Quoting a previous Alan Milewczyk contribution:-

They came off the train to be greeted by guards. An officer made the
decision for each individual whether they went left or right. One way
was to the barracks, the other was straight to the gas chambers.

On what criteria would any human make such 'decisions'? I mean, was it based on health, looks, previous wealth, influence? I just don't get it. It seems so random, a lottery.

And what of the person making those decisions? How did they deal with that in themselves? Surely they couldn't have been born so evil that it was a natural instinct and an easy task. I assume they feared for their own lives if they didn't comply with this 'requirement'. As I said before, I don't get how a person can get into such a mindset to pick and choose who lives and who dies.

What they did was beyond the pale, but it was the way they did it that
hit me and what has haunted me since. A totally systematic flowline, a
production line of death.

When I say that, in a way, (exact) numbers are probably irrelevant,
maybe you can understand why I say this.

Yes, I think that's the sort of conclusion I was trying to express in a previous posting.
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