EXCERPT FROM THE LONG NIGHT
Mühldorf

Prisoners constructing Mühldorf camp [Stadtarchiv Mühldorf am Inn]
Individual guards outside the fence kept watch. Here the atmosphere was less strict than the sadistic concentration camp regime we had come to fear. To our astonishment, camp inmates wore their own civilian suits with yellow stars stitched to the front and back. Compared to us most of them were well-nourished. They led us in groups to the wash-barracks where we were able to wash ourselves thoroughly with soft soap.”