When Helmut becomes a photographer covertly recording the deportation of Jews and Gypsies, Seiffert's fragments buckle under the strain.
This was permitted to occur, it seemed, in part, because the Communist Party simply started to buckle under the strain.
Government finances may buckle under the strain of NHS and pension spending as Britain ages and Brexit reduces the tax base.
Meanwhile, patients and service users continue to turn up in their droves and carers quietly buckle under the strain of unsupported care.
"We're talking about an epidemic that risks not just health systems, which could buckle under the strain, but even entire economies," said David Cavan of the International Diabetes Foundation.
SOME restaurants come to life on a crowded Saturday night when every table is filled, while others buckle under the strain.
Wouldn't it have been better if he had never brought his family with all its rivalries and unspoken truths to this sodden, remote outpost, only to watch it buckle under the strain of this place?
It is also the first time a government agency has placed a date on the point when the American military may buckle under the strain of the Iraqi deployment unless it gets significantly more help from other countries.
Two million people may be waiting for up to three weeks to see their GP as surgeries start to buckle under the strain of an ageing population, a survey has found.
Risks that networks could buckle under that strain is causing some operators to question whether it makes sense to offer flat-fee unlimited data packages with the iPad, as many do with the iPhone.
Caught unawares by the sudden surge in interest, the town at first appeared to buckle under the strain: the few restaurants were running short on food, the corner store was picked dry by the end of each weekend, and the mobile network crashed.
