Thread by @JimmyFalunGong

today's about the rest of WWII, and it's also depressing though perhaps not "child concentration camp" depressing

here's the Krupp buildings surrounded by rubble. almost as if they were avoiding destroying it, huh?

Essen's old synagogue, turned into a show room for Krupp products

do you think public tours of Villa Hügel show off the LUFTSCHUTZBUNKER

Out of his 32,000 worker houses, 29,000 were either totally destroyed or severely damaged, for instance, yet Villa Hugel was unharmed

Sir Arthur Harris, aka Bomber Harris aka Butcher Harris

Bomber Command said they had concentrated on “the complete destruction of four Ruhr cities”. Heavy industry was not particularly targeted; homes and stores were

5/16/1943 they bombed the Möhne and Eder dams. This bombing caused 334 million tons of water to wipe out the Ruhr valley railroads and drowning thousands and thousands of civilians. The RAF called it “one of the most illustrious episodes in the history of the Air Force.”

Hitler had told Albert Speer, the Minister of Armaments and War Production, ““Give me six hundred tanks a month, and we will abolish every enemy in the world.” That was the magic figure - 600 tanks a month.

By the end of 1943 Germany was producing 1,000 tanks a month...Production kept increasing, yet they lost because their supply chains broke down. that especially included Krupp's factories in Essen

nacht und nebel decrees

same tactic, taught by expat Nazis in Latin America

Father Alphonso Come vs Cardinal Hengsbach

Hitler as snuff film enthusiast, also discussed

check it out