About this creation
Between the years 1933 and 1945 more than 3.5 million Germans would be forced to spend time in these concentration camps or prison for political reasons, and approximately 77,000 Germans were executed for one or another form of resistance by Special Courts, courts martial, and the civil justice system. Many of these Germans had served in government, the military, or in civil positions, which enabled them to engage in subversion and conspiracy against the Nazis.

Although many people refer to all Nazi camps as "concentration camps," there were actually a number of different kinds of camps, including concentration camps, extermination camps, labor camps, prisoner-of-war camps, and transit camps.

Many of prisoners died in the concentration camps through deliberate maltreatment, disease, starvation, and overwork, or were executed as unfit for labor.




The formal mass-killing method at an extermination camp was poison gas (made to order by the IG Farben chemicals company); besides gas chambers, the camp guards continued killing prisoners via mass shooting, starvation, torture, et cetera.



* It is estimated that 11 million people were killed during the Holocaust. Six million of these were Jews.
* The Nazis killed approximately two-thirds of all Jews living in Europe.
* An estimated 1.1 million children were murdered in the Holocaust.
The camps were liberated by the Allies between 1943 and 1945, often too late to save all the remaining prisoners. For example, when British forces entered Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945, 60,000 prisoners were found alive, but 10,000 died within a week of liberation due to typhus and malnutrition.
Guard uniforms form Roaglaan's photostream www.flickr.com/photos/roaglaanscustoms/
Head Gear from Amazing Armory www.amazingarmory.com
Facts from wikipedia.org and about.comZbigniew Libera’s 7-piece “Konzentrationslager“ Lego Concentration Camp users.erols.com/kennrice/lego-kz.htm
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September 24, 2012 |
A good made moc with a sad theme. Since the KZs were closed in 1945 it happened to often again at other places in the world! |
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July 10, 2012 |
just as a note, only the Russians, were the one's who had cruel concentration camps for German prisoners. |
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May 8, 2012 |
shalom |
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January 9, 2012 |
One of the best mocs I have seen so far keep it up. |
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September 15, 2011 |
Hello, I am interested and I would like to know if is possible to buy it. Thank |
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June 30, 2011 |
sehr gut und detailiert, aber natürlich ein dunkleres kapitel der geschichte. |
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May 28, 2011 |
this is very impressive. i like the details |
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| Lego World War Two March 11, 2011 |
Sehr gute Schöpfung, sollten Sie bauen mehr Weltkrieg 2 Dinge.
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December 21, 2010 |
Impressive build and photography. Well done. |
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November 29, 2010 |
This theme may not be forgotten, so good to keep it alive (also in Lego!). |
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November 26, 2010 |
cool i like it |
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sgt fuse u got a good point it looks like that muvi. o yah good work too |
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November 25, 2010 |
Great way to educate kids on this matter which is too often lightly looked over in many schools. |
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November 25, 2010 |
this is very sad but did you know that out of 6 million jews 1500000 of them were kids but other from that this is amazing |
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November 23, 2010 |
This definetly reminds me of the movie the boy in the striped PJ's. Great movie.....anyway a great build. SMILY FACE !!!!! :) |
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November 23, 2010 |
Very sad :( |
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November 23, 2010 |
Quite a historic build, my friend would like this a lot. `Ryan |
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November 23, 2010 |
Excellent build, very historic! |
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November 23, 2010 |
Nice work, i like the use of clone heads. |
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November 23, 2010 |
Really cool work on this, great build. |
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November 23, 2010 |
It's amazing work. So perfect and such strong evil feeling...
You made very accurate work and great photos too.
Bye,
TK
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Are you really trying to make me MAD!!!!! Why would you do that. Making a lego of something that was HORRIBLE. And very brutal for the Jewish people. Thats nothing to be joking about. Please comment back. |
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very cool can you check out mine yes no mabey? |
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November 22, 2010 |
Amazing work Yoshi, the build is just incredible. Great job :) |
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November 21, 2010 |
thats really good but i think you used too many star wars heads |
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November 21, 2010 |
Very well done and presented. Thank you for including the link to the original. |
