“She had just smiled and said what a merciful thing it was for him he had died, because if he had lived he would have been crippled and an invalid for life, and he couldn’t have stood that, he would rather have died than had that happen.” DeathDyingMercyCrippledInvalidWorse Than Dying Book:the bell jar Source: the bell jar
“I have no notion of barbering and no idea what will happen if I cannot do the work. But I tell myself that after all it cannot be worse than dying…” HolocaustSurvival InstinctConcentration CampHolocaust SurvivorTreblinkaWorse Than DyingSurvival Against The Odds Book:The Last Jew of Treblinka Source: The Last Jew of Treblinka