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CONTENTS
Author's Note
i
1
Auschwitz, 24th July 1943
1
2
Berlin, 14th November 1929
5
3
Auschwitz, 24th July 1943
12
4
Berlin, 18th November 1929
17
5
Auschwitz, 24th July 1943
28
6
Berlin, 18th November 1929
31
7
Auschwitz, 24th July 1943
36
8
Berlin, 24th December 1929
40
9
Auschwitz, 24th July 1943
49
10
Berlin, 24th December 1929
55
11
Auschwitz, 25th July 1943
63
12
Berlin, 17th July 1930
68
13
Auschwitz, 30th July 1943
75
14
Berlin, 30th July 1930
77
15
Auschwitz, 17th August 1943
84
16
Berlin, 30th July 1930
87
17
Auschwitz, 29th October 1943
95
18
Berlin, 10th February 1931
104
19
Auschwitz, 1st December 1943
108
20
Berlin, 15th June 1931
117
21
Auschwitz, 13th December 1943
123
CONTENTS continued
22
Berlin, 16th June 1931
125
23
Auschwitz, 3rd February 1944
132
24
Berlin, 2nd August 1934
135
25
Auschwitz, 4th February 1944
141
26
Berlin, 20th May 1936
147
27
Auschwitz, 4th February 1944
154
28
Berlin, 29th January 1938
157
29
Auschwitz, 5th February 1944
161
30
Berlin, 3rd May 1939
167
31
Auschwitz, 6th February 1944
175
32
Berlin, 7th November 1941
183
33
Auschwitz, 7th February 1944
185
34
Berlin, 2nd May 1942
196
35
Auschwitz, 7th February 1944
203
36
Berlin, 19th July 1943
210
37
Auschwitz, 9th February 1944
215
38
Berlin, 20th July 1943
219
39
Auschwitz, 10th February 1944
223
40
Germany, 23rd July 1943
232
41
Auschwitz, 10th February 1944
237
42
Auschwitz, 24th July 1943
241
43
Auschwitz, 10th February 1944
243
Epilogue
248
Author's note
It was only after I had finished writing this story that I realised that it would be possible to read it in three different ways; starting at page one and finishing on the last page, reading it in chronological order, or starting on any random chapter and reading around to the beginning again. The story is effectively cyclical, as unfortunately, is history.
This novel is written in tribute to the men, women, and children who suffered in the concentration camps of Europe during the Nazi era; to those who died, to those who survived, and to those who live with it still.
“We should consider every day lost on which
we have not danced at least once.”
Friedrich Nietzsche