After World War II, the liberated Jews did not rejoice. Why?

The book "Submergence and Salvation" is probably the most classic book in literary works and even philosophical works about the Holocaust. Interestingly, primo Levy, the author of this book, is actually a chemist, but he devoted himself to writing all his life. Why does he love writing so much as a chemist? Of course, he likes literature and creation, but more importantly, he actually wants to lead an honest and clean life and save himself.

When it comes to being liberated, what do we usually think of, or what do we sometimes see in movies and TV cameras? I was arrested, locked up for a long time, tortured and almost sent to the gas chamber. At this time, I was liberated. Oh, my God, I'm so happy. I should be happy to come out, right? number

The real scene at that time was like this, and most of the liberated people were at a loss. Then some people crawled on the ground, but he couldn't stand up. He used to stand, but at this time he was on the ground, climbing, climbing all the time, climbing to the edge of the forest until he couldn't climb any more and collapsed there.

The Soviet soldiers who liberated them also looked blank. Everyone looked at each other blankly together, and everyone was puzzled. Why? What happened in the concentration camp? What did the Soviet soldiers who liberated them at that time see? Not only he, but he even said in this book that all the people who survived the concentration camp, the survivors, have an indelible sense of shame.

Very not easy Levi found that in the ruins of a big room, there was something like a water pipe. He said:

I took the risk of trying to open it. I was alone, and no one saw me. The faucet was blocked, but I used a stone as a hammer and managed to turn it for a few millimeters, and a few drops of tasteless liquid flowed out. I lay on the floor and connected the faucet with my mouth, without trying to turn it up any more. This is water, which is slightly burnt by the sun and has no taste. It may be distilled water or condensed water. Anyway, it's a pleasure.

But what should he do next? Should he tell all his friends the good news? No, he chose. He said:

Extend selfishness to the person closest to you, a friend in that distant time, a person who can be properly called "we", and that person's name is Alpay Toto. We sipped all the water greedily and kept changing positions under the tap, just the two of us, secretly.

That's why primo Levy said that all the survivors from Auschwitz, many of them still feel ashamed and silent, because they found that some people are worth living more than themselves.

Therefore, primo Levy said that the world of concentration camps, as once described, is a gray area. What is a gray area? Our world view is simple, because the world is complex, and we need simple models to help us understand this complex world.

For example, just like children watching movies and TV, the first question is, who is the good guy and who is the bad guy? And in the Nazi massacre of Jews, are good people and bad people very simple? Good people are Jews, at least they are innocent. Who's the bad guy? Nazi, of course.

But there are some gray areas, and the gray area is such a zone, that is, a world where good people are not necessarily so good.

The people you think should be in the same boat with you are the people who will betray you; People who suffer here like you are the first to torture you.

Just like bullying recruits in the army, it is also like a prison in a concentration camp. Newcomers are always tortured, and they are tortured by people who come earlier than them, maybe only one month earlier. By torturing these newcomers, you feel a little more pleasure and power, feel a little taller than them, and even want to bully them, making them weaker than you and more likely to get sick, so you are sent to the gas chamber earlier.

At the gate of Auschwitz concentration camp, a very famous slogan hangs above the gate. What's the slogan above the gate? It's called "work makes people free". However, did these people who worked hard in the concentration camp finally get free? What they get is death.

Finally, the only thing that an individual can make you feel that you still have some dignity and are still doing the same decent thing is to do your job well. Although this job is unpaid, this job makes you miserable, and this job can't get you back, they still do it.

Cabo refers to a group of prisoners in a concentration camp. These prisoners are often not necessarily Jews, but may also be political prisoners. They may be some people on death row who kill and set fires. They often end up in concentration camps, but they will temporarily assume the special role of managing other prisoners and Jews.

On top of "Cabo", there is a higher-level person in the system of the concentration camp world called the task force. Who are these task force members? They are Jews themselves. What's better than Jews? Using Jews to destroy Jews makes Nazis happier? "You are a group of pigs and dogs. You'd better hurt each other and kill your own people. "

Why not resist? Why not kill yourself?

In Germany, in Poland, in such a huge Europe occupied by the Nazis, you have nowhere to go. Your home has been confiscated, you can't go home, all your relatives have disappeared, and your friends are either hate or afraid of Jews. They are indifferent to you, will not help you, or dare not help you, and you have nowhere to run.

In the world of concentration camps, you have no physical strength, you have no spiritual will, and you even lose human dignity. Of all things, only humans will commit suicide, and animals will not commit suicide. The prisoners in the concentration camp crossed the line and became animals. How can animals commit suicide?

In the concentration camp, all civilizations lost their meaning. On one occasion, Plummer talked privately with a friend about Dante, Italy's greatest poet. He couldn't help reciting the last lines of The Divine Comedy. I don't remember the last few lines At that time, he was so anxious that he couldn't help saying to his Italian prisoner, "Who remembers to tell me, tell me, and I will give you my soup, that is, my blood, today, so that I can live one more day." I will share my blood with you, and I will remember those lines. "

Remember that these poems are a bridge to reconnect mankind with the erased past, which is the possibility of still seeing a faint light in such a dark world.

From "Arabian Nights"