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Typhus as a weapon: how Soviet POWs in Auschwitz avenged themselves on guards
About 15,000 Soviet war prisoners were sent to Auschwitz-Birkenau, where Germans subjected them to slave labor, starvation and torture. Infectious diseases, including typhus, were everyday occurrences — and paradoxically, typhus became a tool of prisoner revenge against camp guards. The typhus epidemic spread to SS men, who fell ill and died from contact with prisoners.
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sam pracowałem trochę z archiwami z tego okresu i ten wątek z tyfusem jest naprawdę słabo opisany w polskich źródłach
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