l7 life in concentration camps

Question 1

overall living conditions for those forced to work

Answer 1

strict timetables
began 4am-4:30am
2k prisoners share 100 toilets
washed with dirty water
daily roll (appell) prisoners forced to stand outside in rows while roll taken, often in bad weather; guards often deliberately get roll wrong so it has to be retaken\

given just enogh food to be kept alive
forced manual labour to support war effort
if had a trade then used to support nazi agenda

Question 2

work done by forced labourers

Answer 2

supporting war effort
labour usually done by germans in private companies
eg making clothing/uniforms guns artillery shells

Question 3

work and living conditions for sonderkommando

Answer 3

not great but better than forced labourers
could keep some items from gassed
slept in own barracks
not allowed to mix with other prisoners
killed & replaced every 3-4 months
few surivied the war

revoed bodies from chambers
removed gold fillings
shaved hair of females gassed for bedding
placed gassed in crematorium
collected fat for use
placed bones in crusher then eventually used as fertliser

Question 4

what happened to those selected for gas chambers

Answer 4

focesed on calmness
told to leave clothes in place they remember, told will return
jewish told they were going in for a shower
gassed
bodies removed and processed