These WWII Axis Prison Camps Are a Grim Reminder of the Brutal War

These WWII Axis Prison Camps Are a Grim Reminder of the Brutal War

During World War II, the Axis powers operated numerous prison camps. German concentration camps were central to Nazi racial policy and repression, while Japan’s POW camps were mostly logistical (labor supply, intimidation). Both served as sites for severe human rights abuses. Concentration camps were spread across most of German-occupied Europe at the time. The most notorious of these are Auschwitz, Dachau, and Buchenwald, but there were many ot…