In line 1, the "beautiful present for the new year" that the ss offered the prisoners refers to the

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<span>It refers to the forced act of parading in front of the guards naked, selecting the sick ones for death and allowing the healthy to live another day. There was no present; it was a sarcastic statement.</span>

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