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retribution & revenge

During World War II, German forces in occupied Europe often executed local civilians as reprisal actions for attacks on German soldiers or sabotage of German military sites. After the war, many people sought extrajudicial justice through personal acts of retribution and revenge. Survivors targeted kapos, camp guards, soldiers, collaborators, and German civilians for the mistreatment and abuse they endured under the Nazi regime and its allies.


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