1 Nazi officials established the first concentration camp, Dachau, on March 22, 1933, for political prisoners. It was later used as a model for an expanded and centralized concentration camp system managed by the SS. 2 What distinguishes a concentration camp from a prison (in the modern sense) is that it functions outside of a judicial system.

The swastika ( 卐 or 卍) is an ancient religious and cultural symbol, predominantly in various Eurasian, as well as some African and American cultures, now also widely recognized for its appropriation by the Nazi Party and by neo-Nazis.

Lesson Transcript Author Sasha Blakeley View bio Instructor Jennifer Keefe View bio Learn about the swastika symbol, its history, and its origin. Discover its original meaning as a symbol of.

While black people in Nazi Germany were never subject to an organized mass extermination program, as in the cases of Jews, homosexuals, Romani, and Slavs, [1] they were still considered by the Nazis to be an inferior race and along with Romani people were subject to the Nuremberg Laws under a supplementary decree. Background