I don't mean to be at all disrespectful in this question. I'm simply trying to understand the aim and process that the Nazis had.

I am reading Man's Search for Meaning and I was wondering: Why did the Nazi create the camps if the goal was extermination of the Jewish people. Wouldn't it have acheived their evil goal quicker to just make gas chambers / mass graves etc. Why give them clothes, beds, food etc (even if it was incredbily little and bad quality)? What was the benefit of creating the camps for the Nazis?

Also i was wondering what kind of work the Jews did. Was it practical or more like move that rock there and then move it back. Was the work created to simply try and make them suffer or was there work to be done and the Nazis so opportunity with the Jews in the camps to get free slave labor?

Thank you. Hopefully this doesn't get removed. 3rd time trying..