Lordy! I fail to comprehend such insanity.

“The baskets of severed hands, set down at the feet of the European post commanders, became the symbol of the Congo Free State…. The collection of hands became an end in itself. Force Publique soldiers brought them to the stations in place of rubber; they even went out to harvest them instead of rubber. They became a sort of currency.”
The Atrocity and Brutality of Belgium’s Black Hand Chocolates
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Krishna V Chaudhary
Freda Savahl
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Oct 16, 2021
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Lordy! I fail to comprehend such insanity.
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Written by Freda Savahl3K Followers
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Retired Nurse Practitioner WHC /Contract Provider Deployment Military Services. US Citizen. Immigrant from South Africa 1978.
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