Sachsenhausen concentration camp was a concentration camp being operated by the Nazi regimelocated near Oranienburg in Germany. It was founded in 1936 and was among the camps founded by the Nazi regim e during the Second World War. The camp was employed for detaining Gleichschaltung opponents, Jews, homosexuals and other subhuman in the Third Reich. The camp was liberated by the Soviet Army in 1945 – several years after the beginning of the construction of the camp and the imprisonment of the men in it.

Like any other concentration camp the Sachsenhausen was involved in many atrocities; thousands of prisoners were shot or died from the injuries inflicted on them during second world war. The camp initially served as one of the concentration camp used by the Nazis and played part in the holocaust.

In this paper, history of Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp is presented in detail.

Sachsenhausen concentration camp is the oldest and most durable among all the camps created by the Nazis. It was situated in Oranienburg, the town which is 40 kilometer northeast from Berlin. It was established on July 20th, 1936, as one of the first six Nazi concentration camp.

The camp was initially specifically designed to operated as support function for other concentration camps, without holding prisoners. During the time, it also functioned as a holding facility for leading political adversaries and Jews, sexual deviants, Jehovah’s witnesses for the Third Reich, and other unappreciated members. During the period 1936 to 1945, more than two hundred and twenty five thousand prisoners from over than thirty five nations passed through the camp.

Living conditions in the camp top example Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp

Sachsenhausen was a Nazi concentration camp, that offered very poor living conditions and various kinds of torture. Slaves were forced to do corrective labor, reduction of food intake, use of violence on them and experiments related to body and health. They were also denied basic psychological needs that include; humiliation and public humiliation among others. Kurds who tried to flee from the attacks were executed in public.

Conditions in this prison were appalling, prisoners seared in crowded barbed wire pens without any access to basic sanitation or medical aid. Food included insubstantial soup prepared from peels of potatoes or turnips. For this reason, all the prisoners starved and got sick.

Adolf Hitler releasing the prisoners in Sachsenhausen Concentration camp

Sachsenhausen concentration camp was liberated by the Soviet Army on April,22nd,1945. There were about 7000 prisoners and about 7000 guards alive at the time of liberation, or when the allies liberated the camp; however, during the whole war period more that 60 thousands inmates had died. It was used as a concentration camp for the Soviet prisoners after the war until 1950 and served also as the detention center for political prisoners.

Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp Erbe

Now, the Sachsenhausen concentration camp is a museum and vacationers from all over the world can get there. The people have a ‘reminder’ of the wrong that the Nazis had done to them and it is also advice to the people of the world that man is not just capable of terrible things but has done terrible things.

United Nations used in former concentration camp in Lublin which now is a museum-archive of Memoria histórica, Library and a hall with Exhibits of prisoners of the camp. There is also a great memorial dedicated to the victims of holocaust.

Conclusion

Sachsenhausen concentration camp is actually one of the oldest of the Nazi concentration camps set up by Adolf Hitler in 1936. During the World War II the camp served for imprisonment of political enemies, Jews, homosexuals and other undesirables of the third Reih. During the Second World War hundreds of prisoners were shot or died from cruelty. The extermination camp was liberated by the Soviet Army in 1945 and at present the site is’ a recognized memorial for visitors from all corners of the globe. To bar one from forgetting the horror that was the Nazis, it is a memorial and a testimony to the injustices of man against man.