The Failure Of The Selection Process In Nazi Germany
After being found by the Green Police, Hermann van Pels, also known as Mr. Van Daan, was taken to camp Westerbork by a passenger train. Since he had not reported voluntarily, he was taken to the barracks in the punishment block. There, Hermann worked and cut open batteries daily. Eventually, on September 2, 1944, Hermann was put on a long train going to Auschwitz concentration camp. Upon arrival at the camp, Hermann split up from the women and then had to undergo a selection process done by the Nazi doctors. These selection processes would determine who was too sick or too weak to work, and those people would be sent to the gas chambers. Hermann passed this first selection, and he was taken to the barracks. Only a couple weeks after his arrival
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Anne had not reported voluntarily to the Nazis, so she stayed in the camp’s punishment barracks, where she spent days breaking up batteries. On September 2, 1944, Anne was put on the train going to Auschwitz concentration camp. After arrival at Auschwitz, Anne was split up from all the men and then underwent a selection process being held by Nazi doctors. This process determined which people needed to be murdered immediately due to their incapability of working. Anne passed, and she began her work in the concentration camp. Later in the early winter of 1944, the Russian Army was coming the camp’s way, so the Nazis chose to take as many “usable” prisoners as they could to Germany. Anne was chosen to go, and so she was crammed into a full freight train to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. There, Anne found the camp too full of women, so she and the other women placed in tents. Unfortunately, these tents were ruined in a disastrous storm days later, leaving Anne and the others to try and find some space in the already full barracks. As the winter continued, the conditions at Bergen-Belsen worsened greatly. There was a large lack of food and no hygiene whatsoever. Anne eventually fell ill with typhus and died some weeks before the liberation of the
Anne had not reported voluntarily to the Nazis, so she stayed in the camp’s punishment barracks, where she spent days breaking up batteries. On September 2, 1944, Anne was put on the train going to Auschwitz concentration camp. After arrival at Auschwitz, Anne was split up from all the men and then underwent a selection process being held by Nazi doctors. This process determined which people needed to be murdered immediately due to their incapability of working. Anne passed, and she began her work in the concentration camp. Later in the early winter of 1944, the Russian Army was coming the camp’s way, so the Nazis chose to take as many “usable” prisoners as they could to Germany. Anne was chosen to go, and so she was crammed into a full freight train to Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. There, Anne found the camp too full of women, so she and the other women placed in tents. Unfortunately, these tents were ruined in a disastrous storm days later, leaving Anne and the others to try and find some space in the already full barracks. As the winter continued, the conditions at Bergen-Belsen worsened greatly. There was a large lack of food and no hygiene whatsoever. Anne eventually fell ill with typhus and died some weeks before the liberation of the