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Interesting reddit thread on concentration camps from the Red Army perspective
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:20 pm
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:20 pm
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"The actual camp appeared like an untidy slaughterhouse. A pungent smell hung heavily in the air… The further we walked into the site, the stronger the smell of burnt flesh became, and dirty-black ash rained down on us from the heavens, darkening the snow… Innumerable exhausted, wretched figures with shrunken faces and bald heads were standing outside of the barracks. They didn’t know that we were coming. The surprise made many of them faint. A picture that would make everyone wither away who saw it. The misery was horrifying. The ovens [of the crematoria] were still hot and some were still blazing fiercely when we approached… We were standing in a circle, everyone was silent. From the barracks more and more hungry children were emerging, reduced to skeletons and enveloped in rags. Like ants they assembled in large groups, making noise as if they were in a large school yard. With arms extended, they were waiting, begging and screaming for bread. They were whining out of despair and wiping away their tears… Only death reigned here. It smelled of it"
"The actual camp appeared like an untidy slaughterhouse. A pungent smell hung heavily in the air… The further we walked into the site, the stronger the smell of burnt flesh became, and dirty-black ash rained down on us from the heavens, darkening the snow… Innumerable exhausted, wretched figures with shrunken faces and bald heads were standing outside of the barracks. They didn’t know that we were coming. The surprise made many of them faint. A picture that would make everyone wither away who saw it. The misery was horrifying. The ovens [of the crematoria] were still hot and some were still blazing fiercely when we approached… We were standing in a circle, everyone was silent. From the barracks more and more hungry children were emerging, reduced to skeletons and enveloped in rags. Like ants they assembled in large groups, making noise as if they were in a large school yard. With arms extended, they were waiting, begging and screaming for bread. They were whining out of despair and wiping away their tears… Only death reigned here. It smelled of it"
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:22 pm to DavidTheGnome
That's pretty neat man thanks
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:22 pm to DavidTheGnome
I would bet a lot of redditors are holocaust deniers because it is edgy.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:23 pm to DavidTheGnome
well that just ruined my day
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:23 pm to DavidTheGnome
Thanks for the uplifting post
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:24 pm to DavidTheGnome
if you see any other cool threads on reddit, let us know
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:29 pm to DavidTheGnome
Like I'm suppose to believe a bunch of communist propaganda from the 1940's.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:34 pm to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:41 pm to DavidTheGnome
I had the honor of meeting Brigadier General Harold A. Dye about 7 years ago. He was the featured speaker at a meeting, talking about his experience in WW2.
Before the formal meeting began, he was talking to a few of us and talked about when his unit got to the concentration camp at Buchenwald. His story was quite graphic (so you may want to skip this if you've just eaten)...
He said that they were sitting in a Jeep, and a group of prisoners had come up and surrounded them, begging for food, medical attention, etc. The scene was so disturbing that his first sergeant vomited on himself and on a couple of the prisoners. To their horror, one of the prisoners began licking the vomit up he was so hungry.
Before the formal meeting began, he was talking to a few of us and talked about when his unit got to the concentration camp at Buchenwald. His story was quite graphic (so you may want to skip this if you've just eaten)...
He said that they were sitting in a Jeep, and a group of prisoners had come up and surrounded them, begging for food, medical attention, etc. The scene was so disturbing that his first sergeant vomited on himself and on a couple of the prisoners. To their horror, one of the prisoners began licking the vomit up he was so hungry.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 2:43 pm to DavidTheGnome
I'll believe the Nazis over those damned dirty Communist bastards.
Posted on 1/23/17 at 3:04 pm to DavidTheGnome
A hard read on the subject is The Third Reich at War by Richard Evans. One German officer describes an incident where he was leading a group of Jews to a pit for execution when a young child reached up and took his hand as if he was leading her for a walk. He walked her to the edge of the pit and with the others executed them.
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