an album of photographs made of human skin
He appeared in an antique market in Poland and kept a tattoo and hair on the covers. The Auschwitz Memorial Museum considers it a proof of crimes against humanity
Men went to books to read scary stories. The Nazis went beyond the idea of terror and bound a volume with human skin. The album has now appeared in Poland. No one had noticed his presence. They considered it a simple photo album. A curiosity. Something strange to keep and sell at an interesting price. The buyer acquired it in an antique market attracted by the cover. A rarity. Maybe he thought that time revalued I miss him. Only later did he understand that there was something that didn't fit. He attended to the details.
No matter what they say. Everything is in them. First he noticed his smell. Then on the texture of the lid. His expression would reveal that he felt something unusual. He opened his eyes wide and what he saw might surprise him. It is possible that at first he did not give credit. You are also likely to call a friend or a neighbor. To invite you to run your fingers over. They would share opinions. In the end he took a risk. He went to the Auschwitz Memorial Museum. I would suggest your impressions. They corroborated it. The cover was made of human skin. There was even hair and the imprint of a tattoo, an indelible mark. It is unnecessary to describe the chill that the owner should have felt when knowing the balance of the experts. It is also normal to imagine the surprise of the scientists who evaluated the object. His analysis went further. They confirmed that the epidermis used by bookbinders came from a prisoner. Specifically, one who was interned in the Buchenwald concentration camp.
It was not a nice place. There was Ilse Koch, known as "Buchenwald's dog." He was famous for his cruelty, despotism and violent character. Someone whom nobody would like to find in those circumstances. An iron fist guard, of a radical brutality with the prisoners. His tortures were known. He has even given to inspire some character in a novel (the protagonist of "The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink, who was a "best seller", is inspired by her and her atrocities). He was also known for his promiscuity with peers. One of her hobbies, she would call him "hobby," was to tear off the skin of the inmates who had died. Bad tongues ensure that he collected them. It is no accident that a book of these characteristics appeared, to express it in a delicate way. Nor is it an anomaly. Buchenwald has given to build a museum of horrors. Now, this piece is considered "one more proof of the crimes against humanity" committed by those responsible for the Third Reich. An example that in times of barbarism not only books are burned. They also bind themselves with the victims.
