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"On Auschwitz" (12): Polish and Jewish prisoners in the camp

On Auschwitz

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The SS's Control of the Camp

Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss in his memoirs presents a picture that the SS can also control the camp by using different nationalities against each other. But it seems that this is a little bit over-colored situation that he presents. The SS could control everything by themselves, I don't think that it was necessary. If we take statistics and the number of German guards, that was not necessary for Rudolf H Öss and the officers to control the camp.

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