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Page 36
... morning to work out- side and come back at night . Before that , only the men had an orchestra . Höss must have thought that it would make a good impression on the bosses when they visited . " " So we play outside twice a day ...
... morning to work out- side and come back at night . Before that , only the men had an orchestra . Höss must have thought that it would make a good impression on the bosses when they visited . " " So we play outside twice a day ...
Page 47
... morning , in this geometrical landscape of squat , stumpy sheds with barbed wire above them , the watchtowers , without a single tree on the horizon , I became aware of the extermination camp of Birkenau , and of the farcical nature of ...
... morning , in this geometrical landscape of squat , stumpy sheds with barbed wire above them , the watchtowers , without a single tree on the horizon , I became aware of the extermination camp of Birkenau , and of the farcical nature of ...
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... morning there was an interminable roll call . The orches- tra had been waiting for an hour for it to end in order to go out and play , but no whistle had yet been blown . The SS were count- ing and recounting the women , sirens were ...
... morning there was an interminable roll call . The orches- tra had been waiting for an hour for it to end in order to go out and play , but no whistle had yet been blown . The SS were count- ing and recounting the women , sirens were ...
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