Well, besides the 913 dead, 167 survivors returned from the camp. All news reports concede that there were at least 1100 individuals at the camp (and most reports place the number at 1200.) Who are these 200 or more people unaccounted for? The survivors report that there was a special all-white group that was well-armed, well-treated and free to exit the compound.
Last name: Knights. Tweet. This interesting and long-established surname is of Olde English and Anglo-Saxon pre 7th century origins. Originally it was a status name deriving from the word 'cniht' meaning 'a mounted soldier' and therefore a man of some importance and substance.
In this case it was for a person who played the part of a figurative representation of Death in the popular medieval mystery plays. Other such names that survive today are Angel and Life. The source is the Middle English word deeth, meaning death. A second origin is French and locational from the place called Ath, with the fused preposition de, in Flanders. The surname from this source has a variety of forms not just in England including D'Eath, D'Eathe, De Ath, D'Aeth, De Att and De Atta.