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the Terezin treatment of TB was standard: a whole lung collapse to allow it to stop working & regenerate. Only after the war did antibiotics make TB a disease of the past. Still, the SS purposefully started sending patients to Auschwitz. The pneumothorax procedure healed some well enough to make it through the selection.

To create a corporate identity & overcome a traumatic negative experience, nearly everyone subscribed to the legend of Terezin as a success story where Jews excelled at physical labor as they had in business, while a celebrated cultural life blossomed.

Tough the SS viewed Jews as human beings of lesser value, they were happy to use them as a resource. They had Jewish gynecologists perform abortions on their lovers & found Jewish doctors equally useful when it came to other ailments.

Almost all of the higher-ranking SS men were married & their wives lived in Prague. Between two-week visits, some men had extramarital relationships with secretaries & phone operators at HQ. Together with frequent drinking, these liasons strengthened the cohesion of the collective WE ARE BORG & dedication to work on site.