(1) INTRODUCTION The Holocaust is the most horrifying
crime against humanity of all times. "Hitler, in an attempt to
establish the pure Aryan race, decided that all mentally ill,
gypsies, non supporters of Nazism, and Jews were to be
eliminated from the German population. He proceeded to
reach his goal in a systematic scheme." One of his main
methods of "doing away" with these "undesirable" was
through the use of concentration camps. "In January 1941, in
a meeting with his top officials the 'final solution' was
decided". Jews were to be eliminated from the population.
Auschwitz was the concentration camp that carried out
Hitler's "final solution" in greater numbers than any other. In
this paper I will discuss concentration camps with a detailed
description of the most well- known one, Auschwitz. (2)
CONCENTRATION CAMPS The first concentration
camps were set up in 1933. In the early days of Hitler,
concentration camps were places that held people in
protective......
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