The big difference was that whereas the Nazis immediately gassed the elderly and women with children, in Africa, the Germans actually put those groups to slave labor. Survivors resembled the Muselmänner of the Nazi camps.
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
So They'd Had Practice At It!
I just stumbled on the Herero Uprising, which revealed to me that the Krauts already had plenty of experience with genocide and concentration camps. No wonder they were so efficient the second time around.
The big difference was that whereas the Nazis immediately gassed the elderly and women with children, in Africa, the Germans actually put those groups to slave labor. Survivors resembled the Muselmänner of the Nazi camps.
The big difference was that whereas the Nazis immediately gassed the elderly and women with children, in Africa, the Germans actually put those groups to slave labor. Survivors resembled the Muselmänner of the Nazi camps.
