Follow

historical story (antisemitism, politics)) 

Ever hear of the Judenzaehlung or Jew Census? It's part of the ramp up to what happened in the 30s/40s.

In 1916 Germany's high command (OHL) decides to tally where Jews are in their military. They assume HORRIBLE OUTSIDERS SHIRKING/IN GREEDY QUARTERMASTER POSITIONS etc.

The census promptly finds most Jews are in front-line combatant positions instead. So OHL promptly sits on the data and lets Germans reach whatever anti-semitic conclusion they like.

Sign in to participate in the conversation
Awoo Space

Awoo.space is a Mastodon instance where members can rely on a team of moderators to help resolve conflict, and limits federation with other instances using a specific access list to minimize abuse.

While mature content is allowed here, we strongly believe in being able to choose to engage with content on your own terms, so please make sure to put mature and potentially sensitive content behind the CW feature with enough description that people know what it's about.

Before signing up, please read our community guidelines. While it's a very broad swath of topics it covers, please do your best! We believe that as long as you're putting forth genuine effort to limit harm you might cause – even if you haven't read the document – you'll be okay!