Jewish LIFE

REGISTRATION

• When Jews arrived they were registered.  
• After that they had their head shaven before they could shower.
• Once they had showered they were given a striped uniform to wear.
• They wore these uniforms for more than weeks or months at a time.

bREakfast and the awakining

• Jews were awakened at 4 a.m. in the morning by a Kapo.
• Jews were to get right up and start work as soon as possible.
• When served breakfast the Jews held what was called a mess-tin.
• If there was no mess-tin they were given no food.
• The Kapo's give Jews 10 ounces of bread and a little amount of coffee.

Roll call

• During roll call the prisoners were lined up in rows of ten.
• Every prisoner must be at roll call that includes the ones who have died.
• The SS watches as the Kapos are to count the thousands of prisoners.
• If the roll call is messed up in any way they must start over again.

Jewish work

• The Jews would have to start working as soon as roll call was over.
• If you are lucky enough you will get a good tool such as a shovel or pickax
• The Jews worked 12-14 hours a day with bare hands.
• The work consisted of moving heavy sand bags from one point to another.
• Also to carry heavy stones and dig trenches or to bore a tunnel.

Signaling whistles

• There is about 3 signaling whistles throughout the day. 
• They tell the Jews lunch break is over and work is over.
• Also when it is time for the Jews to walk back to the camp ground.
• When they arrive at the camp they start the evening roll call.

The Evening roll call

• When Jews arrive they are controlled by the SS.
• Jews carried the bodies of people that died during the work hours.
• The Kapos are counting the prisoners including the dead ones.
• The evening roll call takes hours some days it can be 10 hours long.
• If a Jew tried to escape all Jews would watch until they were captured. 

Continue EVENING roll call

• This is also the time chosen by the SS for hangings and other such things.
• After the hangings Jews would stand in front of the gallows to look.
• The SS used the hangings as a warning sign to the Jews. 

Germans and their collaborators killed between 160,000 and 180,000 German Jews in the Holocaust. Less than 20,000 Jews were left.