There were no death camps in Germany during WW11

I think it was beneficial for the National Socialist to keep it at a distance. That they used euphemisms like "Final Solution" has always suggested that they feared the German people's reaction had they been exposed to an undeniable truth. Having an Autschwitx or Treblinka on German soil would have been impossible to hide. With the Death Camps being on occupied territory, way away from German public opinion and German public morale, was a simple and horrifically practical means to an end.

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Originally Posted by D-Type

I think it's time to apologise for dragging this thread off topic with the sidelong reference to Guantanamo Bay. The fact that the 'death camps' were not in Germany proper is an interesting enough topic in its own right.

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Apologies :cheese:

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Originally Posted by 555-04Q2

Apologies :cheese:

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I thought I was apologising, but if you want to plead guilty as well - feel free.

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Originally Posted by BDunnell

The US – or, rather, the section of US public opinion represented here by anthonyvop — is fine with torture when it's the US doing it, but not when it's meted out against US citizens, because the US is always in the right. That seems a fair summation.

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You are jelouse

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Originally Posted by Granatelli

You are jelouse

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Youre carent spalle

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Originally Posted by Spafranco

You are playing semantics. The point is/was adjudged that on actual, real Germany, not conquered land that there were no death camps in Germany proper.

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Well, if we go by the facts then Auschwitz and Chelmo were on what was considered German territory. These areas had also been owned by Germany before WW1. The other death camps were on an another administrative area - General Government. Whether they were on german soil or in Poland is largely irrelevant anyway. The crimes are no less horrendous and shocking.

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Originally Posted by Parabolica

I think it was beneficial for the National Socialist to keep it at a distance. That they used euphemisms like "Final Solution" has always suggested that they feared the German people's reaction had they been exposed to an undeniable truth. Having an Autschwitx or Treblinka on German soil would have been impossible to hide. With the Death Camps being on occupied territory, way away from German public opinion and German public morale, was a simple and horrifically practical means to an end.

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Absolutely. The main reasons why death camps were in what is now Poland were logistical and trying to keep the average german unaware of what was happening.

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Originally Posted by Garry Walker

Well, if we go by the facts then Auschwitz and Chelmo were on what was considered German territory. These areas had also been owned by Germany before WW1. The other death camps were on an another administrative area - General Government. Whether they were on german soil or in Poland is largely irrelevant anyway. The crimes are no less horrendous and shocking.



Absolutely. The main reasons why death camps were in what is now Poland were logistical and trying to keep the average german unaware of what was happening.

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If you had taken more time to read any of the posts on this thread you would not see anyone that posted excusing the horrific dealings of the Germans.
We are talking about death camps in the late thirties and during the war. This revisionism by you does not matter a hoot as Texas was once Mexico and Derry was once in the Republic of Ireland.

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Originally Posted by Lousada

Actually Auschwitz and many other camps were definately on German soil as the Nazis annexed and incorporated large pieces of occupied territory. They were not within the pre-38 Germany no, but they were technically, politically, administratively part of Germany. So by every definition possible it was on German soil.

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You are playing semantics. The point is/was adjudged that on actual, real Germany, not conquered land that there were no death camps in Germany proper.

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Bergen-Belson was on German soil, pre war....

Bergen-Belsen is ~10 miles from my workplace...

it was originally a POW camp, not a death camp as in extermination camp with gas chambers etc...
but tell that to the 50000 or so who were left to die of starvation or inadequate medical attention :s