The holocaust was one of the worst experiences in the twentieth century through out the world war II. The crimes perpetrated during this period are still in memory. Germany, the capital of which is Berlin, was one of the sites of several concentration camps. Arriving at our topic, in this article we are going to describe several concentration camps that were situated in Germany except for Berlin.
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp is one of the most horrid establishments in the history of man.
Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was located at Oranienburg, a town north of Berlin and this camp was among those established early in 1936. Originally it was designed for political prisoners and later it was extended to other categories of people they wanted to punish.
The camp was used as an example of other concentration camps and also became a main training center for the SS guards because it was close to the capital. Nowadays, Sachsenhausen is a memorial and museum; its main goal is to show people what took place in the camp and to establish remembrance.
Buchenwald Concentration Camp
Located in Ettersberg, near Weimar in central Germany, GROSS Rosen One of the largest of the Nazi concentration camps that functioned from 1937 to 1945.
Buchenwald detained mulitiple types of prisoners, being political criminals, conscientious objectors, gypsies, homosexuals, and Jews. It was convenient for the transportation of prisoners from the different regions when the camp was established. Today some ruins are seen by people as the symbol of that terrible past.
Dachau Concentration Camp
Concentration camps include Dachau Concentration Camp which is arguably one of the most famous concentration camp if not in Berlin. It was situated near Munich and was the first camp of this type that Nazi set up in Germany. Consequently, initially, the camp was depicted as a prototype of other camps, which were used in the process of designing and organising them.
First used as a prison for political detainees in 1933, Dachau expanded into a large group of subcamp and set a pattern for meaningless savagery of other concentration camp systems.
Mauthausen Concentration Camp
Geographically located near the town of Mauthausen in Upper Austria, Mauthausen Concentration Camp was active from 1938 till its liberation in 1945. Jungle was one of the harshest and by far the most deadly camp.
At first the camp was designed to confine political prisoners but it later accepted others such as Jews, homosexuals, and prisoners of war. The camp also benefited from the geographical features, but prisoners were overly worked hard in the quarries nearby.
Conclusion
The concentration camps were unrelenting tools of control in one of the world’s worst regimes. Visiting the boring fields outside Berlin now popular for sachsenhausen and buchenwald, dachau mamathusen as well as many other give one a better understanding of the ill act and why they should be commemorated.
Seeing it with our own eyes as well as hearing and reading more about how the Holocaust actually was from people who were actually there is shocking yet very important for understanding the world we live in.
