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simply because they were sick, then it would be even easier for

them to kill members of "inferior races," and they were trained for
"wider ranging" practices in future. Students who were unable to
bear these killings or who protested were sent to the front and
placed in "suicide squads" by their unit commanders.
In order to become executioners, the students were trained to
be cold-blooded, "flawless assassins"—to withstand the cries and

writhings of the dying and the smell of burning human flesh and,
to be able to speak to the people they were sending to their deaths
as if they really were just going to the showers. They were reward-
ed and encouraged in various ways. In addition to these various
incentives, they were also awarded the Iron Cross Second Class