Official Barber at Auschwitz Explains Why He Never Cut Commandant's Throat

On the heels of the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, this story came out about the barber of Auschwitz's commandant, and how he flirted with the idea of slitting his throat but, ultimately, decided against it, figuring that little to nothing would have changed, and that the death camp would proceed with what was then business as usual. Furthermore, it would have likely begun a string of retribution killings that would only have exacerbated matters.

The man's name is Jozef Paczynski, and he has been struggling with the questions surrounding the possibilities open to him as the official barber of the commandant of Auschwitz all of those years ago.

Truth be told, he was probably right.

Yet, he was asked why he did not do so almost from the end of the Holocaust, right up to the present.

So, as one of the survivors who attended the 70th anniversary ceremonies of the liberation of the infamous camp, about one hour outside of Krakow, the city where he now resides, Jozef Paczynski finally got the chance to clear the air a little bit regarding his role at the time, and why he did not go ahead with what he had been considering back in those days.

Paczynski remained at Auschwitz until the day that it was liberated, just over 70 years ago now.




Barber considered slitting Auschwitz commandant's throat Associated Press By VANESSA GERA 7 hours ago

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