Josef Mengele's wiki page states "In contrast to most of the doctors, who viewed undertaking selections as one of their most stressful and horrible duties, Mengele undertook the task with a flamboyant air". Is this Nazi apologia or did most Auschwitz doctors really hate their job?

by merteil2

It just seems incredible to me that a doctor could abandon his Hippocratic oath and serve at Auschwitz. It seems even more incredible a doctor could do this while feeling bad about it (ie knowing what he was doing was morally wrong, but doing it anyway).

Is this true?

MisspelledUsrname

Follow-up question which could actually be included in the main one, how much choice did the doctors at Auschwitz have in being there? What would have happened if they refused?