Sounds like . . 'ZOX ZEN hausen' . .
( easier to say it
the way the locals do )
( easier to say it
the way the locals do )
This
Central Guard House
was designed to
give full view of . . each building . . housing prisoners.
There were 8 other Guard Towers to . .
reinforce discipline . . and . . prevent escape.
reinforce discipline . . and . . prevent escape.
Visitors can enter this tower . . and . . walk the grounds . .
with or without a guide.
No Entrance Fee
. . Going with a Guide costs . . 12 -14 Euro
No Entrance Fee
. . Going with a Guide costs . . 12 -14 Euro
From the Guard House ( above ) you can see the . .
Triangular Plan
intended to give full view of this . .
"fan - shaped" . . design
As the number of inmates grew and
more buildings were needed
( "fan - shaped" ) SITE LINES
no longer worked as well . .
so the
Layout . . the Nazis had . . hoped . . to repeat
( when they built other Camps . . )
had to be . . altered.
Dachau Concentration Camp . . ( just north of Munich ) would open the same spring
There is an arch - shaped arena . . .
where LEATHER was being tested for 'SHOES'
Prisoners had to run for hours
under different stress tests
to determine
"which" Leather and "which" Design would . . last
( longer . . than the prisoner did . .
so the same shoes could be used by . . other . . future . . prisoners )
Each rectangular block building . .
( everything . . always built by . . inmates )
had triple - tiered beds to house . . approximately 100
As the trainloads arrived . .
the population swelled
from
1 0, 0 0 0
to
eventually
3 5, 0 0 0
and
more
Instead of . . more buildings
they simply . . packed them in . . side by side
JEWS had to . . sleep on the floor in . . segregated blocks
As the guide said . .
Everything . . pertaining to the JEWS was always . . far . . worse
( Most things at the Camp have been reconstructed to educate visitors )
Toilet Area . . ' Privacy ' was, of course, non - existent
This section
housed those with . . more famous names and / or positions
HITLER envisioned a . . UTOPIA
where
he and his . . Superior German Comrads
would
" RULE THE WORLD "
That's why . . he called . . his reign
the . . THIRD . . REICH
( Reich . . meaning . . "EMPIRE " )
The FIRST being the . . Holy Roman Empire and
The SECOND being . . The German Empire ( 1871 - 1918 )
Huge numbers of prisoners spent
every waking hour
making BRICKS
intended to complete
Hitler's grandiose dreams
of
shaping . . B E R L I N
into the
"Showcase . . CAPITAL" of . . planet . . earth !
And an important part of his pretentious EXHIBIT would be to conduct . .
( for the World to see ) . .
Big
. . SHOW - TRIALS . .
p r o p a g a n d i z i n g
" to the world "
that he had
" rid the world " . . of many of its 'worst'
and
thereby . . " HE " . . Hitler . . had "done the world an admirably huge . . favor"
Well known . . Lutheran Pastor Martin Niemoller . . was housed
in THIS Security Cell
When the Order was given to
' get - rid - of '
another said - number of
inmates who had
. . ☛ NOT died of . . ➤ Exhaustion . . ➤ Disease . . ➤ Cruelty
They were brought to this . . lowered trough (photo below)
. . one by one
reaching the blank wall
at the lowest end
. . with face toward the wall
and
➤ . . with loud classical music playing . .
. . were . . 'Shot' in the 'Head'
The trough sloped . . down
to keep the . .
increasing level of . . ➤ blood
in the . . least visible . . location.
Sachsenhausen ( early 1933 ) was a . . 2nd location
on the outskirts of . . Oranienburg . .
replacing the original spot inside the small town
. . close to the train station.
This 2nd acreage
was enormous in size
heavily forested . . offering . . more secrecy . .
but
still handy to the train . .
and . .
more room . . to carry out their . . 'experiments'
Plus . . they had access to . . lots of wood . . for the . .
Cremation Ovens
and . . they 🤞🏼 hoped . .
a lot . . less . . ☛ 'suspicion'
This portion of the property
had small and large rooms for their
'so - called' . . Doctor and Dental . . 'Appointments'
In reality . .
they were . . headed for some kind of . . 'experiment'
like being
➤ ( deliberately ) " injected "
with typhoid . . or . .
whatever . . the current curious 'experiment' of the moment was
Or they thought they were coming to get a
. . ' Haircut ' or to . . ' Shower '
( always in naked mass groups, of course )
The shower 'water' sprinkling and misting . .
