have u already read this?
hey, don't miss the slide show! simply STUNNING!
In the shadow of horror, SS guardians frolic - International Herald Tribune
or if u heve problems try this
In the Shadow of Horror, Auschwitz SS Guardians Frolic
look at those people: they feel SAFE, despite red army was just a few km away.
how is it possibile? those days many germans (ordinary people) were scared to death by the russians advancing in the fear of russian's revange. and in the meantime allied bombing made germany a burning hell.
But this was not the case for nazi people involved in the holocoust. they felt SAFE. away from front line, with no enemies alive going back for revange.
the key point is that the death camps were never bombed! this made the nazis sure that the allies did not know the truth (or if they knew they didn't concern at all).
"if they knew, they would bomb!" that's what many nazis thought in auschwitz.
(i know, there was a thread on this issue)
take himmler surrender in '45 for example... it's incredible that he tried to negotiate with the allies!! just saying that nothing really serious happend in the camps... just some "occasional abuses" that he promptly had punished.
ok, i know himmler was totally mad, but i believe that he thought nobody really knew the truth. the idea that the secrecy of holocoust had succeded (including accurate dismantling of the camps) was widespread among nazis.
had the allies at least tried to bomb the camp things would have been very different... just my opinion.