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What did the Nazis do to their prisoners in their concentration camps?

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By Infographics ShowPublished 2 days ago โ€ข Updated 2 days ago โ€ข 2 min read
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  1. In Nazi concentration camps, countless women endured the horrors of sexual violence, often falling victim to repeated rapes by guards and even other prisoners. These dehumanizing acts left scars, both physical and psychological, that haunted survivors long after the camps' liberation. ๐Ÿ˜ญ๐Ÿคฌ
  2. Starvation was a cruel tool of torment for Nazi camp prisoners, with meager rations of watery soup and scraps of bread barely sustaining life. Emaciated bodies and sunken eyes were constant reminders of the systematic deprivation that ravaged the camps, leaving many to perish in a state of utter despair. ๐Ÿคข๐Ÿคฎ
  3. Unspeakable experiments conducted by the notorious Dr. Josef Mengele and his ilk remain etched in history as some of the darkest chapters of the Holocaust. Prisoners were subjected to horrific procedures, often resulting in excruciating pain, permanent disfigurement, or death. ๐Ÿ’‰โ˜ ๏ธ
  4. The psychological torment inflicted on camp inmates was relentless. From verbal abuse and gaslighting to the ever-present threat of violence, prisoners were systematically stripped of their dignity, autonomy, and sense of self. ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ˜”
  5. In the frozen landscape of winter, prisoners were often forced to endure the elements with little to no protection, leading to widespread frostbite, hypothermia, and death. The bitter cold was yet another weapon wielded by the Nazis to break the spirits and bodies of their captives. โ„๏ธ๐Ÿ’€
  6. The practice of "selections" at camps like Auschwitz was a freaky ritual, with Nazi guards deciding the fate of prisoners with a mere wave of their hands. ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿดโ€โ˜ ๏ธ
  7. Forced labor was a daily reality for many concentration camp prisoners, with long hours of grueling work in factories, quarries, and fields taking a devastating toll on their bodies. The backbreaking labor was designed to extract every ounce of energy and life from the captives. ๐Ÿฅตโ›๏ธ
  8. The death marches of 1945 marked a final, desperate chapter in the Nazi campaign of brutality, as prisoners were forced to endure harrowing journeys on foot in the frigid winter weather. Thousands succumbed to exhaustion, exposure, and starvation, their bodies lining the roadsides. ๐Ÿฅถโ„๏ธ
  9. The gas chambers of Nazi extermination camps like Treblinka, Sobibor, and Belzec claimed millions of lives in a calculated and systematic campaign of genocide. Innocent men, women, and children were condemned to death simply for being Jewish. ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ•ฏ๏ธ

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