#concentration camps

[dylsexai]

So we've gotten to the point where they have created camps where civilians, including children, are being lined up naked. I know I won't be able to convince anyone who still denies it's genocide. The reason I keep talking about this, and the you should keep talking about this, is so that these same people cheering on the fascists can't pretend they didn't know it was happening.

#genocide #concentration camps #children #summary executions #free palestine

[ohsalome]

Taken in Donetsk in 1932-33, this photograph shows a “kulak” woman and her small child being evicted from their home in winter, dispossessed of everything but a small wagonload of their belongings pulled by hand behind them. Photo by Marko Zhelizniak.

This is the people tankies would want you to believe had the Marie Antoinette level of luxury. I wonder how many carts like those would be required to transport everything an average western tankie owns.

#ukraine #russia #ussr #history #holodomor #concentration camps #communism #famine #artificial famine #ukrainian history #joseph stalin

[quotesfrommyreading]

The line most often quoted from Frank's diary are her famous words, “I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.” These words are “inspiring,” by which we mean that they flatter us. They make us feel forgiven for those lapses of our civilization that allow for piles of murdered girls – and if those words came from a murdered girl, well, then, we must be absolved, because they must be true. The gift of grace and absolution from a murdered Jew (exactly the gift that lies at the heart of Christianity) is what millions of people are so eager to find in Frank's hiding place, in her writings, in her “legacy.” It is far more gratifying to believe that an innocent dead girl has offered us grace than to recognize the obvious: Frank wrote about people being “truly good at heart” before meeting people who weren't. Three weeks after writing those words, she met people who weren't.

  —  People Love Dead Jews: Reports from a Haunted Present (Dara Horn)

#book quotes #dara horn #people love dead jews: reports from a haunted present #history #antisemitism #holocaust #anne frank #concentration camps

[reality-detective]

Think about it 🤔

#pay attention #educate yourselves #educate yourself #knowledge is power #reeducate yourself #reeducate yourselves #think about it #think for yourselves #think for yourself #do your homework #do some research #do your own research #ask yourself questions #question everything #news #concentration camps #fema #death camps #you decide

[hanna-lulu]

i’ve been comparing the usa now to germany circa the late 1930s and it is not a favorable comparison.

let’s see what we’ve got:

increasing antisemitism

increasing transphobia

increasing ableism

continued oppression of indigenous peoples

laws being introduced to ban gender-affirming care and remove children from their homes if they are allowed to live as they wish

books being banned for having honest and age-appropriate portrayals of race/racism and queerness/homophobia

pushing maid (medical assistance in dying) on people with disabilities and even people who are just poor (this is more in canada but i’m including it here anyway)

a right wing that is seen as ridiculous and absurd, yet is somehow still managing to hold onto power while liberals/leftists laugh it off as if they’ll run out of steam

it’s important to note that in the 1930s, when hitler came to power, the international community thought he was a joke. his overblown rhetoric was silly, his history was laughable, and nobody took him seriously. they thought it would all blow over. also, he wasn’t saying anything that a lot of people didn’t secretly agree with. antisemitism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, and racism were widespread throughout europe and the usa, and a lot of people had less of a problem with what he was saying and more with how he was saying it. (think kanye west’s antisemitic comments, which joe rogan did attempt to stop him from making so blatantly, but didn’t actually disagree with.)

the first medical and educational facility for gender affirming care was in berlin. did you know that? the institut für sexualwissenschaft (known variably in english as institute of sex research, institute of/for sexology, or institute for the science of sexuality) was founded in 1919 and headed by magnus hirschfeld, who was both gay and jewish. he helped build a library in the institute that was dedicated to the topics of gender, eroticism, and same-sex love. the research undertaken there regarded sexual health of all people, gay, transgender, and intersex, as well as counseling and treatment for alcoholism, gynecological issues, venereal diseases, contraceptives, and more. sexual reassignment surgeries were performed successfully there. the goal was to help those who were suffering because they could not live as who they truly were and to educate the common people, because people fear what they see as different, what they cannot understand.

