Overview Over The Holocaust

Why was Auschwitz the most effective Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust? Auschwitz was the most effective Nazi concentration camp during the Holocaust because of their methods for mass murder / extermination, structure and administration, consistent rate of murdering and their financing. The Holocaust is the time period when Adolf Hitler and his Nazi army lead a revolution against the Jews and anyone who stood in the way of their visions. During the Holocaust, the Nazis established many camps to exterminate or murder innocent citizens, Auschwitz is the most effective. Auschwitz was effective because of one the most fast paced killing methods that were used such as gas chambers, overworking prisoners, and diseases. Second the structure and administration of Auschwitz helped keep things in order and execute effectively. There was guarded and commandment training in the camp, authorities and rankings and the economic administration to help fund materials and gear. Throughout time, it is easy to see how consistent Auschwitz is with extermination based on the deaths of innocent children, female and male Jews, how many lost their lives in Auschwitz, the average life span of a Jew, and the camp protocols. A project, or camp, such as Auschwitz was mostly self-financed with the kidnapping or arresting of their own slaves ,making money off labors done by prisoners and last but not least, being funded by other allies such as Italy and France.

Overview on the Holocaust

Holocaust is a word of Greek origin meaning, sacrifice by the fire. Around the 1930’s Hitler and the Nazis Party hiked to power due to the citizens and government outlook that made up the interwar period in Germany. Many Germans could not accept their country’s def...

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...d tortured the innocent, but the camp was efficient and well run so it had to be a success at least for the Nazis and their leaders.

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