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Im ehemaligen KZ #Sachsenburg hat, von der politischen Öffentlichkeit weitgehend unbeachtet, der Abriss der SS-Kommandantenvilla begonnen. THREAD über Geschichtsvergessenheit u. politische Verantwortungslosigkeit. #Sachsen #history #gedenkkultur Image
Die Villa der SS-Kommandeure galt Experten als einer der letzten erhaltenen Täterorte in einem frühen Konzentrationslager Er bot die Chance, die Biographien, Motive und Taten der NS-Täter am historischen Ort kennenzulernen.
Die Villa, die Fabrik der ehem. Spinnerei u. der Zellentrakt bilden ein einzigartiges Ensemble des frühen NS-Terrors, das jetzt zerstört wird.
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(1/4) When the Nazis came to power in 1933, their political opponents immediately became the prime target for persecution. They arrested tens of thousands of them and carted them off to makeshift concentration camps like Kemna, #Sachsenburg, or Heuberg.
(2/4) Often, little is known about these so-called early concentration camps. Most of the documents were destroyed at the end of the war if not before. So quite early on, in 1950 or thereabouts, employees of the International Tracing Service started to do their own research.
(3/4) When former prisoners of the "early" concentration camps submitted an inquiry, the staff in Arolsen would ask them to fill out a questionnaire.
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