you won’t find the books in that library today. they were burned as part of the nazis’ campaign of terror and censorship. in 1933, 6 years before world war 2 officially broke out, the institut was broken into and looted by the deutsche studentenschaft (aka the german student union). young adults who had spent their formative years surrounded by hateful rhetoric were accompanied by a brass band as they destroyed this oasis of understanding and knowledge. hirschfeld himself had fled germany years before, as he had been targeted numerous times by nationalists/far right “activists”.

berlin once had a thriving queer community. germany was a home to many jews, my own great-grandparents included. my great-grandmother’s younger brother had a learning disability. their home turned on them out of fear and ignorance, the people told by their leaders that other human beings were not really human, but degenerate filth. my great-grandparents escaped with their lives. many– my great-grandma’s brother included– did not.

the concentration camps that imprisoned and killed so many jewish, queer, and/or disabled people (as well as romani and political prisoners, and japanese-americans IN THE USA) are not consigned to the past. our prison system disenfranchises those who are placed in it and uses them for unpaid labor. refugees are caged for daring to hope that our country– the so-called “land of the free”– would take them in when their homes turned on them. indigenous people are ridiculed and attacked for wanting to help our planet heal and for asking to conserve the land that was stolen from their ancestors. almost a hundred years since the holocaust, and we still haven’t learned.

don’t look away from this. it’s not going to blow over. those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it, and we are already experiencing a resurgence of fascist beliefs and rhetoric.

write to your representatives. VOTE. protest if and when you can. show them that we are HERE and we refuse to be written out of the history books, banned or burned away. we are human beings. we live and love and deserve to do so with dignity.

and if appealing to your humanity isn’t enough, remember this poetic version of a quote by german lutheran pastor martin niemöller, an early nazi collaborator and antisemite who later changed his views and opposed hitler’s oppressive regime:

“first they came for the socialists, and i did not speak out–

because i was not a socialist.

then they came for the trade unionists, and i did not speak out–

because i was not a trade unionist.

then they came for the jews, and i did not speak out–

because i was not a jew.

then they came for me– and there was no one left to speak for me.”

there is always another enemy in fascism. anyone who is different will eventually be a target. white supremacy is poison, and fitting the mold of a “perfect citizen” cannot keep you safe. queer infighting and pushing down people who you find “too weird” will not stop the people who hate all of us. to the far right, we are all wrong to our very cores. solidarity in the face of oppression is the only way to survive, live, and thrive.

#i’ve been meaning to write this post for a while #i’m so sick and tired of this bullshit #you’d think we would have learned by now #long post #history #world war 2 #world war ii #the holocaust #antisemitism #homophobia #transphobia #ableism #racism #der institut für sexualwissenschaft #magnus hirschfeld #adolf hitler #book banning #book burning #fascism #concentration camps #maid (medical assistance in dying) #martin niemöller #first they came #solidarity forever

[vox-anglosphere]

On this Holocaust Remembrance Day may we all vow to never forget.

#Auschwitz #The Shoah #Holocaust Remembrance Day #WWII #deportations #boxcars #train arrivals #selections #SS officers #concentration camps #extermination #gas chambers #genocide

[newyorkthegoldenage]

Nineteen-year old Joseph Guttman, a Polish boy liberated by American forces from Buchenwald, bursts into tears on the chest of Master Sgt. William Best, on Pier 61, following his arrival on the SS Marine Marlin, December 24, 1948. Sgt. Best, of Brooklyn, said he had adopted Joseph under arrangements made through the American Military Government in Germany. Joseph's parents, two brothers and two sisters were all killed in the concentration camp. Sgt. Best commanded a tank detail to which young Guttman became attached as mascot after his liberation.

