Template:Did you know nominations/Flossenbürg concentration camp


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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 21:57, 3 March 2019 (UTC)

Flossenbürg concentration camp

 * ... that slave labor at Flossenbürg concentration camp (pictured) was essential to restoring the production of the Bf 109 fighter plane after Big Week? Source: "By February 1944 Flossenbürg and its sub-camps became an important parts supplier for the Me 109 production and formed a central component in the dispersal system that saved the fighter’s production following “Big Week.”" Uziel, Daniel (2011). Arming the Luftwaffe: The German Aviation Industry in World War II. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 9780786488797. p. 182
 * ALT1:... that Flossenbürg concentration camp (pictured) was established to produce granite for Nazi monumental building projects? Source: Huebner 2009, p. 560.
 * ALT2:... that prisoners of Flossenbürg concentration camp (pictured) became the first victims of World War II when their corpses were used as part of a false flag attack justifying the German invasion of Poland? "On August 31, 1939, some of these prisoners [from Flossenbürg and other camps] were taken out of their cells. An SS doctor apparently drugged them, before their lifeless bodies, dressed in Polish uniforms, were driven to Hochlinden in black Mercedes limousines with drawn blinds. After the staged attack began, the bodies were dragged out, dumped at the border post, and shot. To obscure the identity of the dead, the killers smashed their faces with hammers and axes. Then they took photos of the slain at the scene, which were sent to Berlin as “proof” of the Polish attack. The following morning, as the actual German troops were advancing into Poland, the special commando hastily buried the prisoners’ corpses in the forest near Hochlinden. It could be said that the first victims of the Second World War were concentration camp inmates." Wachsmann 2015, p. 343.
 * Reviewed: Ernst von Manstein
 * Comment: Review under previous username, Catriona

Improved to Good Article status by Buidhe (talk). Self-nominated at 07:37, 24 January 2019 (UTC).


 * Symbol confirmed.svg passed GA, long enough, well written, no copyvios, hook s interesting and short, images appropriately licensed, QPQ done. (although normally, when reviewing DYK noms, you are supposed to state that every main DYK criteria is met, just as I did above). L293D (☎ • ✎) 13:13, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
 * L293D, which hook are you approving, or do all three meet the criteria? The review just says "hook". Thanks. BlueMoonset (talk) 16:04, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Oops. I meant to approve both. L293D (☎ • ✎) 17:32, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
 * L293D, do you mean all three? There's the original plus ALT1 and ALT2... BlueMoonset (talk) 17:46, 9 February 2019 (UTC)
 * Oh, yes. All three. L293D (☎</b> • <b style="color:#000">✎</b>) 20:59, 9 February 2019 (UTC)