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November 21, 2010 |
iT is excellent ~~~! |
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November 21, 2010 |
Fantastic job with sensitive subject matter.~H |
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November 21, 2010 |
A compelling subject, and well built. |
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November 21, 2010 |
Hey Yoshi,
Many people have seen my Tribute to America series and they say how it touched them. This is so emotionally real and uncomfortably disconcerting. Thank you for helping us not to forget. Already there are many schools that are pushing to say that the holocaust never happened. Anywho, about the build. Love uses of the string elements. Great ideas with the clone faces or as I say cancer heads;) I am planning to spend a little time in WW2 with my TTA series. Thank you Yoshi for this incredible build. May we not forget.
~Blake |
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November 21, 2010 |
This would be sensational, if it wasnt because Zbigniew Libera did almost the same many years ago. As a MOC I find it very good, but as the topic is SO touchy, it would be nice if you stated your direct intent and purpose for the MOC in your presentation text.
If the purpose is to never forget the atroceties comitted during the WWII, or any war for that matter, by both winning and loosing sides for that matter, then I agree... |
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November 21, 2010 |
As crude as it was.
Terribly real and a memorial to remind us not to forget.
Congratulations! |
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November 21, 2010 |
You've created a masterpiece. This is not merely an amazing work of art made from LEGO® bricks, but it is also a monument to a time that should never be forgotten. This is one of the best LEGO® creations I have ever seen, and you handled every bit wonderfully. Thank you for sharing. |
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November 20, 2010 |
Das ist großartig! Der Zaun Technik und Minifiguren sind perfekt! |
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November 20, 2010 |
Excellent Job with this. |
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November 20, 2010 |
Fantastic work! Amazing photography as well. |
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November 20, 2010 |
cool
halocaust mocs are hard to come by |
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November 20, 2010 |
What a amazing build on this subject. It is very rare for to see such builds about the Holocaust. ~ Ghostman :) |
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November 20, 2010 |
Kann mich da meinem Vorredner nur voll und ganz anschließen! Sehr eindrückliche Arbeit! - Kevin
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November 20, 2010 |
Mutiges Thema, toll umgesetzt, besonders die Fotos sind gut. Erstaunlicherweise wenig blöde Kommentare. Einmal fehlt das "Duschen" Schild ;) |
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November 20, 2010 |
this is so cool yet so sad... |
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November 20, 2010 |
Wow... This is.... So well built and so sad at the same time.... You basically got every little emotion about this in this MOC... BTW, are some of those faces custom painted? |
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November 20, 2010 |
Why does this remind me of Band Of Brothers... |
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November 20, 2010 |
One of the best things I've seen around on the net for a while. Great job, keep it up! |
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November 20, 2010 |
Excellent work! |
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November 20, 2010 |
The use of HAZEL parts is very good, and the build itself is amazing, but why do ALL your builds have to be so gloomy? |
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November 20, 2010 |
Wow, great build! |
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November 20, 2010 |
Very nice little build. Nice customs and good facts. I like it. |
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November 20, 2010 |
Gute Aufarbeitung eines sehr ernsten Themas. Mir gefällt die beinahe industrielle Kälte die du mit diesem Moc transportierst. |
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November 20, 2010 |
Quoting Flare .
Excuse me, you only mention that "Germans" were murdered in the execution camps, but how about the Jews, Gypsies, and Africans? I think you are missing a vital point. And how about the women and children? They killed many women and children as well. This is a good MOC, but fairly inaccurate. Sorry to sound rude, but you're missing a large and important point. More Jews were cruelly murdered than random Germans.
Sorry Flare, I'm still in the process of editing it so I appreciate your input. I understand this is a touchy subject and will correct soon. |
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Excuse me, you only mention that "Germans" were murdered in the execution camps, but how about the Jews, Gypsies, and Africans? I think you are missing a vital point. And how about the women and children? They killed many women and children as well. This is a good MOC, but fairly inaccurate. Sorry to sound rude, but you're missing a large and important point. More Jews were cruelly murdered than random Germans. |
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November 20, 2010 |
Great presentation, I love how you did the fences, great job |
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