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Faces of the Day: The Dachau Brothel In 1945

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FACES of the day:  14/05/1945, via the brilliant Flashbak.com.

Prisoners at Dachau flirt with girls in women’’s ward througha  straw fence. The women’’s ward used to be used as brothel for preferred prisoners.

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Posted: 6th, October 2014 | In: Reviews | Comment


In 1942 The Nazis Trained Malaria Carrying Mosquitoes At Dachau To Attack The Enemy

Friedrich Wilhelm Ruppert, camp commandant at the notorious concentration camp at Dachau between 1941 and 1945, reads in his prison cell, in Germany, on Oct. 27, 194,5 while awaiting his trial.

Friedrich Wilhelm Ruppert, camp commandant at the notorious concentration camp at Dachau between 1941 and 1945, reads in his prison cell, in Germany, on Oct. 27, 194,5 while awaiting his trial.

 

IN Jan 1942, the Nazis opened an entomological laboratory in the Dachau concentration camp. One aim was to combat the parasites living on soldiers. One other aim was to see if mosquitoes could be trained to attack enemy soldiers and infect them with malaria.

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Posted: 4th, March 2014 | In: Flashback, Technology | Comment