One of the things I've been thinking about is that Erik in some ways was better off than most people in Auschwitz--Schmidt would've ensured that he wasn't starved or forced to do hard physical work, and he was probably housed separately from the other inmates, in less awful conditions. Of course Erik had different forms of suffering imposed on him--Schmidt's torture, etc.--but I'll bet he feels guilty anyway.
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Date: 2011-07-19 03:47 pm (UTC)One of the things I've been thinking about is that Erik in some ways was better off than most people in Auschwitz--Schmidt would've ensured that he wasn't starved or forced to do hard physical work, and he was probably housed separately from the other inmates, in less awful conditions. Of course Erik had different forms of suffering imposed on him--Schmidt's torture, etc.--but I'll bet he feels guilty anyway.