Kazimierz Smolen—Polish Political Prisoner, Auschwitz: "During an evening roll call, we were told that all the sick among us could go away for treatment... that they could leave to be cured ...

Eventually, those who survived this ordeal reached concentration camps in Germany and Austria, and so began again the routines of roll ... and call out time and again. Every time I visit Auschwitz ...

On July 29, 1941, at the roll-call square in Auschwitz, a piercing cry tore from Franciszek Gajowniczek’s throat: “I pity my wife and children!” Prisoner No. 5659 had been selected ...