Death in a Jewish ghetto in Warsaw, 1940s

The transcript describes the devastating impact of a typhus epidemic, with thousands dying monthly. Bodies fill the streets, often covered with rags, as relatives lack the means to bury them. The living navigate through the dead, while death carts continuously collect bodies. The Germans further oppress the people of Abraham, adding to their suffering.

How did the presence of dead bodies affect the living?

What does the phrase 'the clatter of the death carts' imply about the situation?