Dachua Concentration Camp Report

After visiting Dachua concentration camp, I learned that my worldview and the worldview of those who were imprisoned collided on the issue of human development. The lifestyle in the concentration camp was formed to incorporated dehumanizing tactics that altered the prisoners’ human development. The prisoners’ names were removed and given a number so incorporate the lack of individuality and personalization. Their belongings, possession, social class, and job was striped from their identity and removed their foundation of the ‘self’. Also, the guards consistently humiliated the prisoners in the morning while the prisoners were getting ready and using the bathroom. The parade of the sick was also another way the prisoner were too weak to work
was humiliated. Women who were imprisoned in the concentration camps were forced into sex slavery for the guards and views as sexual objects rather than human. The prisoners were starved and punished constantly during the day. They were physically abused and broken while being given small rations. While disease spread throughout the camp, there was a lack of treatment and care for the sick. Overall, the prisoners’ development were hindered by the ill treatment in the concentration camp. By treating the prisoners as objects of torture, the prisoners lost their foundation to develop their self-concept. The struggle for survival was the first priority for the prisoners. In their process of development, they were physically hindered by the lack of nutrients and unhealthy living condition. They were mentally hindered by the psychological abuse of dehumanizing tactics. Also, they were manipulated to believe that with hard work, they would be able to be set free. However, this was an empty promise that was set before them at the gates of Dachua concentration camp.