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told them what he thought about the Jews. Then every
man had his hair cropped and his moustache clipped off.
They had great sport with the rabbis, whose religious tenets
do not allow them to have their beards touched with the 
scissors.  They were then crowded into sheds; one of
these measuring about 200 ft. by 80 was made to hold about
2,500 people. This on the face of it appears impossible. 
The explanation is that there were tiers of bunks in the 
shed reaching to the ceiling, in each of which three men 
had to lie.  One prisoner, a cultured man, who had been an
officer in the German army during the war, had to sleep for
sixteen nights in one of these bunks between two cattle
drovers.  They had to lie sideways, and when they wished
to turn over in order to relax, they had to do as in unison.    
 
 
 The camp at Buchenwalde was at that time under
construction and this added to the disomforts.  No                                  ,-- ''
water was laid on, and there were no latrines. The
prisoners were given no water to drink the first day, and
never any water for washing.  One prisoner mentioned that
he went for 16 days without washing except when he collected 
given a drink of hot water, flavoured to represent coffee, 
thirst and hunger.                           
 
 
 During the first night guards came in and picked out
men at random and took them outside to be flogged. Fixed 
on the ground were two foot-plates to which the man's feet
were strapped.  He was then bent over a pole and his head
was secured betwen two horizontal bars.  Men were given
 
 
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