What does the authors mean when he says after the handing of the youth from Warsaw that the soup tasted excellent that evening yet after the pipel was hanged the soup tasted of corpses?

Answer 1

He has faith in Hitler, not necessarily in a good way, but because Hitler had not failed to keep his promise, and because God had not saved the Jews yet, therefore, the Jewish people lost their faith in God, and had a neutral faith in Hitler

Answer 2

When the author mentions that the soup tasted excellent after the hanging of the youth from Warsaw, it highlights how the inmates were able to momentarily distract themselves from the Horror by focusing on physical sensations like taste. However, after the hanging of the pipel, a young Jewish boy, the soup tasting of corpses symbolizes how the brutality and inhumanity of the execution had a much deeper and lasting impact on the prisoners, permeating even their basic experiences like eating.