The Nazis made gloves and lampshades from the victims' skins, made mattresses from their hair, melted the gold embedded in the deceased's dentures and deposited it in the German National Bank. As for the clothes of the prisoners, the better ones were given to the German soldiers, and almost to the next batch of prisoners.
The same is true of other things. Even some prisoners' fat was scraped off to make soap, and their bodies were burned to be used as fertilizer. Even their hair was used as a human hair carpet. Various items obtained from the victims are listed as national strategic materials.
1943, an alchemy workshop was set up in the concentration camp to smelt gold jewelry and teeth into gold ingots, with a maximum output of 22 Jin a day. The ambulance transported the gold ingot to Berlin. The Nazis painted red cross signs on ambulances to avoid bombing by allied planes.
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Reflection and compensation
1970 65438+On February 7th, when then German Chancellor Brandt visited Warsaw, he knelt in front of the Jewish Martyrs Monument. 1in June, 1995, when German Chancellor Kohl arrived in Israel, he also knelt in front of the Jewish victims monument.
1in may 1994, the german house of representatives amended the criminal law, stipulating that whoever denies the massacre of Jews in any form will be sentenced.
1995 1 On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, German President Herzog once again asked the Polish people to forgive the German Nazi aggression when he visited Auschwitz.
Germans are still trying to make up for their mistakes in the war, including paying compensation to more than 6,543,800+5,000 victims who were forced to work for the Nazis in World War II. According to the latest assessment or understanding, among the 6,543,800,000 to 6,543,802,000 laborers enslaved by the Nazis, 6,543,800 are still alive.
1938, when the Nazi forces in Germany were rampant, the Gestapo once sealed up a Jewish history museum and looted its exhibits. The planning and construction of this museum began more than 10 years ago and cost1200,000 Deutsche Mark.
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