Silent night in the north. Prisoners are welcome to take a short break before returning to manual labor at three o'clock in the morning. The lag time between rest and work is only about one and a half hours to two hours. After that, one of the hut guards from the SS-Totenkopfverbände pulled a gun up. The sound of gunfire had awakened the surrounding prisoners. Including Marc who was still sleepy.
"Je pauze is voorbij! Iedereen, aan de slag in de loopgraven in een mum van tijd ! (Your break is over! Everyone, get to work in the trenches, it won't take long)!" shouted one of the soldiers.
