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‘Turning to the women, he told them, "You're tough and beautiful."
All the men agreed. "Very brave," one said.
"And so beautiful," the young blue-eyed soldier said to Mena.
"They're telling us we are beautiful," Hélène said with a smile.
"And strong," Lon added.
The women were happy to hear this. Even after everything they had been subjected to, they still hoped to be admired as women’
— 14 hours, 15 min ago
All the men agreed. "Very brave," one said.
"And so beautiful," the young blue-eyed soldier said to Mena.
"They're telling us we are beautiful," Hélène said with a smile.
"And strong," Lon added.
The women were happy to hear this. Even after everything they had been subjected to, they still hoped to be admired as women’
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“It seems counterintuitive, but the recitation of recipes and the making of small recipe books appears to be a nearly universal reaction among the starving. Being hungry was said to be more painful than being beaten. Not only was it physically painful, it was psychologically harrowing. Hunger could reduce people to animals. Fights erupted over the soup distribution.”
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“Primo Levi has written that we must remember the story is being told by the survivors, and survivors were the lucky ones who almost always had some form of privilege in the perverse camp hierarchy. Privilege could be as little a thing as having a good pair of shoes, getting into a less deadly work detail, or getting assigned to a fair-minded blockova.”
— Feb 26, 2026 08:09PM
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“The brilliance of the concentration camp system (and perhaps all prison systems) was that some prisoners were put into positions of relative power over others. Those in power had a stake in maintainin the status quo, and soon they wanted to keep the system working as much or even more than the Nazis.”
— Feb 25, 2026 08:18PM
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“Sometimes, Hélène thought, it was so easy to use men's low expectations for women to her advantage. They couldn't conceive for one moment that the factory was being sabotaged. These starved, stupid women would not be capable of that. Hélène felt a moment of happiness; she was still able to resist. These acts of sabotage made them all feel still useful and alive.”
— Feb 24, 2026 07:41PM
