Tuesday 13 March 2012 7 terms used at Auschwitz

  1. Koje - crude tier of wood used as a bed for many inmates
  2. Scheisskommando - latrine-cleaning group
  3. Schutzhaeftling - "protected" prisoners
  4. Lageraelteste - "queen" of the women's camp
  5. Canada - warehouse where deportee property was stored for shipment to Germany (then bought by the public)
  6. "Organization" - stealing from the Germans, but also included any form of resistance
  7. Fuehrerstube - S. S. offices

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