Quotes From Buna To Chopin's Death March

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“In spite of my efforts not to think about it, I could feel myself as two entities-- my body and me. I hated it.” -- Elie Wiesel. This quote sums up the “death march” from Buna to Gleiwitz. The main characters in this scene was Elie and his father, the SS officers, Rabbi Eliahou, and Zalman. This march was an enforced run across dozens of kilometers in the dead of winter, where not a soul was to be seen aside from SS officers, who had orders to shoot down anyone who took even a second’s break. (might want to reword this) Beethoven’s 5th symphony and Chopin’s Death march pieces fit nearly perfectly as ambient music, especially the “dun-dun-dun” part of the 5th symphony. Beethoven’s 5th symphony was the most moving of the pieces. This piece