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The Revolution

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1. The camps started pretty early

Reply to applegrove (Original post)

Sun Mar 29, 2026, 04:18 AM

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Hitler became Chancellor January 30th, 1933. Dachau started operating March 22, 1933. So it was only a matter of weeks. True, it took some time for things to ramp up to the horrifying atrocities we think of the most, but I think the real warning should be how fast these things can happen.

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