flossenburg
Shayla Moore
Cohea
EH2/ Per 04
20 February 2013 Concentration Camp Research Paper The Holocaust, being one of the most horrific events of the twentieth century, was Adolf Hitler’s attempt to exterminate the entire Jewish race. Before World War II, close to nine million Jews lived in or near the European area. Nearly six million of those Jews were dead after the war. Hitler created these death camps or better known as concentration camps and used them as his main weapon against the Jews. These concentration camps played a big role in the Holocaust; millions of Jews were sent to them and were brutally murdered or used for slave labor to contribute to the war. Konzentrationslager Flossenbürg was a Nazi concentration camp known for its brutality and aggressiveness towards its inmates during the Holocaust. The history of Flossenbürg began in 1938 when it was first established. The camp was originally planned to be built in Flossenbürg Germany but was later built in Bavaria, which is closer to the Czech Republic (USHMM 3). The location of the camp was very harsh for the prisoners causing them to do ruthless amounts of labor. Flossenbürg also included 83 separate sub camps that were mainly used for torturing Jews (Bgill 2). Sub camps were usually feared much more than the actual camps since the conditions were much worse. Flossenbürg was an active concentration camp for about 10 years until it was liberated in April of 1945 by the 2nd U.S Calvary (Bgill 4). Although most prisoners had already died once the camp was liberated, a few thousand were rescued. Since prisoners were being forced to go on death marches a few days prior to their camps liberation, only 4,000 of the 14,000 that were forced on that death march survived (Allen 30). In addition, there were many different types of prisoners in Flossenbürg. The first 100 were transported from Dachau in May of 1938, a few months after Flossenbürg was
Cohea
EH2/ Per 04
20 February 2013 Concentration Camp Research Paper The Holocaust, being one of the most horrific events of the twentieth century, was Adolf Hitler’s attempt to exterminate the entire Jewish race. Before World War II, close to nine million Jews lived in or near the European area. Nearly six million of those Jews were dead after the war. Hitler created these death camps or better known as concentration camps and used them as his main weapon against the Jews. These concentration camps played a big role in the Holocaust; millions of Jews were sent to them and were brutally murdered or used for slave labor to contribute to the war. Konzentrationslager Flossenbürg was a Nazi concentration camp known for its brutality and aggressiveness towards its inmates during the Holocaust. The history of Flossenbürg began in 1938 when it was first established. The camp was originally planned to be built in Flossenbürg Germany but was later built in Bavaria, which is closer to the Czech Republic (USHMM 3). The location of the camp was very harsh for the prisoners causing them to do ruthless amounts of labor. Flossenbürg also included 83 separate sub camps that were mainly used for torturing Jews (Bgill 2). Sub camps were usually feared much more than the actual camps since the conditions were much worse. Flossenbürg was an active concentration camp for about 10 years until it was liberated in April of 1945 by the 2nd U.S Calvary (Bgill 4). Although most prisoners had already died once the camp was liberated, a few thousand were rescued. Since prisoners were being forced to go on death marches a few days prior to their camps liberation, only 4,000 of the 14,000 that were forced on that death march survived (Allen 30). In addition, there were many different types of prisoners in Flossenbürg. The first 100 were transported from Dachau in May of 1938, a few months after Flossenbürg was