KAITLYNN
Exceptional Education Undergraduate |
KAITLYNN
Exceptional Education Undergraduate |
This is the last camp standing that housed prisoners during this time. This camp was not a death camp however, many people did die here. I decided to get the audio guide to learn more as I was walking through the camp. The holocaust as been an topic of interest for several years now, I took a class in high school and learned a great amount of information as well as visiting the holocaust museum in Washington, D.C.. Being on site is like nothing I have ever experienced before, the feeling is very powerful. There are two parts of the camp; the museum and the building. In the museum there are different documents and stories of several prisoners, as well as a few items that were found and what they were used for, several pictures of the prisoners, and what happened throughout a day there. Standing in the courtyard, knowing that is where roll call was held two times a day, created this chilling feeling all throughout my body. The roll call would happen in the morning before work and once at night. If someone were to die during the day, their body had to be taken to roll call because then the camp could report the body to the government as present. Eventually the prisoners were getting sick, weak, and even dying due to malnourishment. There was a doctor on site, however, the doctor said the more the die, the better. This was said because then the camp didn't have to provide for the prisoner anymore and then the camp would get new, stronger prisoners to work. When a prisoner was sick, depending on their condition, they would often sit in the doctors office to wait to die or the prisoner was poisoned. What I found was interesting is the record of items each person brought in. There were a few instances the prisoner was released and given back all of their items. If the person died, the possessions became property of the government.
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