concentration-camps1.ppt

1、concentration camps,Intruduce,Between 1939 and 1942 during World War II, the number of camps exploded to more than 300, as political prisoners and undesirable elements from across Europe were mass-incarcerated generally without judicial process.,Jewish prisoners are issued food on a building site at

2、 Salaspils concentration camp in 1941,Treatment,Many of the prisoners Died in the concentration camps through deliberate maltreatment, disease, starvation, and overwork, or were executed as unfit for labor.,LIBERATION(解放）,The camps were liberated by the Allied and Soviet forces between 1944 and 1945

3、.,Types of camps, Hostage camps: camps where hostages were held and killed as reprisals. Labor camps: concentration camps where interned inmates had to do hard physical labor under inhumane conditions and cruel treatment. Some of these camps were sub-camps of bigger camps, or operational camps, esta

4、blished for a temporary need., POW camps: concentration camps where prisoners of war were held after capture. POWs were usually soon assigned to labor camps. Camps for rehabilitation and re-education of Poles: camps where the intelligentsia of the ethnic Poles were held, and re-educated according to Nazi values as slaves. Transit and collection camps: camps where inmates were collected and routed to mai