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Here comes another #HistoryLessonWithBella. At a time when more and more people call for "strong" leaders and want to return to "old values", it is all the more important to remember how much pain this way of thinking can cause (and already has). This and the next post will take you to the #Esterwegen Memorial Site. Between 1933 and 1945, the Nazi state operated 15 camps in German #Emsland, which, as places of Nazi terror, were part of the system of the SS, the judiciary and the Wehrmacht. Around 80,000 concentration camp inmates and prisoners suffered in these camps, and well over 100,000 prisoners of war were added during the course of the war. More than 20,000 people from various European countries died in these camps. Perhaps some of you know the song "Die Moorsoldaten". It was written in one of the camps here. If you don't know it yet, here is the German original with English subtitles: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=kLjydWhhSOo I think it's absolutely heartbreaking. Image descriptions = more in depth info. #NeverForget #WWII