JS 211gw Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Rubber Factory, Icicle
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Men in striped uniforms enter, and shave off the prisoners" hair: waiting, waiting, waiting. Many hours pass as the prisoners wait, naked, in a shower room with two inches of cold water covering the floor: finally, an italian prisoner enters, and tells the prisoners that they"re in a work camp in. There"s a big factory that produces a certain type of rubber called buna. The prisoners must show this number to get food and drink: again, the prisoners find themselves waiting for a long time, this time in a bunkhouse, with neatly-made bunks. Tons of other prisoners march in (walking in a stiff and unnatural manner), and line up. Strangely, these prisoners are marching to the beat of the band: everyone is counted, and this takes a long time, finally, they are all dismissed, primo meets a young boy who warns him against drinking the water. He tells him that he"ll swell up if he drinks it.
