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"To be or not to be?" The dilemma posed to the Jewish G.I.s at Bad Orb was no less existential or agonizing. For many, it was a matter of pride -- how could I deny my heritage, and why would I want to? "I was born a Jew; I may as well die one," one soldier recalled thinking.
Yet the answer to that question is simple: survival. As virtually all of the survivors of Berga recalled, imprisonment invoked a kind of primitive instinct. The vile and inhumane living conditions they were subjected to would bring an experience none could have imagined.
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