Question by Full Metal Tallit: During WWII, Did the soviets tattoo prisoners entering the Gulag labor camps with a number like the Nazis did?
During WWII, Did the soviets tattoo prisoners entering the Gulag labor camps with a number like the Nazis did? What was the method for keeping track of their prisoners? And was there anything that visually set these prisoners apart from everyone else? Please help. Thanks
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Answer by Miss Mina
In a word, no. The Soviet system was not nearly as efficient as the Nazis. Of course, the Nazis had IBM working for them, so it’s no wonder they had such effieciency.
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Bill P says
Having seen hundreds of Jews with tatoos from the camps, the person who answered that there were none is absolutely wrong.
eric h says
The prisoners were the gaunt ones dying from starvation, exposure, abuse and overwork.
Tatoos were superfluous under those conditions
Teslatesla T says
IBM working for the Nazis?
Where do you people get this garbage from?
No Jews were tatooed by the Nazis, that is a hoax that the Jews would like you to believe.