For the Nazi government to implement its strategy of eliminating the Jews in Europe, it had to come up with several strategies. One of the strategies was to create killing centers were millions of Jews were murdered. At the concentration camps, the treatment of men and women in the camps differed (Blohm 44). Through the establishment of murder camps and separation of gender in the camps, the Adolf Hitler government killed many Jews.
Chelmno was the first killing center that was established in 1914. The camp was located in Reich province Wartheland. At Chelmno killing camp, the Germans killed at least 152,000 (Blohm 49). To implement the “operation Reinhard,” the Nazi government constructed three other main killing centers that included Belzec, Sobibor, and Treblinka in Warsaw District. The other killing center was Auschwitz-Birkenau, which was the largest killing center located in the Upper Silesia a province of the interwar Poland that was annexed directly to Germany.
At the killing centers, the Nazi government treated the female and male differently. Men were exposed to forced labor while the females found it easy because they were not exposed to forced labor. Women who fell pregnant at the concentration camps were immediately executed. Also women with young children were also killed. The main reason for killing the pregnant women was to terminate the Jews community (Blohm 56).
In conclusion, through the establishment of various murder centers, Hitler killed millions of Jews. The separation of the roles of males and females in the concentration camp was a strategy by the Nazi government to eliminate more Jews. Men were exposed to forced labor while women who became pregnant were killed.
Works Cited
Blohm, Craig E. Holocaust Camps and Killing Centers. , 2015. Print.
