The most impressive feeling that this chapter gave me was irony. Ka-Be, which is an abbreviation of Krankenbau, or the infirmary, is the place where prisoners rest from labor for a week or two. It sounded ironic because we usually go to the infirmary because we are sick and hurt and we don't really want to go to infirmary even if we get hurt. In Auschwitz, labor is the worst thing the prisoners are to do and Ka-Be is the only way to avoid working.
"Chajim rejoices with me: I have a good wound, it does not seem dangerous, but
it should be enough to guarantee me a discreet period of rest."
This sentence showed how lucky for the prisoners to be hurt. Every moment in Auschwitz is painful for them, and Ka-Be is probably the only place where prisoners can rest without suffering from labor. From an optimistic point of view, however, it seems that there is always way out even the most desperate situations, like the Auschwitz.
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