The Holocaust is one of the most, if not the most horrifying crime against humanity ever. When it comes to discussing the Holocaust, many people seem to shy away from the topic as if they are scared of it. I believe this is wrong. If someonw is scared of the Holocaust and refuses to learn about, they will never truly understand the pain and suffering that Jews faced during those terrible years.
Adolf Hitler decided that in his quest to form the perfect Aryan race, the only way to do it would be to eleminate all mentally ill, gypsies, non-supporters of Nazism, and espicially Jews from the German population. One of his main methods of getting rid of these "undesirables" was through the use of concentration camps. In January of 1941, in a meeting with his top officals Hitler decided the "final solution" to the problem of the Jews. It was decided the Jews were to be completely eliminated from the population. Aushwitz, Buchenwald, and Dachua were three of the main concentraion camps that carried out this "final solution." I will briefly discuss each one and explain their roles in the Holocaust.
Dachua, one of the very first Nazi conaentraion camps, was located in the small town of Dachua, approximately ten miles northwest of Munich. This area was chosen due to the fact that it was on the site of an empty ammunitions factory left behind from World War I. Henrich Himmler officially opened the camp with a press conference on March 20, 1933. Its original capacity was 5,000 prisoners.
When Dachua opened it only housed political oppents of the Nazis. Those who had opposed each other before the war were now together behind the barbed wire fences of Dachua. Those political opponents of the Nazis typically received worse treatment than others. This was the case at Dachua.
During Dachua's twelve years, it was always a political camp. All prisoners were treated the same once they reac
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