annot resist). Life in the camps was a despicable. A typical day in the life of a concentration camp inmate began at dawn. The inmates were roused from their barracks which each housed up to 800 inmates. The inmates beds were comprised of slatted wooden planks, two or three of these beds would be stacked leaving about a foot of clearance for its occupants. Often three or four prisoners shared a bunk, thus not allowing enough space to stretch out for normal sleep. The inmates were beaten, and constantly harassed both physically and mentally. The inmates’ meager rations led quickly to malnutrition and starvation. Also those who resisted orders of the guards were shot without hesitation. Roll calls were held often to make sure that no one had escaped. If anyone did attempt to escape, all of the inmates were punished for it. Unlike the concentration camps, death camps only had barracks to house the workers of the camp. In order to process the of thousands of people, great pains were taken to deceive the victims concerning their fate. This way people transported from ghettos and concentration camps to the death camps were unaware of what was about to happen and even if they could, would not resist. The prisoners were told that they were being relocated for labor and were issued work permits. They were told to bring along their tools and to exchange their German marks for foreign currency. Food was used to lure starving Jews onto the trains. Once the trains arrived at the camps, trucks were available to transport those who were too weak to walk to the gas chambers. The others were told that they were to be deloused and disinfected and to enter the “baths”. The prisoners were separated by sex and told to remove their clothes. The “baths” were actually gas chambers.As a result of this method, Auschwitz was able to "process" approximately 12,000 people daily. Before the bodies were removed by and burned in the cre...
