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The large extermination camps were not in Germany, they were outside of Germany, built by Germans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermination_camp https://en.

by lispm 10y ago

The large extermination camps were not in Germany, they were outside of Germany, built by Germans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermination_camp https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermination_camp There were no nearby German towns. Knowledge about them was not that widespread, many jews were brought there not knowing what to expect. Buchenwald was not an 'extermination camp' like Auschwitz-Birkenau. There were many concentration camps in Germany with many people being killed there. Many people knew about the Holocaust and what happened. But the biggest industrialised killing happened outside Germany in these extermination camps (over 3 million victims), and that knowledge was much less widespread. Some of those extermination camps were closed and deconstructed before the end of the war, for example Treblinka and Belzec.

hackuser 10y ago
From what I recall, U.S./UK/French/etc. forces liberated at least several camps, so those would have been in Germany (not France or Benelux, and not on the Eastern Front). Also, they compelled local Germans to tour the camps, so there would have been German towns nearby. On such an important topic, it would be great if you could provide citations beyond Wikipedia (arguably the godfather of 'post-truth' information ...).
- lispm 10y ago
  Again, extermination camps were not in Germany. Not one. US/french/forces can't have liberated anyone from those extermination camps, since their troops were not there. Only the soviet army reached the extermination camps - those camps who were still there and not closed earlier. Concentration camps were also in Germany. Many. Sure the US/UK/French army liberated people from there. The Wikipedia articles on these topics are actually quite good. Don't spread FUD. https://www.britannica.com/topic/extermination-camp https://www.britannica.com/topic/extermination-camp
  - hackuser 10y ago
    It's sad that our discussion turned ugly; it's usually a good time to move on. EDIT: Edited it.

by lispm 10y ago

hackuser 10y ago

From what I recall, U.S./UK/French/etc. forces liberated at least several camps, so those would have been in Germany (not France or Benelux, and not on the Eastern Front). Also, they compelled local Germans to tour the camps, so there would have been German towns nearby. On such an important topic, it would be great if you could provide citations beyond Wikipedia (arguably the godfather of 'post-truth' information ...).

lispm 10y ago
Again, extermination camps were not in Germany. Not one. US/french/forces can't have liberated anyone from those extermination camps, since their troops were not there. Only the soviet army reached the extermination camps - those camps who were still there and not closed earlier. Concentration camps were also in Germany. Many. Sure the US/UK/French army liberated people from there. The Wikipedia articles on these topics are actually quite good. Don't spread FUD. https://www.britannica.com/topic/extermination-camp https://www.britannica.com/topic/extermination-camp
- hackuser 10y ago
  It's sad that our discussion turned ugly; it's usually a good time to move on. EDIT: Edited it.