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COUNSEL FOR
lit by searchlights
standing in a din of curses
and barking dogs
Today the outside world wonders
how they could have
PETER
WEISS
let themselves be destroyed that way
We
who still live with these pictures
know that millions could stand again
waiting to be destroyed
and that the new destruction
will be far more efficient
than the old one was
THE DEFENSE: Was the witness
politically active
even before being sent
to the camp
3RD
WITNESS: Yes
I
t was our strength
that we knew
why we were there
It
helped us
preserve our identity
But even that strength
sustained only a handful
to the moment of their death
They too could be broken
7TH WITNESS: There were 1200 of us
who were led off to the crematoriums
We had to wait a long time
since there was another shipment
ahead of us
I
was standing a little to one side
A prisoner walked by
He was very young
He whispered
Get away from here
