... have been as uncomfortable as a person trying to fit into pants 5 sizes smaller than they would normally wear. I use this analogy because the prisoners being transported in the boxcar were so crammed they were incapable of even sitting down. Three days after departing from their first camp, the prisoners reached Skoplye. The Serbs finally gave the prisoners a "home". This was a stable unsuitable for cattle but appropriate enough to house "Schwabs". Because there were thousands upon thousands of prisoners in the stables and the Serbs prohibited them from drinking safe water and food, disease spread quickly and many prisoners died. It is not unusual to find at least 200 lice on a prisoner in these horrendous stables. The holiday season had most prisoners recalling family memories. Josef pondered over where his family was, what they were doing, and how their Christmas was going. All of these thoughts caused ...

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