Concentration Camps
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A concentration camp is where prisoners of war, enemy aliens, and
political prisoners are detained and confined, typically under harsh
conditions, or place or situation characterized by extremely harsh
conditions. The first were established in 1933 for
confinement of opponents of the Nazi Par ....
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.... only survived eight weeks in Auschwitz. Some learned the ins
and outs of survival in Auschwitz. Auschwitz was the largest concentration
and extermination camp constructed in the Third Reich. Located 37 miles west
of Krakow, Poland, Auschwitz was home to both the greatest number of forced
laborers and deaths.
The history of the camp began on April 27, 1940 when Heinrich Himmler,
the head of the SS and Gestapo, ordered the construction of the camp in
northeast Silesia, a region captur ....
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