Expropriations + Looting

The expropriations of Jews and the looting of Jewish property by German units or civilians before and during the war.

To the Abattoir

We were a band of desperate individuals in the heart of the Balkans. And we were doomed to fail; our failure was our only excuse. [Legiuna Archanghelul Mihail] was the only sign that our country could be anything but a fiction. It was a cruel movement, a mixture of pre-history and prophecy, mystique of prayer…

How did the piles of personal effects get at Auschwitz?

Dear AnswerMan, How did the museum at Auschwitz I amass tons of human hair, dentures, toothbrushes, artificial limbs, cans of Zycon(sic) gas and other tragic “momentos” of the camps? Pauline Friedman AnswerMan Replies: At the end of the war, and to this day piles of—what in any other context would be considered trash—has been presented…

Gold!

Dear AnswerMan, The original Soviet anti-capitalist propaganda portrayed Auschwitz as a perfect capitalist Hell-a place where non-productive people were killed and workers were literally worked to death. Revisionist research has proven that Auschwitz Camp was actually a hugely expensive venture for the Germans. For most of its operation less than 15% of the inmates of…

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