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Week of Mass Arrests in Nazi Germany
Between the 12th and 18th June 1938, a wave of arrests of ‘anti-social elements’ took place in Nazi Germany. The events provided a horrifying glimpse into the path the Nazi leadership was taking in regards to the elements of society it wished removed.
Over the course of the week, thousands were taken into custody with many immediately being sent to the recently created concentration camps. Those targeted by the authorities included Jews, as well as socialists, communists and ethnic Roma and Sinti.
Labelled ‘Aktion Arbeitsscheue Reich’ (Operation Work Shy), the arrests were made by the Reich Criminal Bureau. The ambiguity suggested by the name was reflected in the arrests that were made. In total, some 9,000 people were arrested including the long term unemployed and those considered ‘misfits’. The mentally ill as well as alcoholics and drug addicts were also targeted in the crackdown. The rounding up of a thousand Jews also marked the week out as the first time Jews were arrested en masse in Nazi Germany.
Several key pieces of legislation had been implemented by the government to facilitate the sudden wave of arrests. The 1935 Nuremberg Law for ‘The Protection of German Blood and German Honour’ illegalised marriages between Jews and ‘citizens of German or kindred blood’, and banned sexual relationships between the same groups outside of marriage. With hindsight we can see that it was of course a warning of the increasingly aggressive anti-Semitic legislation taking hold in Germany, and the desire for segregation. In 1936 the scope of the law was broadened again to include Roma and Sinti, helping to further entrench a clear division in German society.
The second piece of legislation, one which can be more directly linked to the events in June 1938, was the directive for the “preventive struggle against crime”, passed in December 1937. An initially secret piece of legislation, it formed the legal framework to justify ‘preventative arrests’ without following the usual formal legal processes, and put in place regulations allowing supposed ‘repeat offenders’ to be sent to concentration camps.
Many sources now label the week starting 13th June, 1938, as ‘Gypsy Clean Up Week’, pointing to the fact that much of the state organised campaign was directed explicitly toward Germany’s Roma and Sinti population. Persecution against them had existed in both Imperial and Wiemar Germany, but during the Nazi period it became much more extreme. In 1937, a new decree forced Roma and Sinti to register permanent addresses, with the failure to do so punished with deportation.
Ultimately, following the new legislation gave no real benefit to the Roma and Sinti living in Germany. In the countryside especially, Roma and Sinti were rounded up and persecuted or deported to concentration camps, whether they had abided by the new rules or not. If anything, registering addresses with authorities simply made Roma and Sinti men, women and children easier to find.
1938 was the year that persecution and violence against those deemed ‘anti-social’ escalated dramatically in Nazi Germany, as the government increasingly geared the country towards war and attempted to inspire nationalistic fervour. Between 13th and 18th of June, a wave of arrests made with the flimsiest of justifications gave an ominous warning of the path the country was taking.
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Source: http://www.newhistorian.com/week-of-mass-arrests-in-nazi-germany/4069/
Also, WW2 Holland and France freedom fighters removed railroad tracks along all major routes to try to save citizens going to the camps and resupplies being shipped to do harm. It took them days to repair removed rails so it did help their cause to stop dozens of trains per day over each section, so it backed up the entire train system. They also kept larage objects like abandoned vehicles or trees, etc. on major freeways and routes (streets) to slow and stop their agression so they could not just travel freely anywhere and everywhere they wanted alone. They saw they are moving tanks or vehicles to different locations and their train/truck couldn’t be delivered to resupply them… This is how they won their freedom so never forget….
French and Dutch people who lived near train tracks during WW2 documented and noted the daily times it past them. They counted the # of trailors, and any heavy equipment or personnel at each. After a few days, they could see any “pattern” of their times going past them, and what they were transporting. Most the heavy equipment such tanks and trucks, were mainly moved at night to hide them from full view. Like many passing train times were at 2am each morning moving heavy equipment, and they seen the same thing at the same time all the time. Thats when they knew when to best remove the rail(s) for stopping the most valuable train… They also passed their info on to other freedom fighters down the line and shared their info, as they all worked together for freedom. Remember too, refueling locations, food, water and staging areas were also major areas that were monitored to slow them down. They looked at all the most vital staging areas needed because w/o gas, they couldn’t drive; or no food or water the personnel can’t last long… Littler places were still good, but focused on its overall impact. God weren’t the WW2 freedom guys smart? But we all can learn from the past…. Good luck to you all…
The WW2 freedom fighters citizens who live near airports or water harbors, also were monitored to stop as much from coming into their country at its very source. Large transport Ships were sunk in harbours to block them from the docking, and aircraft were damaged from flying. Those worked out great for them but the single most important and easier way they stopped them is stop them when they are leaving and entering the bases. This way removing key personnel from flying (like a piolet or air traffic controller) while they are outside the base leaves them few people knowing how to fly them or steer them. So even maintenance personnel to make repairs, if they can’t come in out, leaves no one knowing how to repair them. So these unknown WW2 hero’s stopped as many people they could one at a time outside the bases, when they were alone. So people who lived near those places monitored the personnel and supplies going into/out of the bases. Just like fuel. Each need a continuous supply in all the time to keep them flying or sailing… They followed where the tanks were supplying them and destroyed them so no gas no flying or sailing to harm others. Millions of unsung Patrioits of WW2 were unknowns, so everyone played a part on their end. They never knew if it helped, but down the chain, it did all add up to disrupt their resupplies and lines…
http://www.beforeitsnews.com/blogging-citizen-journalism/2015/06/35-train-derailments-since-march-30-2015-2512408.html
Be willing to give your very life for your nation, your loved ones and for your childrens and childrens childrens freedom. Make your life meaningful in a Good way when it is time to leave it. If not, you will have to spend eternity knowing you did not do all you could for your loved ones! By taking out one or more evil ones with you, will rid our soil, so you will be one of those millions of unknown freedom lovers who gave their very lives, like they did in WW2, as the Nazis invaded the neighboring countries. They did not give up and won, so each of you are needed in our Nations foundation that you were born into. It is not free, as we are all seeing, so it is time for this generation to secure its freedom for those who come behind us. Time to seperate the men from the boys, as each small action on each of your parts, can and will be vital, and will impact your enemy more then you think! God bless you and our once free peaceful nation…
Just think – like today, Google and NSA created and built tracking programs for all our computer systems so we can not hide. Now many people have RIFD chips, and tracking your every movement, and filming you.
Does anyone NOT SEE how much these are exactly the same? How can anyone say we will NOT BE MURDERED IN FEMA CAMPS! All the writting is the same; down to the last detail…