- Required daily for all concentration camp prisoners
- Held outside regardless of weather conditions; prisoners sometimes counted multiple times
- Roll calls sometimes lasted for hours
"Selection"
- SS officers inspected prisoners while on roll call to determine who was deemed fit for labor
- Those deemed unfit were taken away to be gassed
- Many camp prisoners were fearful and anxious waiting for the results of selections each day
Work Details
- After roll calls, prisoners went to their assigned work details at various industries associated or related to the camp
Breakfast
- Prisoners who were in charge of the kitchen at the camp were usually the last ones to eat, receiving very little food if any after feeding everyone else