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Appellplatz (often spelt ''appelplatz'') is a
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''). In English, the word is generally used to describe the location for the daily roll calls in
Nazi concentration camps From 1933 to 1945, Nazi Germany operated more than a thousand concentration camps, (officially) or (more commonly). The Nazi concentration camps are distinguished from other types of Nazi camps such as forced-labor camps, as well as concen ...
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Concentration camp usage

Roll calls were a key component of the daily regimen in Nazi concentration camps, carried out to count the prisoners but also to inspect, humiliate, weaken and intimidate them. All prisoners were made to line up in rows and be counted very early in the morning and again at night. Even the bodies of those who had died since the previous roll call had to be brought to the Appellplatz to be counted. Roll calls were held year round no matter the weather, be it driving snow, pouring rain or extreme temperatures. Prisoners were made to stand at attention the entire time it took to count thousands of prisoners, which had to be done more than once if a mistake were made. Some prisoners died during or shortly after the roll calls. Harsh disciplinary measures, including beatings and death, were taken against anyone who was late to or who did not remain perfectly still during roll calls. ''
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s'' were sometimes made during roll calls;"The Procedure for Selections in the Camp"
Wollheim Memorial, official website. Retrieved November 30, 2010
prisoners would be looked over to see who was unhealthy enough to be put to death."Glossary of Terms"
Illinois Institute of Technology, official website. Voices of the Holocaust, Galvin Library. Retrieved November 30, 2010

Jewish Gen, official website. Retrieved November 30, 2010


See also

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Lagerordnung The Disciplinary and Penal Code (german: Lagerordnung) was first written for Dachau concentration camp and became the uniform code at all SS concentration camps in the Third Reich on January 1, 1934. Also known as the ''Strafkatalog'' (Punishment ...
– the disciplinary and penal code for the concentration camps *
Muselmann Muselmann (German plural Muselmänner) was a slang term used amongst prisoners of German Nazi concentration camps during the Holocaust (World War II) to refer to those suffering from a combination of starvation (known also as "hunger disease") ...
– especially weakened concentration camp prisoners


References

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