Photo: John Lindsay for the AP via WHNT

#New York #NYC #vintage New York #1940s #John Lindsay #World War II #Buchenwald #concentration camps #Dec. 24 #December 24 #Joseph Guttman #William Best #Holocaust #Shoah

[constantly-deactivated]

Do You Need Deprogrammed? 🤔

#pay attention #educate yourself #educate yourselves #wake the fuck up #wake up #wake up america #wake up people #wake up world #do your own research #do your research #do some research #do your homework #concentration camps #knowledge is power

[mapsontheweb]

This map shows extermination camps and concentration camps established by the SS in Germany and German-controlled territory.

From the Atlas of World War II.

by @NatGeoMaps

#maps #twittersourced #NatGeoMaps #Holocaust #concentration camps

[nickysfacts]

It’s important to remember how the Holocaust targeted many groups of people, with LGBTQ+ individuals being one of its first victims.

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

#history #lgbtq #the institute fur sexualwissenschaft #sexology #magnus hirschfeld #lgbt history #berlin #germany #lgbt clinic #1920s #1930s #german history #lgbt rights #gay #lesbian #bisexual #transgender #gender #queer history #holocoust #nazis #fascisim #concentration camps #medical history #never forget #never again #nickys facts

[blackswaneuroparedux]

The doctrine of Original sin, which is contained in the story of Genesis - one of the most beautiful concentrated metaphors in existence - is about the way we human beings fall from treating each other as subjects to treating each other as objects. Love, respect and forgiveness come from that. When we treat each other as objects, then we get the concentration camps.

- Sir Roger Scruton, The Soul of the World  

#scruton #roger scruton #quote #original sin #genesis #creation #sin #objectification #love #forgiveness #respect #eden #fall #human condition #art #humanity #bible #God #self worship #concentration camps

[ohsalome]

#ukraine #russia #war in ukraine #russian war crimes #russian culture #torture tw #concentration camps

[quotesfrommyreading]

The East is also where the Nazis had most vigorously pursued the Holocaust, where they set up the vast majority of ghettoes, concentration camps, and killing fields. Snyder notes that Jews accounted for less than 1 percent of the German population when Hitler came to power in 1933, and many of those managed to flee. Hitler's vision of a “Jew-free” Europe could only be realized when the Wehrmacht invaded Poland, Czechoslovakia, Belarus, Ukraine, and the Baltic States, and eventually Hungary and the Balkans which is where most of the Jews of Europe actually lived. Of the 5.4 million Jews who died in the Holocaust, the vast majority were from Eastern Europe. Most of the rest were taken to the region to be murdered. The scorn the Nazis held for all Eastern Europeans was closely related to their decision to take the Jews from all over Europe to the East for execution. There, in a land of subhumans, it was possible to do inhuman things.

  —  Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 (Anne Applebaum)

#book quotes #anne applebaum #iron curtain: the crushing of eastern europe 1944-1956 #history #military history #antisemitism #racism #ww2 #holocaust #concentration camps #germany #nazi germany #poland #czechoslovakia #belarus #ukraine #estonia #latvia #lithuania #hungary #yugoslavia

[thefreethoughtprojectcom]

Today is the 82nd anniversary of the signing of the executive order which allowed the internment of Japanese Americans — have we not learned anything? 🤔

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#82YearsLater #TFTP #TheFreeThoughtProject

#the free thought project #tftp #Japanese #concentration camps #intern camps #82 years ago #hidden history

[tomorrowusa]

"Fool me once..."

Don't get fooled again!

#republicans #donald trump #plans for second trump term #trump's nazi tendencies #vermin #concentration camps #putin stooge #путинский пудель #h/t g.w. bush #maya angelou #election 2024 #steve greenberg

[carbone14]

Les portes du camp de concentration d'Auschwitz-Birkenau vues de l'intérieur du camp – Oswiecim – Pologne – Après le 27 janvier 1945

©Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum

#WWII #camps de concentration #concentration camps #auschwitz-birkenau #auschwitz #nazisme #nazism #holocauste #holocaust #shoah #génocide #genocide #oswiecim #pologne #poland #1945