Arbeit macht frei: - Fredrick Töben

to be locked up by the injustice of a ‘Hate Crime Law’. She foolishly lacks the
intellectual capacity to fathom the depths of cultural endeavours, although she
has a keen sense of what power is about and uses it wrongfully, a classic
example of emotional and intellectual mutation at work.
This reminds me of my sister who, after a failed marriage, embraced radical
feminism as a reaction to justify what she had done. When I stayed with her
in December 1976 I flippantly advised her not to sharpen her mind on this
intellectual rubbish called Marxist-feminist ideology, but she insisted on
embracing a dialectic that, so she thought, would get her to a power base
where winning was all the rage; such winning and losing drove her to the
point where she concluded all humans are motivated by greed and envy
and there is no such thing as love and truth.
After 3 days a pattern is kicking in: I do my walks after breakfast and before
lunch and again after lunch and again after tea. At mail time I receive a
most welcome message from Peter who is planning to visit on the weekend,
and I need to place him on the visitors’ list.
Friday, 28 August: At the Case Management Centre, the office block
between the Cell Block and the Laundry, Mr Lodge advised me of the
procedural matters related to receiving visitors on the weekend. That things
must be in writing confirms my view that rules here are no different to other
prisons, and how the Auschwitz extermination stories are absolute false
propaganda to merely slander a civilised German nation!
At night I work on my reply to Lewis and Wertheim’s article in the
Australian and count myself lucky in finding the story in the library. I send
a copy to the editor, Paul Whittaker, and another to Dagmar, just to ensure
that it is safe for later use. I am permitted to send seven letters a week post
paid, which is good.
Saturday, 29 August: I begin the morning by cleaning the toilet thoroughly.
I think of the individuals I know who shy away from cleaning their own
toilets. Basic matters come to the fore when held in a small room with a
stranger.
The office advises that Brockschmidt, Hartung and Steele are on the
visitors’ list. After the 12.50 p.m. muster I make my way to the Cell Block
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