Reply #13: At Auschwitz in one of the camp administrative buildings [View All]

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which was turned into an onsite museum, a long hallway is lined with headshots of thousands of prisoners who would later be murdered. These were real people - Jews, gays, blacks, political dissidents, Americans, Mexicans and others. (Kind of like how the Khmer Rouge photographed their victims. Sadists enjoy their trophies/mementoes?)

For me, the power of those photos lies in realizing a couple facts - there is no way anyone could "stage" such an exhibit with thousands of fake victims (who are in fact actors or were hired to pose for headshots) in such an infamous place and not have the scam blown by people who know who these models "really" are. In other words, if you doubted that the Holocaust happened before visiting such a place, there is no way in hell you could doubt it having seen this exhibit. And if you never doubted it happened in the first place, seeing this exhibit brings it home like few other things can.

Thanks for posting this photo, sapphocrat.

And another thing: so pardon me if I sometimes decline to cooperate with schemes which are "for your own good." :mad: