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BigPoppaHoyle1 t1_ixtw2e7 wrote on November 26, 2022 at 8:41 AM

Reply to comment by g0ing_postal in TIL of the Arisan Maru, a Japanese "hell ship" that was torpedoed while carrying Allied prisoners of war. None of the 1,781 passengers were killed by the explosion, but other Japanese ships refused to rescue them, resulting in only 9 survivors. by Jupitair

Comparing Auschwitz to Unit 731… I can’t even think of an apt comparison but the Japanese torture experimentation was definitely much much worse

VonnegutGNU t1_ixu0bn5 wrote on November 26, 2022 at 9:45 AM

The Nazis also carried out wide-scale experiments on human captives.

Still-Message-1399 t1_ixu4f9c wrote on November 26, 2022 at 10:46 AM

I would be risking getting shot with a follow up torpedo by an enemy submarine to save war prisoners,