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What were prisoners made to do during the holocaust selection process?
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∙ 12y ago
During the selection process, there would be S.S. men waiting for the prisoners to arrive from the train. Then they would separate everyone by gender into two lines. Then the S.S. men would point either to the right or left. Whichever way it was, one side was where you can live for a couple of weeks and forced to work in harsh labor which ranged from age fourteen to age sixty. The other way they pointed was where many infants, prenant mothers, unfit people, elderly, weaklers, etc... met their deaths which were the gas chambers. They would be forced to undress completely and then make their way into the gas chambers. Those who lived were assigned numbers and assigned barracks. Unfortunetly, they too met their deaths and by the end of the Holocaust, only a little more than a thousand survivors lived.
(Sidenote)- sometimes prisoners would end up just heading straight into gas chambers because that camp was a killing center alone or others went to concentration camps because that alone was just one camp for forced labor.
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How many political prisoners died during the Holocaust?
Around 200,000 political prisoners were systematically murdered during the Holocaust.
Did they do fatal medical expeiraments on the prisoners during the holocaust?
Yes.
How much sleep did prisoners get in concentration camps during the holocaust?
2 hours
What happens to prisoners who are NOT considered fit enough to work during the holocaust?
They were very soon killed.
How many people killed in the Holocaust were Aryan?
none. the holocaust was for jewish people,gays,or POW prisoners. the only aryans that died was in battle during WW2.
How many political prisoners died during the Holocaust?
Around 200,000 political prisoners were systematically murdered during the Holocaust.
Where were the female prisoners in the Holocaust?
Yes there were many, many female prisoners during the Holocaust.
Who were the prisoners working for during the holocaust?
The SS.
What does the head of wiesels block advise the prisoners to do before the selection process?
The head of Wiesel's block advises the prisoners to run in order to avoid being chosen during the selection process. He instructs them to make themselves unseen or unnoticed by the SS officers conducting the selections.
Did they do fatal medical expeiraments on the prisoners during the holocaust?
Yes.
Where were the female prisoners during the holocaust?
Ghettos with the children and men.
Where were the prisoners during the holocaust prisoned?
there were camps across occupied Europe.
What is the merciless selection from Elie Wiesel?
"Merciless selection" refers to the process during the Holocaust where SS officers would select which prisoners were fit to work and which would be sent to the gas chambers. This dehumanizing practice would often separate families and lead to the immediate execution of those deemed unfit. Elie Wiesel vividly describes his own experience of this brutal selection process in his memoir "Night."
How much clothing did the prisoners get in winter during the Holocaust?
they got an extra coat
How much sleep did prisoners get in concentration camps during the holocaust?
2 hours
What advice is given to the prisoner's before a selection?
Prisoners are usually advised to answer truthfully, cooperate with the selection process, and follow any instructions given to them during the process. They are also typically reminded of their rights and given the opportunity to ask any questions they may have.
Who are Holocaust prisoners?
During the Holocaust, the Nazis targeted seven major groups: Jews, Romas (gypsies), homosexuals, Slavs, mentally and physically handicapped, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Soviet Prisoners of war.
