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Fünfteichen Camp – excerpts from The Long Night

Shoes mean life or death

Shoes mean life or death

Evacuation from Fünfteichen​​​​​​​

Evacuation from Fünfteichen​​​​​​​

Allied bomb attacks elicit delight

Allied bomb attacks elicit delight

Great escape

Great escape

SS strategy: Divide and conquer

SS strategy: Divide and conquer

Secret trysts for a few

Secret trysts for a few

Apathetic, vegetative state

Apathetic, vegetative state

Quota for dead prisoners

Quota for dead prisoners

Ernst miscounts on temporary Kapo duty

Ernst miscounts on temporary Kapo duty

Rejecting Judaism provides no escape

Rejecting Judaism provides no escape

Prey on the weak, favour the strong

Prey on the weak, favour the strong

Theft for favours

Theft for favours

Hermann hides escape package for Ernst

Hermann hides escape package for Ernst

Knowledge of Auschwitz

Knowledge of Auschwitz

Searching for Christian values

Searching for Christian values

Transfer to Krupp ends hope of Meister Hermann’s protection

Transfer to Krupp ends hope of Meister Hermann’s protection

Lethal beating

Lethal beating

Endless Work with No Purpose

Endless Work with No Purpose

Merciless Beating

Merciless Beating

“You Have Not Come Here To Live” – Block Elder Karol

“You Have Not Come Here To Live” – Block Elder Karol

Number 24131

Number 24131

Selections at Fünfteichen camp

Selections at Fünfteichen camp

Bloody wanderings

Bloody wanderings

My colleague and protector

My colleague and protector

Fünfteichen camp – OVERVIEW

Fünfteichen camp – OVERVIEW

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