The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was established in Oranienburg near Berlin Germany early in World War II. It was active between 1936 and 1945, and was home to the worst aspects of Nazi ideology concerning prisoners. In this blog post, the author will discuss, the background, features and historical contexts of the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp.
Origins and Purpose
The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was founded in July 1936 for prisoners under Heinrich Himmler. Originally it was constructed for accommodating Political prisoners and prisoners from the inhibited Communist party and also symbolized the physical force and dominance of the Nazi regime. During the years of the war the camp’s role grew so it held and imprisoned Jews, homosexuals, Jehovah’s witnesses and others.
Among the concepts being investigated in this study are conditions and living conditions.
They lived in terribly appalling environment, which also testified to the inhumanity of the Nazi regime. The prisoners had poor living conditions described by lack of adequate barrack space, poor hygiene, and rationing of food. Compulsory working was one of the main activities of the camp, inmates being used to work for Voguel and companies focusing on building, manufacturing and any other work connected to the Third Reich war efforts.
The prisoners’ treatment under the Nazis was inhumane; they were thereby brutalized, sodomized, tortured and experimented on by the SS. Any attempts at escape or disobeying orders were punished whatever the consequence, and this included killing the involved persons. Represents associated with death: The death strip of the camp was a constantborne reminder of the prospect of death.
Mice and human experiments and medical experiments.
Deceivingly cloaked in the label of ‘medical research’, Sachsenhausen became the place where innocent people were forcibly subjected to cruel and inhuman trying out of medical procedures. The purpose was to propagate Nazi ideas of race and collect information that would serve the interest of war.
Consequently, medical experiments ranging from the effects of controlling contagious diseases, of wounds left untreated, and of vaccines subjected prisoners to further suffering and in many cases death. All these systematic massacring of human lives is still a blot on the pages of history.
Resistance and Liberation
Indeed, the conditions at Sachsenhausen remained appalling, although there were acts of resistance in the camp throughout its history. Gangs were conducting hidden literacy classes, artistic performances and even providing religious services in particularly punitive prisons to keep their spirits up and their humanity alive.
Thus, in April 1945, in view of the advancing Allies, the SS started to deport the camp. Many thousands of prisoners were marched ‘to death’, either through exhaustion, sickness or being shot. The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp was liberated on April 22, 1945, by Soviet forces liberating the prisoners of the camp.
Remembering Sachsenhausen
Ordraฟ Dayton today, the Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp has been transformed into a memorial and a museum. They can also get a feel of how it was in the reconstructed camp, have a look at exhibitions as well as honor the victims.
In recalling Sachsenhausen and other Concentration camp tragedies we pay tribute to the departed souls, deny history another underemphasized loop, and re-commit ourselves to make sure such tragedies are not repeated.
Conclusion
The Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp is one of the sad tests of the human history that should be mentioned as an example of the cruelty that Nazism made. Knowledge of the historical background of the creation of this camp and the circumstances in which it was created, as well as the historical significance, helps to understand the best and worst of human nature and value freedom, a barrier to intolerance , neutrality and empathy are revealed and preserved.
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