Auschwitz research paper
Daily life of Prisoners
The kapo wake the prisoners at 4 a.m. They are ordered to put on their shoes and are ordered to make their beds in a military manner. The beds are made of straw which makes it difficult to make the bed and results in prisoners being beaten.
After your bed is made you go to the sanitary facility to wash yourself. You have not much time at all before you must be present for morning roll call and if you are behind you will be beaten, possibly to death.
Breakfast
All prisoners must have their mess-tin, if you didn’t have you’re mess-tin you didn’t get any food. You would receive 10 ounces of bread as well as coffee which was brown and tasteless. Kapos would often harass prisoners by pushing or shoving them and making them drop their only solid food into the mud, or spill their coffee into the ground. The Kapos would sometimes even punish the prisoners for wasting food after this events.
Morning Roll Call
Prisoners are lined up outside in rows of 10. For some roll call is a great struggle, many are weak from no food and strenuous work, their thin cloth uniforms do nothing at all to keep out the cold. Some even die right then and there while kapos are counting the prisoners. Many prisoners easily become sick from the cold and die within the next few days.
Move Off of the Kommandos
You are sent to work with a group of other prisoners. Kapo and SS follow closely in large numbers as you walk to the work yard. You may be forced to march to the beat of music played by the camp orchestra. The SS may even order you to sing as you march to the gate of the camp. As you approach the gate SS are waiting for you, waiting to inflict violence, and a barrage of verbal assault.
The Work Few will receive a tool, you will likely be using your hands for grueling work and if you can’t work as fast the guards order you to, you may be killed. You will be forced to go through 12-14 hours of hard work. You will often receive
The kapo wake the prisoners at 4 a.m. They are ordered to put on their shoes and are ordered to make their beds in a military manner. The beds are made of straw which makes it difficult to make the bed and results in prisoners being beaten.
After your bed is made you go to the sanitary facility to wash yourself. You have not much time at all before you must be present for morning roll call and if you are behind you will be beaten, possibly to death.
Breakfast
All prisoners must have their mess-tin, if you didn’t have you’re mess-tin you didn’t get any food. You would receive 10 ounces of bread as well as coffee which was brown and tasteless. Kapos would often harass prisoners by pushing or shoving them and making them drop their only solid food into the mud, or spill their coffee into the ground. The Kapos would sometimes even punish the prisoners for wasting food after this events.
Morning Roll Call
Prisoners are lined up outside in rows of 10. For some roll call is a great struggle, many are weak from no food and strenuous work, their thin cloth uniforms do nothing at all to keep out the cold. Some even die right then and there while kapos are counting the prisoners. Many prisoners easily become sick from the cold and die within the next few days.
Move Off of the Kommandos
You are sent to work with a group of other prisoners. Kapo and SS follow closely in large numbers as you walk to the work yard. You may be forced to march to the beat of music played by the camp orchestra. The SS may even order you to sing as you march to the gate of the camp. As you approach the gate SS are waiting for you, waiting to inflict violence, and a barrage of verbal assault.
The Work Few will receive a tool, you will likely be using your hands for grueling work and if you can’t work as fast the guards order you to, you may be killed. You will be forced to go through 12-14 hours of hard work. You will often receive