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PETER WEISS
THE SONG OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SURVIVAL
II
3RD WITNESS: The power
COUNSEL FOR
of any member of the camp personnel
was unlimited
They were free
to kill
or to save
I
saw Dr Flage standing by a fence
with tears in his eyes
looking at a trainload of children
being taken to the crematorium
He did nothing to stop me
from holding on to the files
of patients already selected
and thus preventing their death
Camp doctor Flage showed me
it was possible
to see the one living person
among the thousands
He showed me
that it would have been possible
to influence the course of the camp operation
if there had been others
like him
THE DEFENSE: As a prisoner doctor
did you have the power to determine
for life or death
what happened to your patients
3RD WITNESS:
I
could occasionally
save a life
