Evil
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Men do not have a ‘monopoly’ on evil. Women can be just as evil if not more. This is one of those stories where it’s difficult to decide what is more disturbing: the atrocities committed by Herta Oberheuser, or the fact that she ultimately evaded full accountability. Herta Oberheuser (15 May 1911, Cologne – 24…
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I have to warn you up front, this is not an easy read. I will try to stick to the facts and keep my emotions out of it, regardless on how difficult that will be. And I will keep it only to the experiments and the post war situation for Horst Schumann. Horst Schumann was…
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5 Months=137,346 deaths, that is the disturbing mathematical equation that could be made from the Jäger report. Not human beings, just numbers on a spreadsheet created by a man who claimed “I was always a person with a heightened sense of duty” The Jäger Report (full title: Complete tabulation of executions carried out in the Einsatzkommando…
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++++++++CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES++++++++++ The concept of gender balance is widely discussed today, but history shows that achieving it doesn’t always lead to positive outcomes. Even the Nazi regime, infamous for its atrocities, had its own form of gender balance. But does that make it commendable? When it comes to the capacity for evil, men and…
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Amon Göth’s granddaughter, Jennifer Teege, wrote a book titled, My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me. I don’t think that would be the case. In my opinion, Jennifer would not have been conceived had her grandfather been alive. Göth was relatively unknown until Stephen Spielberg’s film Schindler’s List. His brutality was unhinged. I wrote about Göth…
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When I titled this commentary Wise Words from Criminal Minds—I did not actually mean criminal minds, but rather, quotes from the TV show Criminal Minds. The fictional series follows a group of criminal profilers who work for the FBI as members of its Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU). They use behavioural analysis and profiling to help investigate crimes and…
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On May 30, 1943, Dr. Joseph Mengele began his “work” at Auschwitz. Unlike other camp physicians, who were assigned to prisoner selections according to a rotating schedule, Mengele actively sought this duty. He was the only doctor to volunteer for selections when new transports arrived by train and would sometimes ask to take over another…
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Josef Mengele was born in Günzburg on 16 March 1911, the oldest of three sons of Walburga (née Hupfauer) and Karl Mengele. His two younger brothers were Karl Jr. and Alois. There is an eerie coincidence here, Alois was also the name of the Father of the man he came to admire and serve, Adolf…
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The mistake that is often made in describing the Nazis, who were responsible for millions of deaths, is that they are called ‘monsters’ The scary thing is they weren’t monsters, they were human beings,extremely evil ones but human beings nonetheless.By calling them monsters, you provide an excuse for the crimes they committed, for what else…
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Hans Frank was a prominent figure in Nazi Germany, serving as Adolf Hitler’s personal legal advisor and later as the Governor-General of occupied Poland. Born on May 23, 1900, in Karlsruhe, Germany, Frank was initially trained as a lawyer, joining the Nazi Party in 1923. He quickly rose through the ranks by aligning himself closely…
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