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Sonderkommando

Pushing corpses into the oven Living now my only thought Survival keeping my uniform clean I only did what I was told Loading bodies of the dead once bold soul now weak bought and sold Sonderkommandos were work units of Nazi death camp prisoners, composed almost entirely of Jews, who were forced, on threat of their own deaths, to aid with the disposal of people in the gas chamber Auschwitz Only following orders Blessed is he who preferreth his brother before himself Hurt not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful Putting oneself in the place of another, one should not kill nor cause another to kill Never impose on others what you would not choose for yourself

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