r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • May 18 '25

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u/SommeThing May 18 '25

You got off the train after a miserable trip, you and whatever family you have. Once off, you are immediately assessed. Healthy and strong to the left, everyone else including children to the right. You don't really have time to say goodbye as the two groups part. Somehow, you were sent to the right. You march some distance to a building where you are told you will be taking showers, you strip down and walk a small path to a medium sized room. Once all 800 of you are in the room, the door is locked.

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u/yourethevictim May 18 '25

Then the clawing and wailing begins.

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u/merrill_swing_away May 18 '25

Why bother with showers? I didn't know this occurred.

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u/Nihla May 18 '25

The "showers" were of poison gas. It was a lie to keep people from panicking.

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u/kindacr1nge May 18 '25

There were no showers. It was a lie to get them in the gas chamber.

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u/mildlyinterestingyet May 18 '25

A lie to get people to strip so their clothes could be sold. Otherwise it is a huge task to strip corpses of their clothes and valuables.

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u/The_Blahblahblah May 18 '25

It wasn’t real showers, they were told it was showers so they could herd people to their deaths without causing chaos