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Brutality of Concentration Camps: Then and Now
55:08 - 58:57 (03:49)
The German concentration camps have been widely recognized for their brutality and inhumane treatment of inmates. However, the British concentration camps may have been just as bad, with inmates being stuck in concrete pits for days at a time.
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A discussion about the system of graded punishment in Nazi concentration camps, which ranged from denial of food to execution, and the dehumanizing treatment of prisoners by guards.
55:08 - 56:53 (01:45)
Nazi Concentration Camps
Summary
A discussion about the system of graded punishment in Nazi concentration camps, which ranged from denial of food to execution, and the dehumanizing treatment of prisoners by guards.
ChapterBrutality of Concentration Camps: Then and Now
EpisodePart Two: The Young, Evil God of Death: Reinhard Heydrich
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The concentration camps of Nazi Germany were not the first of their kind.
56:53 - 58:57 (02:03)
Nazi concentration camps
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The concentration camps of Nazi Germany were not the first of their kind. Historian and author Keith Lowe explains the origins of concentration camps and how they evolved under Nazi rule.