“As the selection process continued at the unloading ramps, there were an increasing number of incidents. Tearing apart families, separating the men from the women and children, caused great unrest and anxiety in the entire transport. Separating those who were able to work only increased the seriousness of the situation. No matter what, the families wanted to stay together. So it happened that even those selected to work ran back to the other members of their family, or the mothers with their children tried to get back to their husbands, or to the older children. Often there was such chaos and confusion that the selection process had to be started all over again. The limited amount of standing room did not permit better ways to separate them. There was no way to calm down these overly excited masses. Often order was restored by sheer force.”