Never again and never forget what happened...
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| Posted by L&N_55 on February 15, 2017 | |
God bless them and may they rest in peace. :(
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| Posted by huebi on February 15, 2017 | |
In times, when even in Germany a belittlement of the holocaust takes place (Björn Höcke, please google), it is very convenient to show pictures of the truth.
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It's an absolute stunning and mind succumbing scene that comes to mind as I look at this... As with others like it from the past. You've captured the scene well in this chilling view, it really makes the mind wonder as to just what it must've been like to arrive here whether you showed up blindly or were forced. It's a saddening mark in modern history but one that needs to be remembered.
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Thank you for sharing this photo of this horrible and tragic place.
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The ultimate symbol of man's inhumanity to man.
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Lest we forget... A powerful image capturing very somber in mood. It's amazing it still stands today, an important reminder of one of the darkest events in history. Thanks for sharing.
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Very sad. god blessed them.
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To echo huebi's comment...when American troops started to liberate the Nazi death camps, Dwight Eisenhower issued the following order: "Get it all on record now – get the films – get the witnesses – because somewhere down the road of history some bastard will get up and say that this never happened.”
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| Posted by Kibu on June 15, 2017 | |
According to a historical review of documentation, the process for unloading went through several stages at Auschwitz. The first was just a single track where the trains ran in and unloaded their cargo of victims. At that time, the trains were relatively short, being at most 20 of the short boxcars. However, as time went on and the killing was ramped up, the sidings were added to make it easier. Then, a train would run in and stop, the locomotive would be run around the train, and they'd break the train (by then up to 80 or more cars) into smaller groups. They'd be moved further along the main siding through the gate we see to the unloading platform. This actually sped up the killing, as it meant that the SS guards had less victims per batch to deal with. If memory serves, when Auschwitz was liberated, they found one string of empty boxcars inside the camp itself, and the remainder of the train in the sidings. Sadly, in the remainder of the train, the victims had been left to die from starvation and exposure.
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