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…. Few ships succeeded in reaching Palestine, and landing there. Many were intercepted by the British and sent back to Europe. One such ship, the SS Exodus of July 1947, gained worldwide attention for its plight. Early in the month of July 1947, an American…

…to safety. These criminals ranged from commanders of Battalions to Generals who conducted Jewish affair in a country. They escaped though an organization called ODESSA ("Arab links to ODESSA network" 2). This organization started by ex-SS commando Otto…

…with commodities not even cattle. For example coal is mined, sorted, transported and burned in a casual manner, when it comes to transport cattle man is more careful; cattle requires the supply of fodder, water and proper facilities. The SS dealt…

…the destruction of the red blood cells. Other symptoms include, fast or troubled breathing, frequent coughs, screams when touched, weakness, vomiting, and diarrhea. There are two common types of sickle cellanemia (SS disease) or sickle "C" disease. A less common…

…and copied the actions of the SS, not knowing that it was wrong. Victor was fortunate and did not end up like the other survivors, since he had more knowledge than they did and was able to see his opportunity to live his life again. Viktor’s concept…

…orders to set up a special force, which would be used to transport and take care of all political prisoners, and people who were thought to be inferior. The name of the force was the feared SS. Mass propaganda was used to persuade the German people…

…, the Lagerkapo refuses to kick out the chair, so SS officers are assigned to do it. Unlike the necks of those he is hanged with, the young boy's neck does not break when he falls, and he suffers for over a half-hour. He fought for his life, at times even seeing…

…and yet he understood perfectly. A survivor once stated, “The SS guards took pleasure in telling us that we had no chance of coming-out alive, a point they emphasized with particular relish insisting that after the war the rest of the world would not believe…

…as a medic during “Operation Barbarossa”. While on duty Wittenstein and his friends witnessed Jews being murdered by the Schutz Staffeinel (SS) in Poland and the Soviet Union. When Wittenstein returned to Germany in October of 1942, he and “White Rose” began…

…, mostly through concentration camps and lagers. In these Lagers, a type of prison camp, guarded by German SS officers, if you were ‘fortunate’ enough to stay alive through the selection processes, you were condemned to a living death sentence of work…