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I - But in the concentration camps one would adapt to anything?
PL - Eh, the question is a curious one; The ones who adapted to everything are those who survived, but the majority did not adapt to everything, and died. Died because one was unable to adapt even to things which seem trivial to us. Shoes, for example. They would throw a pair, no, actually 2 mismatched shoes, at you. One with a high heel, one without. One had to be almost an athlete to learn how to walk like that. One was too tight, the other too big, and we had to make complicated exchanges to find a way to match 2 shoes which could fit. In any case, they were shoes which would hurt your feet, and those who had delicate skin would suffer from infections. I had them too. I still have the scars, but mine healed miraculously by themselves, even though I never missed a day of work. But those who were sensitive to infections would die. Die of shoes - of infected wounds which never healed. The feet would swell, rub up against the shoes and one had to go to the hospital. But at the hospital swollen feet were not considered a disease; They were too common so those who had swollen feet would be sent to the gas chambers.
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