How did Jews feel at the Auschwitz concentration camp?

As the Jews were the main targets of Nazi genocide, the victims of the killing centers were overwhelmingly Jewish. In the hundreds of forced-labor and concentration camps not equipped with gassing facilities, however, other individuals from a broad range of backgrounds could also be found. read more

Bonus: The Nazis did actually make soap from human remains, because of course they did. They just (mostly) never used it. 4 Starvation And Dark Cells. Not everyone killed in the camps was granted the relative mercy of a semi-quick death; some were simply forced to stand in a room without food or water until they died. read more

History of the Belgian prisoners in Dora concentration camp, sub-camp of Buchenwald. This essay is also based on testimonies from Mr. Richard Suffit (Auschwitz survivor) and Mr. Van Horen (Flossenbürg survivor) as well as what my father, Edmond Châtel, told to my mother about his experience in Vught Concentration Camp. read more