I'm didn't take that into account. I just know that the prisoners were well treated until that time. It is a very disconcerting event though, just to know that so many were killed due to orders that eventually came from Hitler, although thinking about it, it IS Hitler we''re talking about.
See also: Armband order: SS defiance of a direct order from Hitler.
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As much as I dislike it sometimes, I'm a tin can sailor, through and through.
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