Holocaust, concentration camps, persecution of jews, Westerbork, Auschwaitz, Bergen-Belson.
- Date: September 03, 2003
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sobibor death camps, westerbork, germans, nazi invasion, nazi takeover, northeastern holland, ...auschwitz, jews, poland, transit camp, refugee camp, jewish refugees, o clock, morning trains, dutch government, assen, inmates, orderly
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Westerbork---
Westerbork was the main transit camp used by the Germans during their occupation of Holland to send Jews to the death camps in Poland. Between July 1942, and September 1943, approximately 110,00 Jewish people passed through the two camps. Westerbork was located near Assen, in northeastern Holland.
It was actually set up by the Dutch government before the Nazi invasion, as a refugee camp for Jews fleeing persecution in Germany. After the Nazi takeover, the Germans employed the German Jewish refugees to run their camp in an orderly, efficient manner.
Life in the camp was dominated by hope, but above all by fear; and every Monday evening a list of the week's 1,020 deportees was announced to the inmates in their sealed ...
... first camp established at Oswiecim. Auschwitz II (Birkenau) was the killing center at Auschwitz. Trains arrived at Auschwitz-Birkenau almost daily with transports of Jews from virtually every German-occupied country of Europe. Auschwitz III (also called Buna or Monowitz) was established in Monowice to provide forced laborers for nearby factories.
At least 1.1 million Jews were killed in Auschwitz. Other victims included between 70,000 and 75,000 Poles and about 15,000 Soviet prisoners of war.
Bergen-Belson---
In April 1943 the Nazis created Bergen-Belsen in lower Saxony near the city of Celle as a transit center. The camp was never officially given formal concentration camp status, however the second commandant, SS-Hauptsturmführer Josef Kramer, completed the transformation of Bergen-Belsen into a
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03 September, 2003 18:55:32
When I read the title I assumed it would be much longer because the holocaust is a vast and complicated subject that must have sociology included. The title should be "three main concentration camps during the holocaust" because the persecution of Jews is never delved into, looking at it from a social point of view.
11 November, 2003 14:13:10
This essay should be a lot longer, given the title. I'm sure you could have come up with more. Instead of writing the title that you did, all you have to do is add in one word to make this better, "in" i.e. "...persecution of Jews in Westerbork, Auschwaitz, and Bergen-Belson."
02 November, 2004 01:22:29
a bit short to adress such a touching and complicated subject...
