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DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE
POLITICAL PRISONERS AND “ASOCIALS”
BEGINNING IN 1933, POLITICAL OPPONENTS OF THE NAZIS
WERE SENT TO DACHAU AND OTHER CONCENTRATION CAMPS
IN GERMANY. COMMUNISTS, SOCIAL DEMOCRATS, TRADE
UNIONISTS, LIBERAL DEMOCRATS AND EVEN CONSERVATIVE
POLITICAL OPPONENTS OF THE NAZI REGIME WERE MARKED
BY THE RED TRIANGLES THEY HAD TO WEAR. TENS OF
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO THE GERMANS BELIEVED WERE
ENGAGING IN POLITICAL OPPOSITION TO GERMAN RULE IN
OCCUPIED EUROPE WERE INCARCERATED IN THE CAMPS.
LESBIANS, ALCOHOLICS, HOMELESS PEOPLE AND OTHERS
WERE DEEMED “ASOCIALS” AND WERE FORCED TO WEAR
BLACK TRIANGLES IN THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS. THEY
WERE SUBJECTED TO FORCED MANUAL LABOR, JUSTIFIED
BY THE NAZIS AS “REEDUCATION” TO INSTILL PROPER SOCIAL
HABITS AND PERSONAL DISCIPLINE.
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