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When Yanek is transferred to Buchenwald concentration camp, he sees that the camp has a zoo to entertain the Nazi soldiers and their family members. Gratz relays Yanek’s observation that the animals are treated and fed better than the prisoners themselves, to the point where he even thinks that he would fight the bear for its steak. He then recounts an incident in which the Nazis instigate such a fight between the prisoners.
This incident serves as another dimension of the Nazis’ cruelty and dehumanization, as they literally treat the prisoners like animals who can be made to fight for…