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Bookmark or Share- Concentration Camps, 1933–1939 | Holocaust EncyclopediaNazi concentration camps served three main purposes: To incarcerate people whom the Nazi regime perceived to be a security threat. These people were incarcerated for indefinite amounts of time. To eliminate individuals and small, targeted groups of individuals by murder, away from the public and judicial review.
- Nazi concentration camps - WikipediaThe Nazis had no plan for concentration camps prior to their seizure of power. The concentration camp system arose in the following months due to the desire to suppress tens of thousands of Nazi opponents in Germany. The Reichstag fire in February 1933 was the pretext for mass arrests.
- Concentration camp | Facts, History, Maps, & DefinitionConcentration camp, internment center for political prisoners and members of national or minority groups who are confined for reasons of state security, exploitation, or punishment, usually by executive decree or military order. Persons are placed in such camps often without benefit of either indictment or fair trial.
- Nazi Camps | Holocaust EncyclopediaKey Facts. 1. In March 1933, the first concentration camp, Dachau, opened outside of Munich, Germany. It was used primarily for political prisoners and was the longest running camp in operation, until its liberation in April 1945. 2. Nazi officials established more than 44,000 incarceration sites during the time of the Third Reich.
- Holocaust - Nazi Persecution, Genocide, Concentration CampsSome 30,000 Jewish men between the ages of 16 and 60 were arrested and sent to concentration camps. Police stood by as the violence—often the action of neighbours, not strangers—occurred. Firemen were present not to protect the synagogues but to ensure that the flames did not spread to adjacent “Aryan” property.
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