"The Evacuation still proceeds..." GR Part 1 Section 1

[Paul Mackin]

On Oct 27, 2005, at 6:16 AM, Tim Strzechowski wrote:

> Paul:
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>> As a friend who was there once told me, in a labor camp (where he   
>> was) you got a number tattooed on your arm; in a death camp you  
>> didn't.
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> My point is, in a labor camp the labor (not to mention the Nazis  
> overseeing that labor) could pretty much kill you, so making a  
> distinction between a "labor" camp and a "death" camp is, imho, a  
> thin one.
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My friend with the tattooed  forearm  is still alive. He was only in  
his teens during the war.

However for many  slave labor was a virtual death sentence.
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