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I - For the Italians, the language problem...
PL - For the Italians, it has been the cause of their ratio of mortality, higher than in other groups; Italians and Greeks. The majority of Italians deported with me died in the first few days for being unable to understand. They didn't understand the orders, but there was no tolerance for those who didn't understand. An order was given once, yelled, and that was it. Afterwards there were beatings. They didn't understand when it was announced that shoes could be exchanged; They didn't understand when they would call us to shave us, once a week; They were always the last ones, they would always arrive late when they had a need, a need which could even have been satisfied. They couldn't express themselves. They were laughed at; Even morale-wise: it was an immediate collapse; In my opinion, among the many causes for sinking, that of linguistics was one of the primary.
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