Wondering how to use Sonderkommando in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. .
Using Sonderkommando
- In the example corpus, sonderkommando often appears in combinations such as: the sonderkommando.
Context around Sonderkommando
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 6 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sonderkommando
- In this selection, "sonderkommando" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, hundred, prisoner, sfn, elbe, special and informers stand out and add context to how "sonderkommando" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1944 two sonderkommando units prisoners and a prisoner sonderkommando special detachment. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sonderkommando" sits close to words such as aanholt, aardwolf and abati, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sonderkommando
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On April 7, nearly two hundred Sonderkommando Elbe pilots scrambled into their cockpits and roared into the air. (18 words)
Likewise, the Sonderkommando comforted older children who might cry "because of the strangeness of being undressed in this fashion". (19 words)
Höss, p. 328. Corpse disposal After the gassings, the Sonderkommando removed the corpses from the gas chambers, then extracted any gold teeth. (22 words)
In one failed attempt to muffle the noise, two motorcycle engines were revved up to full throttle nearby, but the sound of yelling could still be heard over the engines.sfn Sonderkommando wearing gas masks then dragged the bodies from the chamber. (42 words)
Franz's deputy was Hauptscharführer Fritz Küttner, who maintained a network of Sonderkommando informers and did the hands-on killings.sfn Kurt Franz maintained a photo album against orders never to take photographs inside Treblinka. (35 words)
One hundred forty-four prisoners are known to have escaped from Auschwitz successfully, and on October 7, 1944, two Sonderkommando units—prisoners assigned to staff the gas chambers—launched a brief, unsuccessful uprising. (33 words)
Example sentences (10)
On April 7, nearly two hundred Sonderkommando Elbe pilots scrambled into their cockpits and roared into the air.
A prisoner Sonderkommando (Special Detachment) effected in the processes of extermination; they encouraged the Jews to undress without a hint of what was about to happen.
Franz's deputy was Hauptscharführer Fritz Küttner, who maintained a network of Sonderkommando informers and did the hands-on killings.sfn Kurt Franz maintained a photo album against orders never to take photographs inside Treblinka.
Höss, p. 328. Corpse disposal After the gassings, the Sonderkommando removed the corpses from the gas chambers, then extracted any gold teeth.
In one failed attempt to muffle the noise, two motorcycle engines were revved up to full throttle nearby, but the sound of yelling could still be heard over the engines.sfn Sonderkommando wearing gas masks then dragged the bodies from the chamber.
Likewise, the Sonderkommando comforted older children who might cry "because of the strangeness of being undressed in this fashion".
One hundred forty-four prisoners are known to have escaped from Auschwitz successfully, and on October 7, 1944, two Sonderkommando units—prisoners assigned to staff the gas chambers—launched a brief, unsuccessful uprising.
Some women would suddenly "give the most terrible shrieks while undressing, or tear their hair, or scream like maniacs"; the Sonderkommando immediately took them away for execution by shooting.
The Sonderkommando were responsible for burning the corpses in the pits, stoking the fires, draining surplus body fat and turning over the "mountain of burning corpses..
Type AF The Luftwaffe had formed its own special command (Sonderkommando) under Major Fritz Siebel to investigate the production of landing craft for Sea Lion.
Common combinations with sonderkommando
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: