Youth Destroyed: The Nazi Camps: Primary Sources From the Holocaust

Upon her arrival at Auschwitz in 1944, Alice Lok, like thousands of Jews before her, faced a "selection." Alice stood in line as a Nazi doctor quickly examined the new camp inmates. If the doctor pointed one direction, it meant hard labor. But labor meant life. If the doctor pointed the other way, that meant immediate death in the gas chambers. Alice was lucky. She survived Auschwitz and two other camps. However, millions of Jews were not so lucky. There were six death camps in operation du...