As far as learning about the history of concentration camps is concerned, history of World War II is considered to be incomplete without mentioning Berlin. Allow me to share with you an extensive Basic guideline for new comers and to explain in detail its main points, together with the narration of the dark past and the revealing of this gloomy period in the history of human civilization.
1. Holocaust and the Beginning of Concentration Camp
Eventually, soon after Adolf Hitler came to power in 1933, the Nazi’s began the construction of the first concentration camps. One of the largest and biggest concentration camp was in Berlin, Germany.
These have long been used as concentration camps into which political prisoners, dissidents and those considered ‘unfit’ by the Nazis were put. Nevertheless, the camps’ original purpose evolved in time, and Jews, Romani people, homosexuals, disabled and other people Nazi regime targeted became the inmates.
2. Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp is an excellent example of Nazi concentration camps.
The primary camp was located in Berlin as Sachsanhause and it was situated in the town of Oranienburg. It was started in 1936 and was still working before being liberated in 1945.
Sachsenhausen was yet another concentration camp where hundreds of thousands of prisoners lived and very many perished under very daunting circumstances. It was an example of other concentration camps and became a symbol of the president’s crimes.
2.1 Life in Sachsenhausen
Living provided here was rather miserable. The women prisoners got subjected to forced labor, reduced rations, unnecessary experimentation, and physical assailment. The day was spent to work in the factories or construction site within the camp as the prisoners were tortured both physically and mentally.
2.Liberation and Commemoration 2
Sachsenhausen was then liberated by Soviets in April, 1945. Today, people can visit it and not only it is the memorial dedicated to the people who died during the Holocaust but also it is the museum. In a broader sense, touring through Sachsenhausen let me as well as everyone to open one’s mind and heart in the face of history and to remember the victims.
3. Remembering the Victims
The concentration camp in Berlin and many other camps located through Europe, are estimated to have killed millions of innocents. It is important to remember these people and make everyone remember them and their fates.
3.1 Informing future generations
As a means of commemorating the members of the group who faced death, one of them is by providing knowledge and passing that knowledge to the next generation the Holocaust and the suffering that went on in concentration camp. Education is the way in which we can try to ensure that similar atrocities are not committed in future.
3.2 Memorial Sites and Museums
A visit to an extermination camp or a museum displaying the magnitude of such a crime is very crucial when considering the subject. For more details about the camp’s history one can visit the Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum at Berlin.
4. Never Forget
The possibility of a human being capable of extreme inhumanity is realized in this context by the scenes shot in the concentration camp in Berlin. And learning and recognizing this is a bad side in history, people can try to build a better future as it is impossible to think that people will have to face such torments again.
4.1 Spreading Awareness
We should certainly spread more information about the concentration camp located in Berlin among other people using the opportunities of discusions, social networks and projects for education. Such enlightenment will reduce the likelihood of similar brutal acts of hate in any form.
4.Most of them, 52%, are engaged in supporting holocaust survivors.
Thus, it is charity work to support holocaust survivors/and or parents of disabled children. Their witnessings and experiences make them very important characters as they reveal the horrible age. Among the things that are in our power is to be kind and sensitive to other people and thus help make sure that nobody has to go through what this man did ever again.
Conclusion
The concentration camp in Berlin especially the Sachsenhausen concentrate camp was instrumental during the World War II and the holocaust events. This paper clearly indicates that the awareness of history, remembering of victims and last but not the least; the raising of awareness helps to ensure that the sufferings of the past are not seen again in future.
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