It is with these phrases that Albert Camus, at the close of the long allegorical novel describing the difficult fight of the citizens of the town of Oran against the plague, reminds us, at the close of the Second World War, that the fight against Nazism, "the brown plague" as it was termed at the time, could not enjoy a definitive victory.
Det er med disse ord, at Albert Camus som afslutning på en lang allegorisk beskrivelse af Orans indbyggeres vanskelige kamp mod pesten minder os om, at kampen mod nazismen, "den brune pest" som den blev kaldt dengang, ikke definitivt kan vindes.