My attempt at a Nazi SCP, for the SCP-4000 contest. This article is not for the faint of heart
Inspired by The Anglo/American Nazi War.
My attempt at a Nazi SCP, for the SCP-4000 contest. This article is not for the faint of heart
This was painful to write, but I felt I had to. A few articles of ours, such as SCP-1939, have explored the potentialities of a Nazi victory in what-if form. However, I feel that none have done so in a way that truly exposes the inhumanity and sheer senseless bloodlust of National Socialist doctrine. I understand if this is too much from people, but know that I, like the author of the work which compelled me to write this, intended for this to be a thorough examination and complete denunciation of Nazi ideology. If this horrifies you, keep in mind that I didn't make any of these plans up.
Inspired by The Anglo/American Nazi War.
This scp, although it falls in the same "nazis won and did even more terrible things", i liked it.
But you have focused too much in Eastern Europe and I would have expected something more detailed than "Hitler conquested all of Europe except UK eventually". I say that because Spain, Portugal and Italy were allies from Axis (and Vichy France).
And for the heck of it, how would do the nazis outside of Europe?
Neutral vote at the moment.
I agree more worldbuilding would improve this, but Spain and Portugal weren't in the Axis (I guess you could argue Spain was an Axis associate, but not a member).
As someone born from a country riddled with colonizations, this piece resonates with me a lot. I don't know much about Nazis, so I don't see any historical inaccuracies or missed opportunities, but I upvote because of the pathos alone.
Some things I'd like to know though:
Good thing the contest is extended. I'd love to see how well this article does.
the difficulty of hearing the voices of Nazi victims when all were silenced (and their memories erased)
Nazi amnestics from a Nazi Foundation?
I feel like I'm pulling at the straws of headcanon here, but it's an upvote either way
I will note that all the warnings about "this is not for the faint of heart" seemed a little presumptuous
No. Anne Frank's diary was never recovered, because nobody in her family survived the war. The Nazis we're eventually crushed, but not in time to save European Jewry; Ashkenazim are functionally extinct in the Blutfahne's timeline of reference.
The role that the Jewish people play in maintaining the memory of Nazi atrocities is instead taken by the Baltic and Slavic peoples.
Not sure about this for a number of reasons of varying levels of pedantry.
I like this as a skip and gave it a +1, but I'm not sure it's hard-hitting enough to be an X000 contest winner.
Eh.
At its base, the object reminds me a lot of SCP-140 in its glimpses into an altered timeline to explore events that haven't happened. While that is fine, as there is a lot of wiggle room in that kind of broad concept, I don't feel this does enough worldbuilding to pull the concept off well. Had the focus included other areas of the war or areas outside of just Eastern Europe, then you might have covered enough ground to really let the reader sink their teeth in.
I will say, you do a good job with the emotions of the pieces, and the final entry is particularly chilling. That said, the rest of the entries do spin their wheels after the initial ground is tread, and that ultimately kills the piece.
-1.
Latgalians as an ethnicity do not exist in Lithuania. They are only in Latvia and neighbouring fringes of Russia, and even then, it is difficult to distinguish. Latgalian as a language has debated status, whether as a divergent form of Latvian (with a separate standard form) or an independent language in the East Baltic family.
Also, the extermination of all Latgalians give rise to this question: what would become of Daugavpils, Rēzekne, and Jēkabpils in that universe?
Otherwise, perfect. +1 for this, and a great way to incorporate The Anglo / American - Nazi War into here. Calbear will be proud of you.
Edit: my mistake in placing it here.