Simon Wiesenthal in his book, The Sunflower, relates a discussion that took place at the Mauthausen Concentration Camp when he was a young Jewish prisoner.  Wiesenthal was sound asleep one night when Arthur, another young prisoner, a sort of dreamy skeptic, grabbed him by the shoulder and began to shake him awake.

"Simon, do you hear?"

"Yes," he stammered, "I hear."

"I hope you are listening; you really must hear what the old woman said."

"What could she have said?"

"She said ...'God was on leave.' What do you think of that Simon? God is on leave."

"Let me sleep. Tell me when he gets back." When Simon awakened he began to reflect about the conversation with Arthur and walked to find him. When he found Arthur, he questioned him, "What were you talking about last night?" Arthur replied…