The wording on the gate spells "Arbeit Macht Frei" means "Work sets you free." Here is one of the camps that Jews stayed at during World War II. This camp was made by prisoners with metalwork skills. It is now held as a museum for visitors to come.
The sign was placed there by Major Rudolf Hoss, commandant of the camp. He believed that those that worked in the camp will be set free not physically but spiritually. Those that worked earned their freedom by being killed through the concentration camps or death camps.
The sign was placed there by Major Rudolf Hoss, commandant of the camp. He believed that those that worked in the camp will be set free not physically but spiritually. Those that worked earned their freedom by being killed through the concentration camps or death camps.
Concentration
During their stay at the concentration camps, victims are treated as slaves. They are given little to no water and food source. At the concentration camps, they are all divided into groups. Once they are divided into groups and classified, they are assigned certain job tasks and given special restrictions. They are constantly guarded by soldiers. Most people who arrive at the concentration camps are stripped of their clothes and given a striped uniform. They are identified by the serial number on their clothing. Researchers found that the Nazis created about 20,000 camps during 1933-1945. |
Death camps
A death camp is different from a concentration camp because upon their arrivals they are immediately sent to be killed as soon as possible. The only way of survival was to help kill or or be a worker at the crematory. People who were at the death camps were killed by gas chambers. Upon the arrival of the Death Camp, victims were told they had to undergo procedures of being sanitized before entering. Once they were undressed they were locked in a gas chamber and poisoned with Zyklon B gas. |