The Origins of Concentration Camps: Unraveling the Shadows of a Dark Chapter in Human History
Introduction When the term “concentration camps” is mentioned, the immediate association for many is World War II and the chilling names of infamous facilities like Auschwitz, Dachau, Buchenwald, Mauthausen, and Treblinka. The haunting imagery of trains packed with Jewish men, women, and children unloading their human cargo destined for gas chambers and crematoria occupies a…