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The Last Laugh Page #9
And she said, It
was no vacation.
You know, that was
how my mother spoke.
Well, when I was about
home from a business trip,
and we run to him, Daddy
what did you bring?
Thats all we were interested,
that he came home,
that wasnt important,
but what did he bring?
So that happened
in Hungary too?
Yes, of course. So
he opens this box
and out of this box comes this
It had a satin, shiny finish,
And I remember parading
around in this bathing suit,
around the swimming pool.
And the boys whistled at me,
and my girlfriends are
making, you know,
nasty remarks, they
were very jealous.
And when they came and
escorted out of the home,
I put this bathing
suit under my dress,
I put it on. I thought
nobody will know.
And thats how I left,
and thats how I
arrived to Auschwitz.
I just couldnt take this
bathing suit off my body.
We were supposed to get
undressed, to take a shower.
Then all of a sudden
I felt heat on my face.
One of the Nazi
soldiers slapped me.
I started to cry.
And I peeled this bathing
suit off my body,
I folded it very neatly,
and I left it on the
pile of my clothing.
And with that
bathing suit,
I didnt only leave
those memories,
I also left my family,
my friends,
my neighbors,
and six million Jews
behind.
So this bathing suit
is always on my mind.
TRUMPET PLAYING:
MELANCHOLIC MELODY
I was going to eat that
whole cheese Danish.
Here, you eat it now.
Here, here, you deserve it.
Oh my God.
This is Fresh Air,
Im Terry Gross.
My guest is Israeli
writer Etgar Keret
Hes written a new collection
of personal essays
about the seven years
between his sons birth
and his fathers death.
Holocaust by
living in a hole
with his parents
for nearly two years.
I asked my father, How
come youre such a happy,
and optimistic, and
believing man?
second and he said, You know,
I have a theory
that every person
in this world is
the world champion
in something.
But the tragedy is that
most of us never discover what
were really good at, you know?
You could be an amazing tennis
player but
play the piano, you know?
And with me, he said, it
was only during the war
that I discovered
my true talent.
And he said Im extremely
good at sleeping.
And what happened was
when we were in that
hole in the ground, I slept.
And every once in a
while I would wake up
and I would say to my father,
Father, is the war over?
and he said No, and I would
go and sleep some more.
My parents told the
stories of the Holocaust
in a very matter-of-fact way.
comfort level for them
because they had lived through
the Holocaust, they had survived
they had lost
not just lost loved ones, but in
many cases literally were forced
to watch loved
ones being killed.
They went to the
Sophies choices,
they went through all
of that and yet came
out at the other end
and came to America.
I think for the
children, however,
that for many of us,
the experience of hearing
those stories
and not having lived
through them meant that
we did not vanquish the demons.
our collective imaginations,
in our individual
imaginations,
and there was a real
fear around it.
I found a way to tell my
in an optimistic way. But
my family was a disaster.
A broken family.
My father, when he talked about
they years of the Holocaust,
he said,
These were the worst
years of my life,
but they were years of my life.
The first girl I ever kissed,
the
first cigarette I ever smoked.
There was very much the
notion that we made it,
everyone who made it was part
of the survivor community,
and the obligation
was to live well, love,
eat well, have fun, get loaded
at bar mitzvahs and weddings,
true sin was if you didnt
after that experience
then it was a waste,
and then Hitler would
have had the last laugh.
CHEERING MASS:
Comics are the conscience
of the people, and they
are allowed a wide
berth of activity in
every direction.
Comics have to tell us who
we are, where we are,
even if its in bad taste.
COUGHS RIDICULOUSLY
Isnt laughter the greatest
gift that weve been
given as human beings?
Isnt that what separates
us as human beings?
And were the only species
that laughs, I think...
I dont think many animals have
very good jokes
You dont see, you know,
elephants laughing
too much.
I mean, they might
have a few jokes
Maybe chimps laugh. I
Ahh, theyre probably
slapstick jokes
Is the Holocaust funny?
No. Theres nothing
about the Holocaust
that is funny.
But is there ever anything
that we cant laugh about?
like dirty comedy,
and I like filthy comedy,
and I like uum
bad comedy, and I like
I do like a fat lady
slipping on a banana peel
and falling on her
ass, I do like that,
it is funny, its good.
But I wont go
you cant get me
on the Holocaust.
Next question!
And Ill make believe that
it occurred to me myself.
MUSIC:
Look at that!
Oh, how beautiful, when the
water hits those rocks.
But nature, nature is beautiful.
Makes you forget things.
It does,
a little bit.
See the problem is, when we are
relaxing and having a nice time,
thats when it comes back
to us.
Thats true.
If you work, and
youre under tension
- When we enjoy something...
- If you enjoy something
- Yeah, thats when I
remember it.
love to remember and I dont.
I dont remember, for example,
when I was
separated
from Klara.
- Your sister.
- My sister.
I dont remember that moment,
how I felt,
you know?
Was I afraid,
was I angry,
was I sad?
Why dont I remember
feeling anything?
People who felt too
much didnt make it.
You may be right.
in our camp
who was a mime,
and she used to
perform for us.
And I am almost sure
that
when I saw her doing that,
I smiled.
Im sure I did.
I cant imagine not to.
Che bella cosa na
jurnata 'e sole,
Ma n'atu sole
Chi bello, oje ne'
O sole mio
This is such a beautiful song.
Sta 'nfronte a te!
You see, this song reminds
me of a lot of things.
Sta 'nfronte a te!
Sta 'nfronte a te!
That song. Before, just
before we were
we were deported,
we still were at
the swimming pool
going to happen to us,
this song was played
constantly, all day long.
And I remember
English, English words
to it, like Its now or never.
And every time I hear that song
I remember that
that
it was now or never,
and we didnt know.
Im sorry.
Its now or never,
come hold me tight
And it says, Tomorrow
will be too late.
It was over.
Kiss me my darling,
be mine tonight
ELVIS PRESLEY SINGING
It's now or never
Come hold me tight
Kiss me my darling
Be mine tonight
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