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British Concentration Camps
57:28 - 1:03:29 (06:00)
The British had extensive experience in running concentration camps which leads to a sad realization that many of the generals and individuals in charge were not champions, but rather involved in atrocities. The book British Concentration Camps references an article from the Guardian in 1914 that highlights how forced civilian labor was being used to harvest crops in concentration camps whilst Nazi concentration camp guards were on trial in Nuremberg.
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The British Empire was notorious for its use of concentration camps, with the one in Malaya being the most humane execution of the plan due to better living conditions and no large scale starvation and disease.
57:28 - 58:43 (01:15)
Summary
The British Empire was notorious for its use of concentration camps, with the one in Malaya being the most humane execution of the plan due to better living conditions and no large scale starvation and disease. The British also executed people during the war, but compared to other instances, the camps in Malaya were a positive step for some people who gained land and modern amenities.
ChapterBritish Concentration Camps
EpisodeConcentration Camps Are Back, So Let's Talk About Their History
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The British government used forced civilian labor housed in concentration camps to harvest their crops during the trial of Nazi concentration camp guards in Nuremberg.
58:43 - 1:02:14 (03:30)
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The British government used forced civilian labor housed in concentration camps to harvest their crops during the trial of Nazi concentration camp guards in Nuremberg. These camps were originally called "internment camps" to differentiate them from Nazi concentration camps, and political dissidents, including Jewish ones, were also held in concentration camps in Scotland.
ChapterBritish Concentration Camps
EpisodeConcentration Camps Are Back, So Let's Talk About Their History
PodcastBehind the Bastards
The hosts discuss the decline of individual heroism in modern warfare and how Western culture’s mechanism of assigning people into groups or “camps” has diminished recognition of specific individuals’ contributions and instead shifted to a more diffused credit model.
1:02:15 - 1:03:29 (01:14)
Summary
The hosts discuss the decline of individual heroism in modern warfare and how Western culture’s mechanism of assigning people into groups or “camps” has diminished recognition of specific individuals’ contributions and instead shifted to a more diffused credit model.