Auchschwitz

Screams were an everyday thing in Auchschwitz, you got used to it after a while. There was also the constant sobbing of wives split up from their husbands like the howl of a dog in the night. The perpetual stopping and starting of babies' wails like a constant artillery fire. Then there was the smell, the awful stench of sweat, blood and rubbish all mixed together. I don't know how we survived. I saw a …

…from the pursuit. Again, I felt myself tumble and drop, though I did not hit the ground. I heard voices, and glimpsed faces, and then passed out. I awoke in a hospital bed with a numbness about my foot. I sat up and immediately fell back as I saw the empty space that should have been my foot. The nurse said they had picked up a few other escapees, but none of them had survived...