what was the point of these tattoos? was it autism?

>>2174049
proven to be fake, historians have gone back on them like they went back on lampshades made of human skin and Jews being turned into soap.

>>2174049
Well it's an easy way of identifying prisoners, sorting them, and also has mental warfare capabilities of making the prisoner feel like a mere stamped animal, or a number instead of a name.

>>2174051
I've seen such a tattoo on a survivor.

you expect the faces to be recognized?

numbers make it easier to catalogue the history of prisoners

>>2174051
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Fixed it for you. Now go back to /pol/ and stay there.

>>2174049
Same reason cattle get them.