Before the Jews were deported, they had a small yet basic class system among the ranking people of the community. ... The new ranking social class belonged to those who were young enough and strong enough to survive the brutal labor at hand. ... While the Jews were of no military standing, many of the prisoners of Auschwitz had been captured as prisoners of war. The lower ranking soldiers were thrown into the mud with the rest of the Jews, while the higher ranking officers were given lighter workloads and larger food rations for the day. ... The politics of the camps superceded the general war...

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Previously under Peter the Great attaining the rank of nobility had been altered in such a way that it was now possible to achieve it militarily. Of the 14 possible military ranks, any serviceman achieving the 8th ranking or better was granted noble status, and of those men, anyone achieving the 4th rank or better received hereditary noble status.[5] The first speaker, a member of the old nobility, represents their class as disagreeing with this new ranking system Peter the Great had developed. ... On the other hand Semen Naryshkin argues that military nobility status is legitimate, since ...

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Previously under Peter the Great attaining the rank of nobility had been altered in such a way that it was now possible to achieve it militarily. Of the 14 possible military ranks, any serviceman achieving the 8th ranking or better was granted noble status, and of those men, anyone achieving the 4th rank or better received hereditary noble status.[5] The first speaker, a member of the old nobility, represents their class as disagreeing with this new ranking system Peter the Great had developed. ... On the other hand Semen Naryshkin argues that military nobility status is legitimate, since ...

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