The Germans did not think that as a higher race they had any need to abide by treaties they made with the natives. As in north America, the German plans for immigration presupposed that the natives were to be relieved of all land of any value. When the Hereros resisted … every Herero found within the German borders with or without weapons was to be shot … 80,000 Hereros died in the desert. Exterminate All the Brutes s1e3: Killing at a Distance or … How I Thoroughly Enjoyed the Outing ***** HBO 2021
Those he [Stalin] hadn’t killed were rotting in the camps. Stalin: Inside the Terror, BBC 2003
Typhoid and scurvy bore tragic witness to overcrowding, a lack of sanitation, and malnutrician, but the most distressing and harrowing killers were as often the diseases of childhood … The death toll climbed steadily … One of the darker chapters of British history. The Boer War II, History 1992
The Nazis turned part of the British Isles into a fortress: the Channel Islands. Hitler’s British Island I, History 2024
But what’s often forgotten – there were concentration camps run by the SS on British soil. ibid. historian
The most appalling war crime to take place on British soil. ibid.
Rats ran over bodies while we were sleeping, looking for the dead. ibid. slave
6,500 Jersey islanders left out of a population of 50,000; 17,000 Guernsey islanders left out of a population of 41,000. The island of Alderney was always very different … almost all were evacuated. ibid. historian
Alderney is probably one of the most fortified places on Earth. ibid.
One of the most idyllic parts of the British Isles was also the scene of mass murder. The killings took place during World War II. Hitler’s British Island II
There are Germans who should be prosecuted. We have the witnesses. We have the people. ibid. historian
This is the greatest mass murder in British history. And yet the perpetrators walked away scot-free. ibid.
A killing centre at the edge of Nazi-controlled Europe. The place of no return for thousands of Jewish where any attempt to escape leads to more death. Great Escapes with Morgan Freeman s2e4: The Sobibor Revolt, History 2024
‘The biggest escape of World War II.’ ibid. comment
Sobibor death camp, Poland, 1943: The size of 45 football fields … It’s a sinister machinery of death. ibid.
A man determined to find a way out for everyone: Leon Feldhendler: The Faith Keeper.
Eliminate their captors and walk right out the front gate. ibid.
Of the 600 Jewish prisoners at Sobibor, 400 tried to escape. 80 are immediately killed in combat or in the minefields … Only 53 fully escape and find freedom. ibid.