Women of the SS Auxiliary at Auschwitz arrive by bus at the SS holiday camp:
Women and children, having just arrived at Aushwitz by train, walk to the gas chambers.
It would probably be a safe bet that the women in the first photograph thought that they were doing their part to serve Germany and to protect Germany from danger. (Photos from the website of the US Holocaust Museum)
Think about that the next time you hear some Right-wing bombast proclaiming how all the Muslims should be rounded up. There are no shortage of people in this country who would volunteer to help do that.
But that should not come as a surprise:
By the way, if you thought that lynching was a Southern phenomenon, this one took place in Minnesota.
Saturday, September 22, 2007
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