German: AppellstehenEnglish translation: roll call 
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Social Sciences - Military / Defense | | German term or phrase: Appellstehen | from a letter written by a Holocaust survivor describing her stay at the Birkenau internment camp.
Ich war im Block B, Abschnitt 3, in der Naehe vom Zigeunerlager. Ich musste da Appellstehen und als "Krankenschwester" arbeiten. |
| | | roll call | Explanation:
stand at attention during a roll call
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Note added at 6 mins (2005-08-08 13:34:04 GMT)
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history1900s.about.com/ library/holocaust/blprisoner15.htm
A dreaded part of camps was the Appell, or roll call. In this,
prisoners were sent out into the cold night after a hard
day of work, and lined up.
http://www.studyworld.com/newsite/ReportEssay/History/Europe...
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Every day, several prisoners catch cold during the roll call and die.
www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/Camps/DayEng.html
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Note added at 58 mins (2005-08-08 14:26:23 GMT)
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At roll call, the entire camp stood in their meager rags as the SS guards ...
www.holocaust-trc.org/wmp17.htm
While living in the concentration camp, the days were very regimented, with a rigorous schedule of meals, work, and roll call.
Six forms of physical and psychological torture are described: Random terror, sadistic roll calls, ... Both Grete Salus and Lucie Begov describe the roll call at Auschwitz as a brutal ritual whose memory continues to traumatize survivors. During the roll calls, the prisoners had to stand outside, exposed in their light clothing to the weather and to the random brutalities of their tormentors, for hours on end.
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| stand in formation
Explanation:
While "roll call" certainly works, Appellstehen means to "stand in formation". This could be for a roll call or headcount, to issue instructions, in preparation for a movement, or in your case - simply to make the prisoners stand outside for long periods of time doing nothing.
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| roll call
Explanation:
stand at attention during a roll call
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Note added at 6 mins (2005-08-08 13:34:04 GMT)
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history1900s.about.com/ library/holocaust/blprisoner15.htm
A dreaded part of camps was the Appell, or roll call. In this,
prisoners were sent out into the cold night after a hard
day of work, and lined up.
http://www.studyworld.com/newsite/ReportEssay/History/Europe...
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Note added at 8 mins (2005-08-08 13:36:19 GMT)
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Every day, several prisoners catch cold during the roll call and die.
www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/Camps/DayEng.html
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Note added at 58 mins (2005-08-08 14:26:23 GMT)
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At roll call, the entire camp stood in their meager rags as the SS guards ...
www.holocaust-trc.org/wmp17.htm
While living in the concentration camp, the days were very regimented, with a rigorous schedule of meals, work, and roll call.
Six forms of physical and psychological torture are described: Random terror, sadistic roll calls, ... Both Grete Salus and Lucie Begov describe the roll call at Auschwitz as a brutal ritual whose memory continues to traumatize survivors. During the roll calls, the prisoners had to stand outside, exposed in their light clothing to the weather and to the random brutalities of their tormentors, for hours on end.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/mighty1/essays/erspamer2.htm
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