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No human experience is devoid of meaning or unworthy of analysis.

Primo Levi

Lexicon

  • Page 15:
    "Wieviel St ck?" = how many pi these (speaking of the b tail)

  • Page 21:
    "Arbeit macht Frei" = "Work makes free"

  • Page 27:
    H ftling = prisonier

  • Page 28:
    Kartoffelsh lkommando = the commando of potato peepers

  • Page 32:
    - Reichsdeutsche = German "native"
    - Mement eblock = Women’s block ("brothel" of the camp)

  • Page 35:
    - Dicke F sse = Big feet, raised feet

  • Page 36:
    - Meister = Ma tre
    - Austr cken, Einr cken = Go out, come in.

  • Page 41:
    - "Eine Laus, deine Tod" = "A louse, your death."

  • Page 48:
    - Really sick, K.B. = infirmary

  • Page 52:
    - Krematorium = thermal furnace

  • Page 69:
    - °bettenbauer = Bad bedmaker, someone who makes their bed hurt.

  • Page 70:
    - Vorarbeiter = Agent of my work