Allegedly, Himmler ordered the gas chambers to be built, because he puked his guts out witnessing a mass execution of Jews.
He thought it would be more humane......for the killers, that is.
Yes, the story is true and here are the details. The story is while watching Jews being killed by machine gun fire scraps of human brain tissue ended up on his uniform. Being someone of a frail constitution he became weak and dizzy from seeing brain tissue on his spiffy leather outfit, forcing him to reconsider the killing process in a manner that that was less visceral.
Allegedly, Himmler ordered the gas chambers to be built, because he puked his guts out witnessing a mass execution of Jews.
He thought it would be more humane......for the killers, that is.<<
Yep, that’s what Shirer said.
It was more economical in the long term.