The difference between Nazi and Soviet labor camps?

Question by g2dalemon2dasqueezy: What is the difference between Nazi and Soviet labor camps?
I have another question also. What policies did Joseph Stgalin enact upon becoming leader of the Soviet Union?

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Answer by sara f 9
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or wikipedia.

I know for sure that the Soviet labor camps were less harsh, but more risky. The labor wasn’t as disgusting as in the Nazi camp. Josef Stalin was very paranoid and would order anybody to be killed at the drop of a dime. So, if you messed up in the labor camps, there was no second chance. The labor wasn’t as hard or gruesome, it was just like digging rocks and stuff, but if you didn’t do it you would die. Anybody who spoke out or showed any sign of revolt or anything at all not compliant would just be shot. The end.

I know that in the Nazi camps, the tasks were harder and longer, but you didn’t die as easily. You were more likely to be tortured or starved instead of just killed and put out of your misery. The labor was the sort of digging graves and burying people, putting people into the crematorium, taking all of the valuables of dead people, and lots more to do with dead bodies. Most often the Jews and Gypsies, all those people in the Nazi camps, were forced to stand up for hours, or jog for hours, or go days without food. The only way they determined if you were to live or die was if you didn’t pass their selections or if you were sick and there was a risk of spreading your disease or if you were caught doing something bad. Believe it or not, the Nazis didn’t enjoy killing people unless they had a good reason. They would have much rather made the poor guy suffer or starve then just end his life and be done with it.

I’m not as clear on Stalin’s camps as in the Nazi camps but I hope that helps. The first link is Nazi, the second is Stalin’s life (not as helpful as the other one) – enjoy.

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