Hitler often preferred the company of his adoring rank and file soldiers to that of some of certain snobby Generals who later turned on the “corporal”.
1944 - 1945 TYPHUS EPIDEMICS DEVASTATE THE GERMAN INTERNMENT CAMPS Typhus is spread by head lice, and has historically been linked to wars and crowded conditions. Decomposing typhus corpses can also spread the disease into local groundwater. During and after the World War I, as many as 5 million Poles and Russians had died of the deadly disease. (14) To stop the spread of typhus, the Germans shave the heads of the prisoners and delouse their clothing in “gas chambers”. With the situation in Germany deteriorating fast, deadly typhus epidemics break out in Germany’s internment camps, especially in Poland. The Allied bombardment of railroads and medicine factories contributes greatly to this medical crisis. In spite of Germany’s well-documented efforts to stop the typhus epidemic, (15) deaths in the concentration camps continue to mount throughout ’44 & ’45. After the war, Allied propaganda will falsely portray the typhus deaths as evidence of a deliberate extermination program aimed at the Jews.