The Grey Zone

"[outside the gas chamber] This process of cleaning and disinfecting is of vital importance to your health! One louse can kill you! Cleanliness brings freedom! The sooner you shower, the sooner youll be fed and reunited with your families. Therell be a bowl of hot soup waiting for all of you!"

"[talking to the girl who survived the gas chamber] I used to think so much of myself... What Id make of my life. We cant know what were capable of, any of us. How can you know what youd do to stay alive, until youre really asked? I know this now. For most of us, the answer... is anything. Its so easy to forget who we were before... who well never be again. There was this old man, he pushed the carts, and on our first day, when we had to burn our own convoy, his wife was brought up on the elevator. Then his daughter... and then both his grandchildren. I knew him. We were neighbors. And in 20 minutes, his whole family, and all its future, was gone from this earth. Two weeks later, he took pills and was revived. We smothered him with his own pillow, and now I know why. You can kill yourself. Thats the only choice. I want them to save you. I want them to save you more than I want anything. I pray to God we save you."