but it was a fairly safe guess that its final destination would be the gas chambers.
A selection of sick or feeble prisoners incapable of work would be sent to one of the big central camps
which were fitted with gas chambers and crematoriums.
The selection process was the signal for a free fight among all the prisoners, or of group against group.
All that mattered was that one’s own name and that of one’s friend were crossed off the list of victims,
though everyone knew that for each man saved another victim had to be found.
A definite number of prisoners had to go with each transport.
It did not really matter which, since each of them was nothing but a number.
On their admission to the camp (at least this was the method in Auschwitz)
all their documents had been taken from them, together with their other possessions.
Each prisoner, therefore, had had an opportunity to claim a fictitious name or profession; and for various reasons many did this.
The authorities were interested only in the captives’ numbers.
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