Nazi concentration camps

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What were Nazi concentration camps used for at first?They were first built to hold people the Nazis thought were political enemies, like communists and socialists, and to try to change them.
2. How did the camps change during World War II?They grew into many smaller camps that forced prisoners to work for factories and the war, and some were turned into places where many people were killed.

Konzentrationslager (KL): The German term for 'concentration camp,' referring to the network of facilities established by the Nazi regime.
Final Solution: The Nazi plan for the systematic extermination of the Jewish people, implemented through mass murder in camps and elsewhere.
Genocide: The deliberate killing of a large number of people from a particular nation or ethnic group with the aim of destroying that nation or group.