Jan 28, 2005 01:46
19 yrs ago
German term
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Native in: Chinese 
Works in: English to Chinese, Chinese to English, German to Chinese, and 3 more.
Duschgang
German to English
Social Sciences
History
Die meisten, die hier ankamen, lernten das Lager gar nicht kennen, sondern gingen direkt ins Gas. Die Logistik der SS war ausgekl¨¹gelt: Nur wenige Dutzend Meter von der Selektionsrampe entfernt standen links und rechts davon zwei Krematorien, in denen die Leichen aus den Gaskammern - bis zu 2000 pro "Duschgang", so der perfide Begriff der Nazis - verbrannt wurden.
I know the history and the meaning. Is it a word coined by Nazi?
TIA!
I know the history and the meaning. Is it a word coined by Nazi?
TIA!
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 +2 | trip to the shower |
Kim Metzger
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| 4 | shower batch |
swisstell
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| 4 | turn in the showers |
Robert Schlarb
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Change log
Apr 22, 2005 17:33: Kim Metzger changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO" , "Field (specific)" from "Other" to "History"
Proposed translations
+2
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Kim Metzger
Mexico
Mexico
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Mexico
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Native in: English (Variant: US) 
Works in: German to English
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trip to the shower
up to 2,000 per "trip to the shower", and no, the Nazis didn't invent the term Duschgang, they invented calling the execution a Duschgang.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you all for help! I guess I had better close it. What a sad story! Let's hope horrible things like that will never happen again!"
4 mins
shower batch
has approximately the same horrible meaning
6 hrs
Robert Schlarb
Native in German
&
English
Works in field
Bilingual German-Canadian researcher
Native in: English , German
Works in: German to English, English to German, French to English, and 1 more.
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16
turn in the showers
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/01/25/auschw...
As I turned left at the end of the road toward the gas chambers, the snow started up again, this time a driving shower mixed with sleet, the pellets stinging my face. Keeping my head down, I could imagine the prisoners' feelings of desolation and despair as they were forced to wait in a stand of birch trees by the side of the road for their turn in the "showers."
As I turned left at the end of the road toward the gas chambers, the snow started up again, this time a driving shower mixed with sleet, the pellets stinging my face. Keeping my head down, I could imagine the prisoners' feelings of desolation and despair as they were forced to wait in a stand of birch trees by the side of the road for their turn in the "showers."
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