so dena was very important to the ss at this point. and i visited dena almost every day. whenever i visited my mother, i would go and say hello to dena and she was always painting. and one day, dena, about fourth or fifth day, dena said to me, that she would like to introduce me to her boyfriend, whose name was willie, willie bruckman. willie bruckman was a german prisoner who befriended dena, she befriended him, they became good friends, and willie bruckman was very important of the czech family camp, willie bruckman was the head, was the overseer of the czech family camp, he was german, he was not jewish, and this way, the ss could deal directly with him, rather than deal with some of the jewish people in the camp. so he basically was the big kid on the block. he was the big guy on the block. and he was in charge of all of the jewish prisoners in our camp. and when i met willie bruckman, he asked me, in german, if i was interested in being his messenger, being his sidekick, so to speak, and running messages to the ss, and so forth, and taking care of his clothes, and cl