The people that were sent to the camps were sent there if the German government saw their political or religious beliefs as a threat, or if they opposed the government. These people included Jewish people, political prisoners, criminals, homosexuals, gypsies, people with disabilities, and many more. The lived under harsh conditions, and each person had to wear a colored badge for why they are there. Red triangles were worn by Communists and other political prisoners, green triangles were worn by criminals, pink triangles for homosexual men, purple triangles for Jehovah's witnesses, black triangles for gypsies, Jews wore yellow stars of David, and so on. The Nazis believed that blue-eyed and blonde haired people, also known as the Aryan race, were the "master race" so they were not sent to the concentration camps.
The people that were sent to the camps were sent there if the German government saw their political or religious beliefs as a threat, or if they opposed the government. These people included Jewish people, political prisoners, criminals, homosexuals, gypsies, people with disabilities, and many more. The lived under harsh conditions, and each person had to wear a colored badge for why they are there. Red triangles were worn by Communists and other political prisoners, green triangles were worn by criminals, pink triangles for homosexual men, purple triangles for Jehovah's witnesses, black triangles for gypsies, Jews wore yellow stars of David, and so on. The Nazis believed that blue-eyed and blonde haired people, also known as the Aryan race, were the "master race" so they were not sent to the concentration camps.