"In the last camp they all ate grass,……" — Martha Gellhorn

"In the last camp they all ate grass, until the authorities forbade them to pull it up. They were accustomed to having the fruits of their little communal gardens stolen by the guards, after they had done all the work; but at the last camp everything was stolen."

— Martha Gellhorn

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