody included those who were either physically or mentally ill, gypsies, hom osexuals, Jehovah Witnesses, Jews and anyone against the Nazi regime. Gypsies were classified as people with at least(prenominal) two gypsy great grandparents. By the end of 1933 there were at least fifty concentration camps throughout occupied Europe. At first, the camps were controlled by the Gestapo (police), but by 1934 the SS, Hitlers personal security force, were ordered, by Hitler, to control the camps. Camps were crash up for several different purposes. Some for compel labor, others for medical experiments and, afterwards on, for terminal/extermination. Transition camps were set up as holding places for death camps. Henrick Himmler, chief of the German police, the Gestapo, thought that the camps would provide an economic base for the soldiers. This did non happen. The work force was poorly organized and working conditions were inhumane. Therefore, productivity was minimal. Camps were set up along railroad lines, so that the prisoners would be conveniently close to thei r destination. As they were being transported, the soldiers kept telling the Jews to have hope. When the camps were finally opened, most of the families who were shipped out together ended up being separated. Often, the transports mirrored what went on in the camps cruelty by the officers, near starvation of those being transported, nauseous and unsanitary conditions on the trains. On the trains, Jews were starved of food and water for days. some(prenominal) people did not survive the ride to arrive at the camp. Jews were forced to obey the guards orders from the moment they arrived at the camps.