"On Auschwitz" (12): Polish and Jewish prisoners in the camp
On Auschwitz
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The Importance of the Foot Parcel in the History of Our Feats
In 1943 Himmler agreed that the foot parcel would be a sense to the prisoners of concentration camps. That might have an important impact on the chances for survivors, says Siegfried Raab. The highest number of survivors we can find are among those who were brought to Auschwitz in 1944 and spent only a couple of months there. While at the same time those Jews arrived to Auschwitz in 1942 they were murdered in 90% or more. Probably none of Jewish prisoners survived among those whowere deported to Auschwitz in the first two years of the existence of Auschwitz.
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