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[–] 34 points 1 year ago

As always there is a german word for this: „Sippenhaft“, collective punishment.

She was used as leverage against the extended family of a guilty person, making relatives liable with their freedom, property, or lives. ‘Sippenhaft’ usually meant imprisonment in a concentration camp. (Taken from Wikipedia)

Widely used by the Nazis - who could have known.

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