They were stripped of their political rights and taken from their homes and friends with little or no warning and uncertain of what would happen next. Many people were forced into one of thousands of concentration camps where they were separated from their families and sent to a labor camp, where many would suffer, or an extermination camp, where they would sadly be executed immediately. In 1933, Hitler was finally appointed Chancellor of Germany and began organizing what he called the “Final Solution” (Balson). He and his Nazi Party believed that Jews, Gypsies, homosexuals, and the mentally ill were violating racial purity in Europe and devised a way to slowly kill them and remove them from Germany and the rest of the world (Balson). Many people know and understand the events that occurred during the Holocaust, but they probably don't realize that there were many advances in establishing concentration camps, persecuting targeted groups, and keeping Hitler and the Nazis' intentions secret . authorities, Hitler convinced the SS, police, SA, and local civilian advisors to design and produce the first of many concentration camps located near Munich (Vasham). This building was used as a model for the other 15,000 remaining sites. These places were built to hide Jews, homosexuals, gypsies and the mentally ill along with communists, socialists, German liberals and anyone considered an enemy of the Reich (Vasham). In 1939 there were six main sites, Dachau, Sachsenhausen, Buchenwald, Flossenbeurg, Mauthausen and, for women, Ravensreuck. Each of these locations held approximately 25,000 prisoners, surrounded by filth and cordoned off by barbed wire fences. Labor camps with... middle of paper... like Hitler and his Nazi Party would continue to keep their premeditations unknown. Works Cited Balson, Aleesha. "Hitler's Final Solution". www.loeser.us. Loeser and Web. November 22, 2013. Bergen, Doris; Dawidowicz, Lucia; Gilberto, Martino; Hilberg, Raúl; and Yahil Leni. "Introduction to the Holocaust." United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, DC, June 10, 2010. Web. November 14, 2013 http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005143 Rosenberg, Jennifer. “Facts about the Holocaust.” About.com. About.com, n.d. Web.21 November 2013. http://hostory1900.about.com/od/holocaust/a/holocaustfacts.htmEvens, Richard; Gotfried, Ted; Lipsadt, Deborah; Zimmerman, John; Sherman, Michael; Globmann, Alex. “Holocaust Encyclopedia”. http://www.ushmm.org Holocaust of the United States