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Conditions in the NYC slums...circa late 1800s

Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:07 pm
by Shafpocalypse Now

Re: Conditions in the NYC slums...circa late 1800s

Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:10 pm
by Jay
good find... I will waste time reading this

Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:20 pm
by Shafpocalypse Now
The passages on 'baby farming' and a description of watching a baby die of measles while the parents stoically and helplessly looked has the potential to ruin my night

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Posted: Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:28 pm
by Testiclaw
Shafpocalypse Now wrote:The passages on 'baby farming' and a description of watching a baby die of measles while the parents stoically and helplessly looked has the potential to ruin my night
There was a picture of a Nazi guard tossing a baby into a truck filled with bodies and dying prisoners.

It was coupled with a memoir that detailed instances where a baby, still alive, would fall off of the pile, and a guard or an officer would pick up the baby by whatever limb was closest, arm or leg, and toss it like a frisbee back into the pile, seemingly unaffected by the wailing.

I've seen a lot of shocking pictures and images, but when I saw that picture the first time all I could hear was a baby crying and I fought the urge to vomit.