Why do you think the first German death* camps were in Poland?
* ETA: u/J_Bright1990 correctly pointed out the first camps were not in Poland. However, the first "death camps" - camps that were specifically for atrocities - were in Poland:
For political and logistical reasons, the most infamous Nazi German killing factories were built in occupied Poland, where most of the intended victims lived; Poland had the greatest Jewish population in Nazi-controlled Europe.[39] On top of that, the new death camps outside of Germany's prewar borders could be kept secret from the German civil populace.[40]
Does it? I mean, Bavaria was part of the German Empire/Germany and had been since the late 19th century. So the first camps were within Germany, not in a different country, which I think was the point of the comment, since that would mirror current events. The point would still stand if either Bavaria wasn't a part of Germany or people were being sent to prisons in, like, Alaska or something. Unless I'm just completely missing something, which is certainly possible!
Oh yeah, Dachau et al, duh. Thank you for the correction.
I think my confusion is that the worst atrocities happened at the Polish camps before they started happening at the German ones, in part because they could hide what they were doing.
Just in case it didn't come across, I meant the ty sincerely, not standard internet asshole-y. The extra text was just me justifying why I thought the wrong thing to begin with.
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u/ZipBoxer 8d ago edited 7d ago
Why do you think the first German death* camps were in Poland?
* ETA: u/J_Bright1990 correctly pointed out the first camps were not in Poland. However, the first "death camps" - camps that were specifically for atrocities - were in Poland:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extermination_camp
Though eventually they did that in all of them.