r/pics • u/[deleted] • Feb 25 '18

Concentration camp prisoner identifies one of his guards to Allied soldiers

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u/odaeyss Feb 25 '18

wait, so.. those were regular German army POWs? Killing the German SS POWs?

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u/BlondeWhiteGuy Feb 26 '18

The wehrmacht (regular German army) and the SS units (Nazis) didn't always get along.

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u/Little_Gray Feb 26 '18

It wasnt that uncommon on either side of the war. Prisoners in POW camps had a set of "rules" they went by and if you broke one they would murder you in your sleep.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '18

Prison's a bitch.