Well that is better than what happened
How exactly?
If you were selected for labor then you were already ahead of the curve.
If you were smart about how you managed your existence within the constraints of the system, then you were likely to survive it...if you had the internal "guts" to tough it out.
This is documented extensively by the stories of all of those who endured Auschwitz/Birkenau.
If you were selected to die? No chance.
You died.
If you get involved with reactionary groups then you seriously degrade your probability of surviving the experience.
If you're already tattooed and in the system? Be smart, play the game, consider yourself fortunate.
It was such a "hit and miss" eventuality as to who lives and who goes straight to the gas chamber.
If you're getting off at Chelmno, Belzec, Treblinka, Sobibor, Majdanek etc. then your chances are much reduced, compared to the Auschwitz folks.
These camps were straight out "Death Camps".
Therein lies the difference.