• AllToRuleThemOne@lemmy.world
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    9 days 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.