According to Höss, enslaved prisoners, euphemistically called (Special Detachment), assisted in the process of extermination; they encouraged the Jews to undress and accompanied them into the gas chambers which were outfitted to appear as shower rooms (with nonworking water nozzles, and tile walls); and remained with the victims until just before the chamber door closed. To psychologically maintain the "calming effect" of the delousing deception, an SS man stood at the door until the end. The talked to the victims about life in the camp to pacify the suspicious ones, and hurried them inside; to that effect, they also assisted the aged and the very young in undressing. Many young mothers hid their infants beneath their piled clothes fearing that the delousing "disinfectant" might harm them. Camp Commandant Höss reported that the "men of the Special Detachment were particularly on the look-out for this", and encouraged the women to take their children into the "shower room". Likewise, the comforted older children who might cry "because of the strangeness of being undressed in this fashion".
According to Höss enslaved prisoners euphemistically called (Special Detachment) assisted in the process of extermination; they encouraged the Jews to undress and accompanied them into the gas chambers which were outfitted to appear as shower rooms (with nonworking water nozzles and tile walls); and remained with the victims until just before the chamber door closed To psychologically maintain the "calming effect" of the delousing deception an SS man stood at the door until the end The talked to the victims about life in the camp to pacify the suspicious ones and hurried them inside; to that effect they also assisted the aged and the very young in undressing Many young mothers hid their infants beneath their piled clothes fearing that the delousing "disinfectant" might harm them Camp Commandant Höss reported that the "men of the Special Detachment were particularly on the look-out for this" and encouraged the women to take their children into the "shower room" Likewise the comforted older children who might cry "because of the strangeness of being undressed in this fashion"