the slaughter caused a scandal among the SS. Although by now more than 1000 were dying each week in the gas chambers at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the unplanned killing of 150 women outside the camp gates at Budy was deemed unacceptable within SS ranks because it showed order had broken down, and it had broken down amongst the women. Höss needed scapegoats and six of the women Kapos present at Budy were summarily executed.
