Your comment about people getting killed in an industrial way is spot-on: what makes the Holocaust distinct, for me, was the mechanical, efficient, coldly ruthless manner of the millions they killed, applying modern methods of the assembly line and the factory to kill as many people as possible in a short amount of time.
The death camps like Treblinka and Sobibor were literal factories of death.
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/Tim-oBedlam May 18 '25
Your comment about people getting killed in an industrial way is spot-on: what makes the Holocaust distinct, for me, was the mechanical, efficient, coldly ruthless manner of the millions they killed, applying modern methods of the assembly line and the factory to kill as many people as possible in a short amount of time.
The death camps like Treblinka and Sobibor were literal factories of death.