The senselessness of it all. Our oppressors herded us into the ghetto, hoping to subdue us into obedient animals. Instead, however, we are splitting and crumbling into hostile, quarrelsome groups. But the power of adaptability within us is miraculous. It is impossible to understand and judge the behavior of a human being demoralized, hungry and in constant danger of life, not having experienced terror.
Human beings spend all their energies and talents in the pursuit of bread.
Panic is in its streets, fear on every face, wails and cries everywhere you turn. The line of demarcation between life and death has grown very thin. At every turn one sees living skeletons with the skin stretched taut over their bones. The road from life to death is short one these days. Death became part of everyday life, and caused demoralization and passivity.