Dr. Tuwja Cytron

... Dr. Tuwja Cytron, a fourth witness, described how healthy young people turned into skeletons in a short time, with swollen feet; he used the term ‘‘mussulman,” connoting extensive physical deterioration where people became living corpses. Others became incontinent; their bodies slowly rotted. He recalled that some victims had no flesh underneath their skin; their bones protruded under a fold of yellow parchment. The commandant provided such inadequate food rations that everyone suffered emaciation. The camp also contained a ‘‘sick bay,’ where ill and wounded Jews were allowed to die without medical treatment. ...