Some prisoners in Dachau camp were called "Muslims" by other prisoners. The name was a results of "give-up-itis", mental condition where person has no more hope, does not react on stimulations and gives full control over himself to others, which in most cases was ending with death of the prisoner. Those were called muslims, since it was common opinion that muslim calmly accept their fate.
More about it you can find here: give-up-itis or in Zimbardo's "Psychology and life"
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