"(In fact, this affection was not entirely (a)   ; there existed here a veritable traffic of children among homosexuals, I learned later.)"

"'All right . . . I can arrange it. For a (a)   : your shoes. I'll give you another pair.'"

"We struck up conversations with our neighbors, the musicians. Almost all of them were Jews. Juliek, a Pole with eyeglasses and a (a)   smile in a pale face."

"They quickly became my friends. Having once belonged to a Zionist youth organization, they knew countless Hebrew songs. And so we would sometimes hum melodies evoking the gentle waters of the Jordan River and the majestic (a)   of Jerusalem."

"Still lost to his Kabbalistic dreams, Akiba Drumer had discovered a verse from the Bible which, translated into numbers, made it possible for him to predict (a)   in the weeks to come."

"'So! You still don't know how to mark in step, you old good-for-nothing?'

This went on for two weeks. It was (a)   . We had to give in. That day, Franek burst into savage laughter."

"It was over. I had not realized it, but I had fainted. I came to when they (a)   me with cold water."

"His back was to the gallows, his face turned toward his judge, the head of the camp. He was pale but seemed more solemn than frightened. His (a)   hands did not tremble."

"I was putting one foot in front of the other, like a machine. I was dragging this (a)   body that was still such a weight. If only I could have shed it!"

"Death enveloped me, it suffocated me. It stuck to me like glue. I felt I could touch it. The idea of ding, of ceasing to be, began to fascinate me. To no longer exist. To no longer feel the (a)   pain of my foot."