Herded together into cattle cars, without adequate space, ventilation, or sanitary conditions, they had to endure the horrible crowding and the harassment of the guards.
When they reached the camp, they had to stand naked in line and undergo a detailed examination by the camp physician.

Then, each was given a tag and a number.

These two events were calculated to strip away one's identity and to reduce the individual to an item within an impersonal system.
One's sense of personhood was further undermined by the fact that there was never any privacy.

The individual had lost both his identity and his power.

Everything was done to him or for him, but nothing was ever done by him.