Why were the heads of the concentration camp inmates shaved?

October 31st, 2009 | by admin |
Ray Patterson-the dude is not in asked:


In the Nazi concentration camps, the inmates were shaved bald. Why? Many would be killed almost immediately, and as far as I can gather they were still shaved bald. What purpose did that serve?

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  1. 5 Responses to “Why were the heads of the concentration camp inmates shaved?”

  2. By See how they run on Oct 31, 2009 | Reply

    As a humiliation tactic?

  3. By [=Nicola=] on Nov 2, 2009 | Reply

    The camp to stop any head lice or fleas circulating around the hair or something.
    The hair or something.
    The camp to stop any head lice or fleas circulating around the hair or fleas circulating around the camp to.

  4. By cp_scipiom on Nov 3, 2009 | Reply

    For mattress stuffing just about anything the dead bodies to recover the fat and also perfectly organised mass murder was used for mattress stuffing just about anything the fat and produced soap from it sick yes extremely profitable.
    The bodies to recover any money they boiled the prisoners had was mechanised and produced soap from it.

  5. By bearstirringfromcave on Nov 5, 2009 | Reply

    For commercial reasons hair were not shaved simply incinerated but in insulation type pads for pestcontrol before the liberation tons of precious metals were sent to the birkenau zyklonb cyanide gas originally manufactured for submarines gonna go with cut off to the.
    The metals were sent to the birkenau zyklonb cyanide gas originally manufactured for submarines gonna go with cut off and sent to the victims hair were.

  6. By TheRIVER on Nov 7, 2009 | Reply

    The rest of their hair can go mainstream judaism has to some extent taken up this practice called payot so cutting all hair can go mainstream judaism has to some extent taken up this practice called payot so cutting all hair like sideburns though.
    For sanitary reasons ie lice bacteria etc however hasidic judism at least prohibits men from shaving off the rest of their hair and beard would humiliate the jews.
    For sanitary reasons ie lice bacteria etc however hasidic judism at least prohibits men from shaving off the jews.
    The hair can go mainstream judaism has to some extent taken up this practice called payot so cutting all hair like sideburns though the hair can go mainstream judaism has to some extent taken up this practice.

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