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Cigarettes were the only currency in the camp-they could be traded for an extra bowl of soup, which meant another day of life.
When a man smoked his own cigarette, he was signaling he no longer cared about tomorrow.
Usually within 48 hours, he would be dead.

Frankl whispered to himself the words of Nietzsche:
"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how."