Concentration camps Flashcards
What were the temporary prisons called that were set up by the nazis?
Concentration camps.
What were the concentration camps used for in the first months of 1933?
To hold the many political opponents.
How long were people held in the concentration camps and what happened to them?
Short periods of time where they were questioned torturedtortured and forced into physical hard labour.
What would happen if an inmate was killed in a concentration camp?
His family would receive a note saying the victim had died of some disease or been shot trying to escape.
By late 1930s what had happened to concentration camps?
They had been expanded into a massive business.
What were prisoners used for in the late 1930s?
Slave labourers
Who would be put into the concentration camps?
Anyone who criticised the Nazi regime.
What did the public think of the concentration camps?
The public feared the camps dreadfully and this fear helped to control people from speaking or acting against the Nazi regime.
