Concentration Camp: A camp in which people are detained or confined, and are usually under harsh conditions. These conditions are also without regards to legal norms in arrest for a constitutional democracy.
Concentration Camps in Germany were formed soon after Hitler's appointment as chancellor in January 1933. These camps were enforced by the Nazis when they came to power. The SA (Sturmabteilungen- known as Storm Troopers), the SS (Schutzstaffel- Protection Squadrons- Elite guard of Nazi Party), the police, and the local civilian authorities organized multiple camps to imprison and perceive political aspects of the Nazi policy.
After December 1934, the SS became the only agency authorized to establish and manage detention camps. Forced labor was usually what the prisoners were accounted to do, if they refused they were punished by being beaten and even killed. Yet, these camps were meant for criminals during war, or that is what they were supposed to be used for in the eyes of the German justice authorities.
Also, these camps where primarily used for civilians, not necessarily the military soldiers, but they were also put into these detention camps at times. This way the people of countries would suffer, making the enemy hopeful for other countries in war to surrender. Yet, Germany also just wanted to look superior as well, they wanted everyone else to realize how :wrong" they are, and see how "right" the Germans are.
Systematic Murder: The concentration camps, outside the reach of the German justice authorities, had always been places where the SS could kill prisoners. Yet, the concentration camps were meant for labor, so where were all these prisoners being killed? After the beginning of the war, camps known as death camps became sites for the systematic murders of individuals or groups of people. People murdered included: Soviet POW selected by officials as "dangerous," people selected by criminal police, prisoners from Western Europe, Polish, Soviet civilian forced laborers in Germany. These Soviet laborers in Germany were forced to go into these camps because they were believed to have had sexual relations with German women. Lastly, people who would try to escape where killed as well.
Prisoners, like the European Jews, where usually murdered upon arrival in the gas chambers at the killing centers within the extermination camps. So, because these gas chambers were so quickly effective, they were used in most death camps all around Germany. This way, the Nazis could get rid of the weak workers and others that the German believed should be eliminated.
Concentration Camps in Germany were formed soon after Hitler's appointment as chancellor in January 1933. These camps were enforced by the Nazis when they came to power. The SA (Sturmabteilungen- known as Storm Troopers), the SS (Schutzstaffel- Protection Squadrons- Elite guard of Nazi Party), the police, and the local civilian authorities organized multiple camps to imprison and perceive political aspects of the Nazi policy.
After December 1934, the SS became the only agency authorized to establish and manage detention camps. Forced labor was usually what the prisoners were accounted to do, if they refused they were punished by being beaten and even killed. Yet, these camps were meant for criminals during war, or that is what they were supposed to be used for in the eyes of the German justice authorities.
Also, these camps where primarily used for civilians, not necessarily the military soldiers, but they were also put into these detention camps at times. This way the people of countries would suffer, making the enemy hopeful for other countries in war to surrender. Yet, Germany also just wanted to look superior as well, they wanted everyone else to realize how :wrong" they are, and see how "right" the Germans are.
Systematic Murder: The concentration camps, outside the reach of the German justice authorities, had always been places where the SS could kill prisoners. Yet, the concentration camps were meant for labor, so where were all these prisoners being killed? After the beginning of the war, camps known as death camps became sites for the systematic murders of individuals or groups of people. People murdered included: Soviet POW selected by officials as "dangerous," people selected by criminal police, prisoners from Western Europe, Polish, Soviet civilian forced laborers in Germany. These Soviet laborers in Germany were forced to go into these camps because they were believed to have had sexual relations with German women. Lastly, people who would try to escape where killed as well.
Prisoners, like the European Jews, where usually murdered upon arrival in the gas chambers at the killing centers within the extermination camps. So, because these gas chambers were so quickly effective, they were used in most death camps all around Germany. This way, the Nazis could get rid of the weak workers and others that the German believed should be eliminated.