Survival in a Concentration Camp

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Survival in a Concentration Camp

• A Sr. Walker Production

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• I. Profiling by Nazis
• A. Profiling was used to categorize
  inmates by looks. B. Example Intellectuals
  always wore glasses according to the
  Nazis.
• II. Prominenten
• A. Definition people who lived for
  years in the camps without losing their
  humanity.
• B. Told new arrivals that they had to
  put on false appearances because people
  who looked weak would be killed.

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• III. Gave the following advice to new arrivals
  to ensure survival
• A. Dont cry.
• B. Follow orders quickly.
• C. Dont call attention to yourself.
• D. Try to look healthier than you feel.
• E. Find someone who can help you.
• F. Become callous.
• G. Have a reason for living.

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• Notes
• Auschwitz

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• I. The largest camp in both size and evil
• A. Located about 160 miles from
  Warsaw, Poland.
• B. Near a railroad and coal mines.
• II. Commanded by Rudolph Hoess
• 1. Demanded structure, order and discipline
  from the inmates.
• 2. Called the first prisoners
  dangerous Poles, they included intellectuals,
  Communists and Jews.