Human Rights

One human right the Nazi’s brutally disobeyed was no one shall be subjected to torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment. Prisoners were forced to death marches to other concentration sites. Death marches were when the prisoners were ordered to run as fast as they could, if they slowed down or fell, they were immediately shot by the Nazi guards running along side. Another example of this is the gas chambers. The gas chambers used a chemical called Zyklon-B. There was a small hole in the chamber were the chemical was thrown in. In the gas chambers people were thrown into and suffocated. Gas chambers were popular to use because it only took 5-15 minutes for the prisoners to die. The ghettos were just as bad as the gas chambers; they were holding places where the police could keep a better watch over them were almost four hundred fifty thousand Jews were crammed where only about one hundred forty five thousand people lived before. Disease spread like wildfire in these places but illness was the least of their worries, hunger was the main issue. The only way to get food was from the Nazi’s who only gave them things such as bread and potatoes.

The picture above shows the conditions of the ghettos. As you can see theres soot on the walls and German guards. You can tell that everyone around is afraid.

Another human right that was greatly disobeyed was everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion. The Jews were deprived from their freedom simply because they were Jewish. Hitler showed hatred to these people because he believed they were the reason for Germany’s weaknesses and hardships. Other people that he disliked were political minorities, the communists, homosexuals, gypsies, and other groups.

The picture above shows hatred towards the Jews. This is a Jewish grave site for some of the victims of the Holocaust. Notice on one of the graves someone spray-painted the German Nazi symbol a swastika. This shows disrespect towards the Jews.