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Ireland's position at the time (before they got images of concentration and elimination camps) was that what the Nazi did was no different than what colonial po

• Spooky23 11mo ago
  The Germans in Africa were cruel and inhumane. But the concentration camp and modern military campaigns targeting civilian populations were not something alien to the British. Most well documented was in the Boer war: https://theconversation.com/concentration-camps-in-the-south-african-war-here-are-the-real-facts-112006 https://theconversation.com/concentration-camps-in-the-south... Ireland is usually underplayed and less clearly linked to government policy as much of the dirty work was done by private entities. You’re not likely familiar with Cromwell’s invasion, the Ulster Plantation or the famine… but the Irish were. Cromwell’s actions and later events resulted in the death of 10+% of the population. The famine resulted in the death of 10% and emigration of 10% of the population. That’s a lot of dead Irish and deeply affected these leaders. I’m not defending Nazis or on some insane rant about Britain. I just think you need to judge decisions in context of the times.
• antonymoose 11mo ago
  The Nazis we’re not in power in 1909… stepping beyond that fact, my understanding is that the British pioneered the technique during the Boer Wars…
  • orwin 11mo ago
    But many of the nazis in power in 36 did their first experimentations in the colonies. And by the way, in 33, one of the first act of Nazi germany was the sterilization of black and multiracial children.