Sonderkommando
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Sonderkommandos were work units of German Nazi death camp prisoners, composed almost entirely of Jews, who were forced, on threat of their own deaths, to aid with the disposal of gas chamber victims during The Holocaust. The death-camp Sonderkommando, who were always inmates, should not be confused with the SS-Sonderkommandos which were ad hoc units formed from various SS officers between 1938 through 1945.
The term itself in German means "special unit", and was part of the vague and euphemistic language which the Nazis used to refer to aspects of the Final Solution (cf. Einsatzgruppen).
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See also
- Kommando
- Ala Gertner
- Henryk Mandelbaum
- Rose Meth
- Filip Müller
- David Olère
- Roza Robota
- Shoah (film)
- The Grey Zone
- Ypatingasis būrys
- Henryk (Tauber) Fuchsbrunner
- Leib Langfus
- Shlomo Venezia
- Morris Venezia
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