Today in Global, the documentary The Road to Treblinka finally got to the part where they described the death camp in Treblinka. The camp itself looked like a regular train station, complete with train schedules and waiting seats. The passengers on the train were told to undress for decontamination before their next destination, however, there wasn't going to be a next destination. The naked passengers will then walk into the shower room, where they were gassed to death. Their clothes and possessions left behind at the undressing stations were pillaged through. Those who complained of disease and illness were taken to a hospital to be shot in the head and left in a ditch. Over 700,000 people were killed in this concentration camp.
What struck me as a bit odd was the secrecy behind it. At this point, most Germans have accepted that Jews were inferior to them, but now they're trying to cover it up. The camp was clearly made to be dismantled quickly, and there is no trace of any camp left today. This cover up would imply that they knew that what they were doing was bad. Does this mean that all the workers there were just evil, or is it just the order from the Fuhrer?
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