Austraalia sõjavang läbi 8 Saksa (koondus)laagri paljastab.

[OveT.]

Austraallasest sõjavangi kirjeldus oma viibimisest Saksa laagrites.
Kiri originaalis:
To: The MEDIA
Re: CONCENTRATION CAMP SURVIVORS
Dear Sir / Madam,
My name is Alexander McClelland I am an Australian veteran of WWII, a TPI
(Totally and Permanently Incapacitated) and a survivor of a Concentration
Camp.
Aged 19 I volunteered for the AIF and fought as a Bren Gunner in 2/1
Infantery Btn in North Africa, Greece and Crete where I was wounded and
captured by German forces. I spent the rest of the war as a POW but due
to my many escape attempts I was finally put into the TEREZIN
Concentration Camp close to the Theresienstadt Ghetto in Czechoslovakia.

I have recorded my experiences in an autobiographical book entitled :
'The Answer- Justice.' In 1965 I was featured in an award winning but
historically inaccurate Australian television documentary on
Theresienstadt called 'Where Death Wears A Smile.'
I don't receive my TPI Pension because of the heavy wounds I received in
the battle action on Crete. I get my TPI Pension because of the inhumane
treatment I received in the Concentration Camp. It is a mistake to
believe that the Germans had enough spare manpower to staff and run the
concentration camps. The Germans only guarded the outer perimeter of the
camps, we Prisoners hardly saw German soldiers, so it was not the SS or
German guards that beat me up daily.
No, the daily beatings that left me totally incapacitated, came from two
fellow Prisoners called KAPOS.
Kapos (or Camp Police) had extra priviliges, such as their own room and
they also had power, For example the Power to say who got to visit the
Camp Sick Bay or the Camp Brothel, and - because of the absence of the
very disciplined Germans - these Kapos even had the Power over Life &
Death.
The two Kapos that beat me daily, using a heavy wooden baton they called
'Herr Doktor' (The Doctor) were both fellow Prisoners, both were Jewish,
one from Hungary and the other was, I believe, a Ukrainian. I was often a
witness when they dragged other hapless prisoners from their cells onto
the 'Appelplatz' and beat them to death with 'The Doctor'.
So whenever I meet a ' Camp survivor' now, I look him deeply in the eyes
to see what sort of a 'survivor' they are; were they really a Prisoner
just like me, or whether they were one of the many 'Privileged' ones who
survived the war being more inhumane to other Prisoners than the Germans
ever were.
As a matter of fact, it was a German SS Soldier who saved my life after
the Kapos, who after beating me sent me outside the camp on a work
detail, with a dangerously poisoned leg. The SS Soldier walking by saw my
mates helping me, came over and then gave me his medical kit.
I now look deeply into the eyes of the 'survivors,' because I know that
not all Concentration Camp survivors were innocent victims. I know that a
lot of the Prisoners were brutal and inhumane criminals. The world has
never been told the whole truth about what life in the Camps was like.
All we ever hear or read in the media is , how bad the German guards were
and how badly they treated their Prisoners.
I was in more than 8 POW Camps and a Concentration Camp, so who would
know the truth? Me or the Media!
Sincerely,
Alexander McClelland
PO Box 887 Toronto NSW 2283

[kass]

see paneb veel rohkem selle kz teema ümber mõtlema

[taipohh]

aga kahjuks jah,enamik inimesi on massimeedia poolt ajupestud,ega suuda ise midagi mõelda!

[A4]

Ma ei saa ausalt öeldes aru, mis selle tunnistuse juurest nii paljastavat on?

Kas see, et vange ei peksnud-piinanud mitte niivõrd SS-lased, vaid kapod, kes pärinesid vangide seast?

Kui lugeda ükskõik millist põhjalikumat teost Saksa koonduslaagritest, selgub üsna kiiresti, et valvurid kasutasid vangide massi kontrolli all hoidmiseks vangide abi, ässitades neid üksteise vastu ja kasutades "jaga ja valitse" printsiipi.

Täpipealt samasugune oli olukord Nõukogude koonduslaagrites - valvurid kasutasid kriminaalkurjategijaid poliitiliste jt rõhumiseks.

Kes asjast sügavamalt huvitatud on, soovitan lugeda sellist raamatut, nagu Balys Sruoga "Jumalate mets", mis jutustab elust Stutthofi koonduslaagris aastatel 1943-1945.

Suurem osa raamatust on kirjutatud läbi sarkastilise huumoriprisma, kuid annab igal juhul suurepärase ülevaate sellest, kuidas valvurid vange kapode abil juhtisid, millised olid ratsioonid, millised erinevad vangide kategooriad eksisteerisid, mismoodi laagri juhtkond süstemaatiliselt riigi vara riisus jne.

Kuigi raamat on välja antud sügaval stagnaajal, ei kujutata ka seal kõiki SS-lasi elajatena, vaid autor meenutab rohkem kui ühte SS-meest, kes teda aitas, Danzigi linna silmaarsti juurde viis, hiljem kõrtsus praed ja õlled välja tegi jne.

Samas olid suurem osa SS-lastest Sruoga nägemuse siiski parajad sadistid, kuid armu ei anna mees oma kaasvangidele.

[speedsta]

Kes asjast sügavamalt huvitatud on, soovitan lugeda sellist raamatut, nagu Balys Sruoga "Jumalate mets", mis jutustab elust Stutthofi koonduslaagris aastatel 1943-1945.

Kas antud raamatu puhul toimub tegevus Leedus?

[Veltu]

Speedsta-loe see sama lõik,mida sa tsiteeerisid läbi,seal on ju vastus kirjas.

Stutthof on ju pesuehtne Saksamaa linn...

[OveT.]

Speedsta-loe see sama lõik,mida sa tsiteeerisid läbi,seal on ju vastus kirjas.

Stutthof on ju pesuehtne Saksamaa linn...

Stutthof on jätkuvalt Poola linn, mis asub 30 km Gdanskist.
Ennetamaks väidet, et Gdansk ja ümbruskond on Danzig Preisimaal, tuleb lisada, et Gdanskit mainiti esmakordselt üle 1000 aasta tagasi Poola linnana.

[alex]

A4-ga tahaks siiski nõustuda. Samas on inimlik faktor alati otsustav - mulle isiklikult on gulagis teeneid tehtud(loll oleks öelda osutatud), samas memuaarseid mälestusi on igasuguseid ja erineva tõeusega, kui sellist üldse subjektiivses käsitluses on. Aga tuli kohe meelde Seth'i, Langevarjurina Eestis kus mees väidab et eestalsed olid kenamad vangidega kui sakslased. Ilus on nii mõelda küll.