The Man in the Concentration Camp

The prisoner craved to be alone with himself and his thoughts, he yearned for solitude. He thought of himself then as only a part of an enormous mass of people whis existence descended to the level of animal life. It is very difficult for an outsider to grasp how was placed on human life in camp. The list had to be correct - but possibly even more so if you were not conscious that it mattered. If one of the sick men had died before the cart left  he was thrown on anyway. A man's self-respect should never have been put at risk by such cruel treatment. We tried at all times to avoid attracting the attention of the s s.