( along the entire length of the ceiling )
was instead . . a variety of . .
➤ experimental . . gases and . . poisons
. . killing . . them . . ALL
The results of these 'experiments' would determine
How and What . . they would . . train . . other . . future camp leaders . . to do
in up - coming months . . in other locations
The Dachau camp
( opened soon after in the same spring of 1933 )
also conducted many 'experiments'
. . also on . .
Twins . Homosexuals . Roma Gypsies . Jehovah Witnesses . Jews
( and many more categories )
. . anyone NAZIS considered . . ' UN - desirable ' . .
Around the corner in this same area . . were the
CREMATION OVENS
not only to . . eliminate the . . SMELL of . . 'dead' flesh
but to . . dispose of . . the increasing . . stacks of . . BODIES
more . . 'quickly' . . and . . much more . . 'efficiently'
than
digging . . endless . . mass graves
( . . that might eventually be . . discovered )
'Ashes' . . are easier to HIDE . . than . . ' Bones '
There are many reminders and
Walls of "Remembrance"
educating about . . what happened . .
during those months
during those months
when troops arrived
★ to . . RESCUE . . the 'living'
and the . .
' Confusion' . Joy . Desperation . Loss
and
★ to . . RESCUE . . the 'living'
and the . .
' Confusion' . Joy . Desperation . Loss
and
. . i n d e s c r i b a b l e . .
n o t k n o w i n g . .
'Where'.. to .. GO
or . .
'What'.. to .. DO
with .. their .. ★ F R E E D O M
n o t k n o w i n g . .
'Where'.. to .. GO
or . .
'What'.. to .. DO
with .. their .. ★ F R E E D O M
But . . . . . .
( before that day . . came . . )
➤ . . ( to . . save . . 'bullets' ! ) . . . .
"Death" . . ☛ M a r c h e s
were intended to
finish off
those still breathing
by ordering them to . . M a r c h ☛ non - stop
. . through the forest
☛ day and night
- w i t h o u t -
food
or
water
or
sleep
- w i t h o u t -
food
or
water
or
sleep
until
they simply
c o l l a p s e d
and were
t r a m p l e d . . to . . Death
and
- k i c k e d . . to the side -
they simply
c o l l a p s e d
and were
t r a m p l e d . . to . . Death
and
- k i c k e d . . to the side -
At the end of our day touring the camp . .
we could use the . . Security Code . . to . . Exit . . through the Gate
into . . the neighborhood
that . . formerly housed the . .
SS Secret Police
and their . . families
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- Imagine -
( run some dialogue in your mind . . . )
" After a . . Nazi workday . . in camp
what might have been
included . . or . . excluded
from the
conversation
. . at . . ' H O M E ' ! "
- The Nazi Uniform and the "Swastika" -
( below )
Asking
. . "Does a . . 'Remnant' . . of
Nazi . . perpetrators or sympathizers . . remain . . T o d a y ?"
The Guide said
there . . is now . . ( as then ) . . a political Party
that . . would still . . call themselves . . by the
same "National Socialist Party" title
with the . .
same . . 'Ideology'
BUT
Germany forbids them . . ( by law) . . to use that name
Nor are they allowed to use - wear - display
the . . Swastika . . " symbol".
In Berlin and many German cities
they are . . not . . allowed to . . 'demonstrate'
. .
BUT . .
in some cities . . it IS allowed.
They do it there with ☛ increasing volume and numbers.
In a recent national election . .
they convinced an alarming . . 40% . . of the electorate to . . vote for . . them !
So . . Nazism is not 'gone' . .
It's working its 'propaganda' on the . . young.
Its' . . emerging presence . . is . . raising many . . eyebrows.
Some young even choose to be . . married 'on location'
. . AT . . "Sachsenhausen" !
A rather frightening . . and . . sorry .. note
on which to
conclude . . this Post
And there's more . . too much for a blog.
We'll continue the Berlin story at the end of our trip.
We're going to head into . . Poland
We're going to head into . . Poland
Join Rusty and Wrinkles
as they peek in on
. . what
WWII and the Nazis and Communists
did . . to . . THEM !
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as they peek in on
. . what
WWII and the Nazis and Communists
did . . to . . THEM !
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