Sunday, 20 November 2011

A Sense of Humour

The psychiatrist Victor Frankyl
tells a story of how prisoners at Auschwitz
were moved by train to Dachau.

The journey took three days,
during which time they were frozen
and half-starved.

At Dachau they had to stand
in the freezing rain all night
because someone had missed the roll call

and yet , Frankyl said,

they were all relaxed and happy,
laughing and joking because
Dachau had no incinerator chimney.

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