Template:Did you know nominations/Boelcke's barracks

The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was: promoted by Narutolovehinata5 ^tccsdnew 11:15, 25 September 2018 (UTC)

Boelcke's barracks

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A survivor found among corpses

• .. that a concentration camp (pictured) named after WWI ace Oswald Boelcke became notorious for the corpses discovered there after liberation? Source: "In the following weeks and months the photographs and film that were taken in the courtyard of the barracks of the dead laid out in rows (they included many young children and babies) went around the world. In many places they became the defining image of National Socialist camp terror. / The barracks (Kaserne) in which the dead were found was named after a fighter pilot, Oswald Boelcke" (Encyclopedia of Camps and Ghettos, volume 1, p. 990)
  • ALT1:... that a concentration camp (pictured) named after World War I flying ace Oswald Boelcke became notorious for the gruesome photographs taken by the US Army after liberation?
  • ALT2:... that almost 3,000 people died at a notorious concentration camp (pictured) named after World War I flying ace Oswald Boelcke? Also see p. 974
  • ALT3:... that Nordhausen concentration camp (survivors pictured), where more than a thousand corpses were found, was described as "the most horrifying example of Nazi terrorism imaginable"?

• Reviewed: Napue v. Illinois
• Comment: Since the notoriety/notability of this place rests on the photographs taken there, I feel strongly about an image being included. There are other options in the article if this one is objected to.

Created by Catrìona (talk). Self-nominated at 13:15, 25 August 2018 (UTC).

• Article is new/upgraded sufficiently recently, long enough, and well-written. Good work! The hooks are all interesting, I think that ALT3 is the best, as it simply states the name of the camp and doesn't try to fit two DYK's into one hook. They are all within the citation. QPQ done. @Catriona: though you make a good point about the image and notability, I've considered the fact that DYK appears on the main page and these images are of highly sensitive material, and would suggest that no image of corpses from the Holocaust be included. Kingsif (talk) 02:52, 4 September 2018 (UTC)

Two survivors

@Kingsif: How do you feel about this picture of survivors? We could change the phrase in parentheses to "survivors pictured". I could also crop it if you think that would be an improvement. Thanks! Catrìona (talk) 03:35, 9 September 2018 (UTC)

This shouldn't be promoted until the image issue has been worked out. Kingsif, what's your opinion on the new image? Catrìona (talk) 05:41, 16 September 2018 (UTC)

Much safer image, that could be used Kingsif (talk) 22:40, 18 September 2018 (UTC)

Two survivors

Here is a cropped version. I will let the promoter choose. Catrìona (talk) 00:06, 19 September 2018 (UTC)

Good to go. Kingsif (talk) 05:25, 19 September 2018 (UTC)