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February 21, 2016
Of all Primo Levi’s searing stories, the one that I can’t get out of my head is his account of his arrival at Auschwitz,
parched with thirst after days in a boxcar with no water, and reaching for a glistening, crystal-clear icicle hanging out a window. An SS guard slapped it out of his hand. “Why?” asked Levi. “Hier ist kein warum,” growled the Nazi. “Here, there is no why.” Liberty—If You Can Keep It by Myron Magnet
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And of course, like most, he got out.
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at February 22, 2016 2:32 PM