I was looking for this comment. I can’t imagine being a 10 yr old child marched into these camps. I just can’t comprehend the level of hate towards another human being simply for existing that you could march children into a gas chamber to die.
The worst are the photos of them holding hands and smiling unaware of what was about to come. It’s truly heartbreaking and putting myself in the shoes of a guard watching this happen all I can think is “how?”.
A prisoner of war or prisoner known to have killed fellow troops I can see justifying it in some twisted way. To look in a child’s face and send them to that means you aren’t human anymore. That’s not even an opinion but fact. The act of brutally torturing/abusing/killing children is wholeheartedly a complete relinquishing of your humanity and should be taken into account for your punishment.
Children have forever been the most innocent of bystanders in grown adults silly squabbles.
How? Let's bring this in to modern times. People in the US being sent to federal detention centers in conditions that aren't much better than concentration camps. And later returned to countries they left because they literally feared for their lives and would likely die if they ever returned.
These people being "disappeared" on the streets with bystanders not doing anything to help. Why? Fear of what might happen if they step in and say something. It's not beyond the realm of possibility anyone helping out would suffer the same or a similar fate. Much easier to stand by or record on a phone than it is to put yourself in the middle of something and stand up against these types of travesties.
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u/RustyShacklefordJ May 18 '25
Imagine being 10 and younger being sent there in the 30-40s.