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Why is Vladek's number in Aushwitz , auspicious?

A fellow prisoner, a polish priest, tells Vladek about his number. WHY IS VLADEK'S NUMBER AUSPICIOUS? How does this help him better cope in Aushwitz?

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Vladek is miserable. A priest walks up to him and looks at his numbers. He explains to Vladek that his prison number is numerologically quite lucky in the Jewish tradition.

Vladeks number was 175113. a priest told him that 18, the total of his numbers, is the number for Chai in hebrew, which means life.

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