posted on Aug, 2 2022 @ 05:22 PM
originally posted by: RussianTroll
a reply to: MikhailBakunin
The first concentration camps in the world were British in Central Africa. Then at the beginning of the 20th century - the British in South Africa.
During World War II there were concentration camps in the United States. This is widely known.
But did any of these other countries have their own cannibal island?
"The Nazino tragedy (Russian: Назинская трагедия, romanized: Nazinskaya tragediya) was the mass deportation of about 6,700
prisoners[1] to Nazino Island in the Soviet Union in May 1933. The deportees were forcibly sent to the small, isolated island in Western Siberia,
located 540 kilometers (340 mi) northwest of Tomsk, Russian SFSR, to construct a "special settlement" and to cultivate the island.[2] They were
abandoned with only flour as food, most of which was used during the journey, little to no tools, and virtually without any clothing, or shelter
necessary for the harsh Siberian climate.[2][3][4] Those who attempted to leave were killed by armed guards.[3][4] The conditions of the island
deteriorated quickly and resulted in widespread disease, abuse of power, violence, and cannibalism. Within thirteen weeks, over 4,000 of the deportees
sent to Nazino Island had died or disappeared, and the majority of the survivors were in ill health.[5][6]
Tomsk Oblast with Nazino labelled
The Nazino tragedy was virtually unknown until 1988 (more than five decades after the incidents), when an investigation by Memorial began during the
glasnost reforms in the Soviet Union. The events were popularized in 2002 when reports of a September 1933 special commission by the Communist Party
of Western Siberia were published by Memorial.[7][8]
The original report on the incident was made by Vasily A. Velichko, a Soviet propaganda worker, and remained classified up until 1988.[9][1] The
report was originally passed to Joseph Stalin and to other members of the Politburo, which caused them to be noticeably disturbed.[2] The tragedy had
a notable impact and was subject to investigation by a number of commissions in the Soviet Union.[2]"
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