Holocaust Survivors-Encyclopedia

http://www.holocaustsurvivors.org/cgi-bin/data.show.pl?di=record&da=encyclopedia&ke=19
Summary: To determine treatment of the people in camps, they categorized the people. The Jews wore yellow triangles. Guards and kapos could be bribed (for food I guess) with cigarettes, food, or gold, if prisoners could get these items from camps jobs or connections. Roll calls took up a lot of time and sometimes selections accompanied them for exterminations. Food consisted of coffee, bread, and cabbage soup. Although some survived the Holocaust, they suffered from what today has become known as post-traumatic shock syndrome. Survival might depend on augmenting the standard food rations by bribery or by "connections" or by holding a special job in the camp kitchen, in the camp hospital, or in camp administration. Many camps did not provide adequate fresh water and the water was polluted.