Concentration Camps

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inhumane and immoral.

Concentration Camps have been a tool used by countries and armies for years. The earliest modern uses were not German but British. Other countries use camps are the Russians, the Canadians, the Spanish the Serbians of Bosnia and even the United States.

There are two main types of concentration camp, military and political. Both types of camp are different from each other in purpose, but are similar in how they were run and how the prisoners were treated. They both have many forms of cruelty such as torture, sodomy, and experimentation. Other forms of cruelty are exposure to the elements and poor sanitary conditions.

Although concentration camps are inhumane and cruel they do serve a purpose and seem logical to those whom instate them. To the creators of the camps they are tools of military strategy. They are used to protect countries and weaken enemies. In a twisted sense they are a logical strategy.

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to imprison people who could be spies or a race of people that was mistreated and not trusted in a country. The most infamous example of a political camp is the Nazi camps of Germany. Other countries to use this kind of camp are the Serbians of Bosnia and the Russians.

A third type of camp is an internment camp, internment camps can almost be considered a military camp. Internment camps are not completely concentration camps. They lacked the cruelty and harsh treatment of most concentration camps. This is not to say they weren’t bad they wrongly imprisoned innocent people just because of who they were.

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