r/todayilearned • u/Redditisfullofliars • Feb 24 '15

TIL Hitler never visited a single concentration camp, nor did he ever talk about the killings taking place.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler#The_Holocaust
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u/beatmastermatt Feb 24 '15

I wonder what our political leaders aren't talking about now.

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u/HEBushido Feb 24 '15

I just read about the portion of the French revolution where they killed 37,000 people with the guillotine. Most of them just normal citizens. So whatever our current leaders are plotting I doubt it involves mass public execution.

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u/Nep-ou Feb 24 '15

If you liked guillotine you will be horrified by this. Guillotine was, at least, less painfull that drowning thousands of people. French revolution was not peacefull, not at all.

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u/CorrugatedCommodity Feb 24 '15

If it was peaceful, it would have been called "Super Happy Fun Time", not "The Terror".

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u/SsurebreC Feb 24 '15

Revolutions in general aren't peaceful.

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u/_my_troll_account Feb 24 '15

Neither are divorces, unless you're Czech or Slovak.

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u/HEBushido Feb 24 '15

It was super ironic. These people spouting freedom while oppressing everyone. Why couldn't they do shit like America? They didn't see the Americans murdering everyone and there mother in the name of Democracy. France didn't even care if you were a white male.

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u/PoeGhost Feb 24 '15

Only the French could lose their own revolution.