number, which is tattooed, on your left forearm. (Tichauer, p.25-27) Your "quarantine" is now complete and you are rushed off to certain assigned blocks. This process would happen to every new prisoner that walked through the gates of Auschwitz. The demoralization begins, you are no longer a person, but a number.
             The workers of the camp consisted of SS guards and Sonderkommandos. SS Guards were part of the Schutzstaffel. They were Nazi officers under the command of the camp. To become a SS guard was not very difficult because there weren't many requirements. Basically just to love the "master race". They had hardened criminals and non-educated Germans as part of their Nazi team. These SS Guards worked throughout Auschwitz in various positions and ranks. Sonderkommandos were a group of prisoners assigned to a special work group in the crematoria. Working in the crematoria was one of the worst tasks. You had a l
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