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Eeekaa t1_jdhqdtw wrote

Reply to comment by TarCalion313 in Germany buries bones used in Nazi eugenics research – DW by MagnusAuslander

Britain invented the concentration camp during the 2nd Boer War, but you won't find it being openly talked about in out education system.

At least Germany addresses their past rather than ignore it.

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Xivvx t1_jdidmw0 wrote

And the Spanish used internment camps before the brits used them. The Nazi concentration camps were distinct though in that they were used for the industrialized killing of a whole race.

Boer war camps were horrible, but the intent wasn't to kill everyone in them, like with Nazi concentration camps.

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TarCalion313 t1_jdhtotx wrote

Tbh I didn't know this! Thanks for the info. But I also think we're doing a pretty good work regarding the Third Reich but sadly not when it comes to our colonial time. There is a lot to do.

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