Faces of Nazi guards-Poland publishes details of 10,000 of Adolf’s men

Daily Mail ^ | 1-31-17

[SJackson]

Faces of Nazi guards who helped oversee the death of more than a million Jews at Auschwitz revealed as Poland publishes details of 10,000 of Adolf’s men

The names of almost 10,000 Nazi SS commanders and guards who helped in the extermination of more than a million Jews at Auschwitz have been posted online for the first time.

The huge searchable database, which includes hundreds of photographs, has been uploaded by Poland's Institute of National Remembrance (INR) in an attempt to dispel false claims that many of the guards were Polish. The list of 9,686 names are predominantly German and their pre-war occupations are listed as farmers, butchers, teachers, cobblers and all manner of jobs.

[SJackson]

I agree. I guess I’m unsure how effective this is, but if it makes the point to some people, that’s something.

[SJackson]

They’re either dead or unrecognizable at this date. The time to post their photos on the Internet was 1948, which unfortunately did not exist at the time.

But they had the photos. I believe Poland executed more Nazis post war than the allies did at Nuremberg. Though not all that many.

[SJackson]

There were some small amount that were Polish, most were not

Maybe. Lots of Ukranians in the SS auxiliaries at the camps. Some Hungarians. I've not heard of Poles which isn't to say there weren't any, or at least any willing if they weren't recruited.

[dfwgator]

This effort by the Polish gov’t is NOT suspect. Facts are facts. The guards at Polish concentration camps were mainly German.

Many guards were Ukrainians, Lithuanians, Latvians and Estonians.

[dfwgator]

Poland was the only occupied country where anyone caught helping a Jew in any matter was automatically killed, together with their relatives.