Auschwitz - January 27, 1945

[Susan]

A view inside the largest Nazi death camp, Auschwitz, where the death toll reached over 1M people. This footage was taken after the Red Army's 322nd Rifle Division liberated the camp in Poland on January 27, 1945.

[kellyhound]

And yet there are still people believing the Holocaust denial conspiracy.

[K53]

Humanity at its worst

[Faust]

Originally Posted by kellyhound

And yet there are still people believing the Holocaust denial conspiracy.

In some European countries it is even worse than that;

https://www.timesofisrael.com/jerusa...caust-deniers/

At least most of the developed world has laws against it:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legali...locaust_denial

Anyway, I was eventually at the Auschwitz museum a few years ago to pay my respects. We were on holiday in Poland with relatives who live there, but they advised to save the visit to Auschwitz for last. When we were there I understood why as it made me sick/depressed for days. I really puts everything into perspective, no matter how bad everything gets, it will never be even close to what went down there.

[mcpronoun]

I've seen all the documentaries on the death camps of poland and the ones who were marched into the "showers" were the most fortunate at least they died quickly, the human experimentation victims were the worst off.

The nazi's used live jews to test everything from chemical weapon effects to blast damage from bombs and missles, also used them like Guinea pigs for medical stuff.

My grandfather smuggled a few old film reels out that showed german doctors cutting people (Jewish "volunteers") open in various regions of the body to test pain thresholds from trauma and time it takes to go into shock or pass out from blood loss, it was the most graphic b/w footage i've seen.

[kellyhound]

Originally Posted by mpcronin

the ones who were marched into the "showers" were the most fortunate at least they died quickly.

Between 6 and 11 minutes gasping for air is a pretty long time in my book

[mcpronoun]

Originally Posted by kellyhound

Between 6 and 11 minutes gasping for air is a pretty long time in my book

Yes it is but compared to the horrors of other victims I would rather suffocate than be slowly tortured by experimental means.

Wouldn't you agree with that?

[mr_feelgood]

Who counted

[jimdbrow]

So sad.

[tdsantmyers]

My origin is, German. Dad and mom side. We have family in Heidelberg and had a chance to visit years ago. We also traveled to Amsterdam and went through Anne Franks, secret annex. You move the bookcase and ascend the stairs that is like a ladder. You walk through and they have the movie star pictures she had on a wall. You get to look out of the window shown in the movie that looks over to the bridge that show the soldiers walking back and forth. I live in Washington DC and the museum dedicated to memorialize and to never forget the people who died. You are given a card with a real person who is documented as being there and find out in the end if your person lived or died. One room is nothing but shoes. The smell of earth, death, burnt hair, staleness air, is overwhelming. Its tangible. It changes you. You leave with a new respect.