Summary Of Adaptations In Ettersberg Near Weimar, Germany

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To survive one must adapt to the harsh conditions. As Buna (Buchenwald concentration camp) was taking place in Ettersberg near Weimar, Germany. The prisoners had to endure weathers of 30 degrees an under (Line 19 “At night we slept almost naked, and it was below thirty degrees.”). While receiving a lack of clothing and blankets(Line 18 “There was no water, no blankets, less soup and bread.”). The body must quickly adapt, as they receive a lack of nutrition, leaving the person with low energy. In which the body starts using the restore lipids and muscle to consume energy from. They must also be physiologically prepare to see hundreds of friends, foes and love ones die on a daily basis (Line 20 “The corpses were collected in hundreds every

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