History 2147A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Extermination Camp, Majdanek Concentration Camp, Heinrich Himmler
11 Dec 2017
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Normal part of daily life contained many smaller camps that feed the main camp some only contained 12 people and worked as labour camp. Unlikely that germans were unaware of what was happening in these camps. Large camps located outside major cities static definition of concentration camp. Sobibor death in concentration camps related to beatings diseases execution by hanging or shooting illness purpose of concentration camp. Used to imprison a population or use their labour purpose of death camp. Do not stay at the camp but die as soon as they arrive. Built in poland to keep germans in the dark about them hybrid death/concentration camps ex. Selection occurs when prisoners arrive who works and who dies ex. Communists prisons filled quickly when hitler went after them meant to be a temporary solution. Anyone can open one although mainly controlled by ss and sa. Old schools, old ship, athletic fields were all used in early years.
