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The Unbearable Lightness of Being Part 6, Chapter 1

By Milan Kundera

Part 6, Chapter 1

Stalin's son, Yakov, was captured by the Germans during World War II. While in prison, he shared a latrine with British officers, who resented that he always left a mess in there for them to clean up.
Once, when officers tried to make him clean it, he was humiliated and angry.
He died when, in desperation at the whole situation, he took a flying jump at the electrical fence around the camp.