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cap toss

All concentration camp prisoners had to wear caps. If an SS man felt like killing a prisoner, he tossed the prisoner's cap some distance away. If the prisoner stepped outside the cordon of guards to get his cap, the SS sentries shot him "while trying to escape." Usually the SS men were rewarded with leave days and special rations for their "prevention of an escape."