What was a day like in a death camp?

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Many new arrivals were sent straight to the gas chambers and never experienced 'life in a death camp'. Others had to work for the Nazis.

A survivor writes:

'Very hard working and sad and scary that we have to go through all this even though we didn't do anything wrong'.

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In the death camps people were dying and the smell of the dead was unbearable. It was very cold and wet. Everyone had to walk around barefoot unless you were lucky enough to have socks. There was hardly any food, or water. You had to work long hard days while the gaurds watched you and laughed.

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You would wake up and work, for example, carry anvils to make weapons for the war and get turnip soup and potato peel. There was very little for a room full of many people. You would sleep on bunks next to like 3 or 4 people. It was cold and you would be beaten if you didnt do something right but that's only if you're lucky. When Jews were marching and someone stepped out of line they would be shot and then creamated; if you we're a child you would probably go straight to the gas chamber; if you were a woman [often] the same thing would happen; if you were a man you were more lucky if you worked in the end they still would have killed you. It was a devastating time.

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