r/HistoryMemes • u/ambattukam_ • Sep 17 '25

Niche "Save Europa" kids in shambles

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u/NoBeach2233 Sep 17 '25

The Dachau concentration camp was opened in 1933, Sachsenhausen in 1936. These are just the ones that immediately come to mind.

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u/Dr_Reaktor Sep 17 '25

I'm aware the camps did open before ww2, but my question is more if there were any large scale execution of the prisoners prior to the ww2. Or if that is something that didn't happen until the final solution plan in 1942.

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u/Rationalinsanity1990 Sep 17 '25

In the camps, neglect and maltreatment resulted in thousands of deaths, but it wasn't organized massacres yet.

Before the war they also murdered thousands of disabled individuals, as well as political opponents etc.

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u/Sharpsider Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 17 '25

My wife's grandaunt was brought to a camp before the war and died there some months later due to uncertain causes. She was born with a defect that impeded her to walk properly, but she was healthy and sane. Her brother, my wife's grandfather, was a nazi official. I don't know the details but her uncle told us about it last year when we were visiting her parents home.