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Originally Posted by bigtmac19
I believe these were always called "work" camps, and I'm sure they had some excellent explanations for the purpose of these places, probably made them sound like they were doing people a favour by letting them stay there.
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Its actually interesting that you bring this point up.
I didnt fully grasp this, but I was watching a documentary on TV last night about Auschwitz and one of the survivors explained that the German soldiers were so polite, and soft spoken and courteous when they were helping people off the train.
They would tell thim that everything was going to be ok, they were going to get a good meal and a clean room where their family could stay safely until the war was over, they were going to be well taken care of, right after you have this shower....
And the deception that they put on with certain parts of the camps. The illusion of safety and security that the prisoners were given while in the camps themselves was unbelievable.
When I originally saw this article, what came to my mind was the claim 'nobody knew' and then we see this where the British are taking a tour of a reknowned Death Camp and that challenged the claim of never knowing in my mind. Then you see the unreal amount of effort that they place in deception and in my mind if reaffirms that even though they toured the damn place in advance theres no way they could have known.
In another way of looking at things though, imagine the mindjob that must have done on the people who went on that tour when they later find out exactly what went on in that 'work camp.'