Charlie (@clong5604)

#On_This_Day 81 years ago 1942, Jews in western Ukraine were marched to forested areas, told to remove their clothes, and lined up at the edge of a pit. The shooters would try to kill more than one person at a time in order to conserve bullets. The Germans eventually adopted a space-saving method called Sardinenpackung (sardine packing). The victims would lie down, head to toe, and be shot. Another "layer" of Jews would be made to lie on top of them and would also be shot. This process would be repeated until the pit was full. The victims often had to watch their loved ones die before them. Third Reich leaders wanted these murders kept secret. But the killers sent home letters and photographs describing what they had done. Thousands of Germans were aware of what was going on. Word seeped to the foreign press as well. Source: There are people here on Gab who are trying to erase this history, but we will #Never_Forget Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/sep/09/holocaust-analysis-deborah-lipstadt-germany