Having read a large amount on the subject, I can't think of anyone who ever rebelled in that way. It's hard for us to imagine in this day and age, but SS members were conditioned from the beginning to accept, at all cost, superior orders. It was a part of Nazi lore and (I might get some heat over this) German militarism. There was nothing more important than obedience.

Most of the men directly involved in these acts were alcoholics as a result of their experiences. Many were also sent, late in the war, to places that had very high casualty rates (eastern front, partisan suppression in Italy) so that a large number were killed before the end of the war.

Just today I read about the natives from North Sentinel Island, which are known for killing intruders. Can you understand how they don’t doubt about why they should kill visitors? If yes, then you found a natural part of human psychology that is largely suppressed in modern society. Fact is, humans had and have little problem with killing if they feel it‘s necessary. During the time of the second world war, the eradication of “bad people” happened in a lot of places because societies had different standards.

Edit: I don’t mean to compare to make equal. Of course, we should understand the different situations that led to putting innocent people into camps and learn individual lessons.

You'd march to your CO's office, and form a union, and then lobby the politicians for stricter sentencing and a more broad classification of gypsies, possibly. Anything to keep the paycheck.

We have plenty of for profit prisons in the US, and we have had judges go to jail for accepting bribes from these prisons to send more people to jail.

While a jail isn't as evil as a death camp, I think you could definitely argue the conditions in many American jails are horrible, and you are basically will never be able to fit into society afterwards.

I rather heavily edited my parent post there - sorry.

I think the desire to avoid having one's family brutally murdered was also a powerful motive not to rebel.