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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHitler hid the death camps from the German public, Trump hiding ICE detention camps
This is a cover-upâ¼ï¸
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) 2025-06-20T03:00:06.846Z
DHS is illegally trying to change the rules on congressional oversight visits to facilities to hide human rights abuses.
âWe know that theyâre trying to hide all those abuses. Thatâs why itâs important that we can just get in at a momentâs notice.â â Rep. @gomez.house.gov
DHS is illegally trying to change the rules on congressional oversight visits to facilities to hide human rights abuses.
We know that theyre trying to hide all those abuses. Thats why its important that we can just get in at a moments notice. Rep. @gomez.house.gov
Just one tiny horrific example
https://www.history.com/articles/how-the-nazis-tried-to-cover-up-their-crimes-at-auschwitz
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As the government and military began to collapse within Germany, Nazi officials in both Germany and occupied Poland began to think about their endgame. In November 1944, Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS and one of the architects of the Holocaust, issued an abrupt order to destroy the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest of Auschwitzs three main camps. Historians disagree on why he issued the command, which was in direct opposition to a previous order by Adolf Hitler to destroy the remaining Jews in Europe.
Officials at the camp obeyed Himmler. In late 1944, they dismantled part of the gas chambers, forcing, eyewitnesses would later recall, the Sonderkommandoa group of mostly Jewish prisoners who were made to run the gas chambersto dismantle the structures piece by piece. Then, as the Russians closed in that January, the remaining buildings were destroyed, blown up completely using dynamite. However, the ruins remained.
Then, the marches began. The remaining prisoners deemed healthy enough to march were told to assemble into columns and leave Auschwitz. About 7,000 were left behind as 60,000 marched. Nazi guards led them through the forests and fields of southern Poland on their way to Germany. The Germans called the march an evacuation; prisoners immediately dubbed it the death march.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge_of_the_Holocaust_in_Nazi_Germany_and_German-occupied_Europe
After the war, many Germans claimed that they were ignorant of the crimes perpetrated by the Nazi regime, a claim associated with the stereotypical phrase "Davon haben wir nichts gewusst" ("We knew nothing about that"

In German-occupied Europe, governments were acutely aware of the implications of their complicity, and that the general population, to varying degrees, were usually not aware of the implications of ghettoization and deportation.[6][7][8] Governments such as the Vichy government in France are believed to have been keenly aware of their complicity with the Nazis' genocidal policies.[8] With regard to general populations, the overall consensus amongst historians appears to be that many were aware of a hatred towards the Jewry, but not insofar that a significant comprehension of the Nazis' genocidal policies was reached.[clarification needed][6][7]
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Hitler hid the death camps from the German public, Trump hiding ICE detention camps (Original Post)
IrishBubbaLiberal
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doc03
(38,022 posts)1. They had to know. nt
IrishBubbaLiberal
(2,299 posts)2. Exactly, just like in America now with trump
Trump is hiding his horrors
ICE HOMELAND SECURITY is hiding their abuses now,
And the public KNOWS IT
CanonRay
(15,391 posts)3. Since the law requires ICE to let members of Congress inspect
couldn't they get a court order to enforce the law? Then if denied entry it's contempt.
LetMyPeopleVote
(165,237 posts)4. Ranking Member Bennie G Thompson slams Kristi Noem's illegal move to block Congressional oversight of ICE facilities.