You know, waking up, thinking that I'm still in the camps

從噩夢中驚醒時，我以為自己還在集中營裡。

And I was so happy that I was in a real bed.

當我意識到自己正躺在一張真正的床上時，我真的高興的不得了。

In order to have a little bit of pleasure, let's say, which is, there's not too much of it in the camps, I made friends with two Polish kids.

在集中營裡，快樂幾乎是不存在的，但為了尋找一絲希望，我和兩個波蘭人成為了好友。

We didn't get too much sleep, and we used to just get out real early in the morning.

在營中，我們睡得不多，我們總是早早就起床。

Because in the barracks, it was just crying and screaming and praying.

牢房裡充滿了各種哀號、哭泣和祈禱的聲音。

And it wasn't unusual, that a prisoner who was laying next to you, to go to sleep, when you woke up, they were dead.

早上起床發現躺在你隔壁的人已經死了，可以說是家常便飯。

In any of these camps, everything is so the same, day in and day out that when anything unique happens, that is not on the schedule, you always immediately try to talk about it.

裡面的日子毫無變化，所以一有什麼特別的事情發生的時候，我們都會忍不住一起談論此事。

Is this good news or bad news?

是好消息或是壞消息呢？

One morning, we came out, and the first thing we saw was that there's no guards in the guard towers.

有天早上，當我們走到外面的時候，我們馬上發現大門旁的堡壘竟然沒有警衛在看守。

So, we are sneaking between the barracks towards the gate, and lo and behold, nobody's there.

我們便偷偷摸摸地往大門的方向走去，萬萬沒想到，真的沒有警衛。

So we get enough courage to go to the gate, and we notice there's a heavy chain with a padlock on it.

我們鼓起勇氣走到大門前，然後我們看到門上有個厚重結實的鎖。

And it's a very very foggy morning.

我還記得，那是在一個霧氣濛濛的早晨。

And we are just dumbfounded.

我們都被眼前的景象給驚呆了。

All of a sudden, there's a break in the fog, like a mirage.

突然間，濃霧中出現了一個影子，我們還以為是自己出現了幻覺。

And, all you see is two horses with a horseman.

仔細一看，發現是兩匹馬和一位騎手。

As he's coming closer, one of the Polish kids says to me, "Look at his hat!"

當他離我們越來越近，其中一個波蘭人突然說：「你看他的帽子！」

And it was a red star, a Russian soldier.

他的帽子上有顆紅星，代表他是蘇聯士兵。

He comes to the gate and he says, "I'm advance guard, nobody can leave the camp, because there all sorts of diseases."

接著，那位蘇聯士兵說：「我是前衛，誰都不准離開集中營，因為你們身上帶有疾病。」

"You're full of lice, and you haven't been washed in four months."

「你們全身都是蝨子，而且你們已經四個月沒洗澡了」

But he says, as he takes out his gun, shoots off the padlock, "Doctors will be coming, medication will be coming, food will be coming very shortly."

然而他卻拿起槍並朝著大門的鎖射擊，說：「醫生和各種醫療資源及食物補給馬上就會送來了。」

So the three of us, as fast as our skinny legs can carry us, we go to every barrack in the vicinity, open up the door, in every language that we know, just yelling, "We are free, we are free!"

聽到的當下，我們三個馬上拖著瘦弱的身軀拚命狂奔，打開所有牢門，用我們知道的所有語言大喊：「我們自由了！我們自由了！」

And you'll never forget that moment, the sounds from the barracks.

你將永遠忘不了那時營裡發出的各種喜極而泣的聲音。

Those who are able to walk out to the sunlight, walk out.

有辦法行走的人，全部都衝了出來。

Those who can't walk, are, crawling out.

那些行動不方便的人，用爬的也要爬出來。

I have to pass through a little area where there are little bungalows.

我得經過許多木造小平房。

And this is where the SS families were staying, and they must have left in a big hurry.

那裡原本是武裝親衛隊的住所，但他們似乎在一夜之中全都倉皇逃離了。

Because I go into one of the bungalows, and I open up the closet, the clothing in there.

因為當我進到其中一間木房，我發現衣櫃裡仍留下許多衣物。

Open up the pantry, food, and then I go into the bathroom, and I turn on the water, hot water.

我打開儲藏室看見滿滿的食物，接著我又去了浴室，轉開水龍頭，是熱水。

Fluffy towels, shampoo, soap I haven't seen for a year.

還有柔軟舒適的毛巾、洗髮精、肥皂等等，我已經一年沒有接觸到這些東西。

I make a little victory dance on my...prisoner uniform.

穿著一身囚服...我開心到忍不住跳起了舞慶祝勝利。

Get in there and take my first hot shower in a year.

睽違一年，我終於洗了個舒服的熱水澡。

It's wonderful.

那一切太美好了。

I'm basically, I'm trying to have as many happy moments as possible, at my age, you know, you can't take any chances.

我試著盡我所能讓自己活得快樂，畢竟在這個年紀，我已經沒有冒險的本錢了。