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Light in the darkness
Bread. I can barley contain myself with that beautiful smell. pg 22 Commentary: Yanek went with his father to a local bakery that was hidden and then informed that he was gonna be able tot take some home.
I was still worried he was wrong, but fresh bread made me forget all my troubles.pg 25 Commentary: He was so hungry he didn't care about anything else all he wanted to do was enjoy his bread.
I found my mother in the kitchen, hugging my father. HES ALIVE! pg 33 Commentary: Yaneks house was invaded by the Judenrats and they heard lots of people being killed so they wondered if father was still alive.
No one will be able to break in ever again. pg 36 Commentary: They got there house broken into by the Judenrat and their mom was shook. when Yanek went out to look for his neighbors he noticed a little door that led to the rooftop. when he went to the top he found a pigpen coop and asked his parents if they could live there so the Judenrats would never steal again. mom agreed but she wanted the door to the pigeon coop to be secure.
My heart beat faster and my mouth watered at the thought of eating it. An extra half loaf! In Plazow i was a rich man, which suddenly struck me as funny. pg 81 Commentary: When Yanek was at his old house he remembered his mom had sewd money into the pockets of their coats. he quickly unsewd the money and found that there was 2 thousand Zloty "polish money" he then showed uncle mosh and he went to go buy bread for a price.
The carrot was soft and mushy. It was the most Delicious thing i have ever eaten. pg 83 Commentary: Uncle moshe used the money that yanek found to buy carrots. he then gave some carrots to yanek.
I'm not gonna let them line me up on the edge of a pit and shoot me, I told myself. I will fight back. I will kick the Nazis in the shins. I will run. I wont go like a sheep to the slaughter! pg 109 Commentary: Yanek started to see how bad the Nazis treated jews so he was thinking on how to put up a fight against the Nazis
But at least i could breath. pg 115 Commentary: Yanek was stuffed in a train and it was so crowded that he could not breath
I shoved the snow in my mouth like a toddler eating cake. My throat was so dry i gagged on it, but i forced the melting snow down, ignoring the shocking pain in my teeth from the cold. It was water, Wonderful water! pg 119 Commentary: Yanek was so crowded in the train that he could not breath so he moved all the way up until where the vent was. when he was there he found ice that was stacking up in the vent so he grabbed it and ate it.
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My two weeks saving my strength under the floor of my barrack had saved me. pg 97 Commentary: Yanek had found a loose floor board in his barrack he decided to open it and found a big hole under it. he decided to hide under there when the Jews were put to work. when he figured out that it was a good idea he invited friends to stay their as well.
Whats this? How did this happen? Who's done this? It was the voice of one of the kapos. It was not said in the tone the kapos used to taunt us or goad us into working harder. this was something different. Something confusing. Something scared. The other kapos heard it in his voice right away and ran around the corner to help. Without guards, we put down our picks and our shovels and hurried to peek around the corner behind him. It was the judenrat policeman. Holtzman or Finkelstein or whatever his name was. His head had been smashed in with a shovel, and the rest of his body was gashed and torn and bleeding. In the carbide light from a dozen watching headlamps, something glittered and shone in his cuts. SALT. Someone had rubbed salt in all his wounds. pg 103 Commentary: This judenrat was the one who took everything away from yanek and made his mom shocked and scared. this was a relief to yanek because he didn't have to worry about him anymore.
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I had been ready to die. But when water came out of those showers, not gas, it was like i was born again. I had survived , and i would keep surviving. I was alive. pg 130 Commentary: Yanek thought he was gonna die by gas because the train label had said a killing camp according to the train beside yanek. when they were about to go in they were asked if they were able to work. if you told them you could work they would tell you to go to the center with showers but the workers didnt know that. if you told them you couldn't work they told you to go to the center where they would kill you with gas.
The pipes rattled and moaned. Something was finally coming out. The men in the room got quiet, like we were all holding our breaths, and i reached my arms up toward the ceiling. Kill me i prayed. please kill me and put an end to this. i'm ready. water rained down on me. Freezing water so cold it made me scream WATER! Not gas! I was going to live!I laughed and cries like the other men. I Was Alive. pg 129 Commentary: Yanek was told that he was gonna get killed in a gas chamber. when they wen tin the chamber they knew they were gonna die. but instead they were surprised with a shower.
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Sleep was my only refuge from the horror, the thirst, and the starvation.pg 212 Commentary: It was so packed in the train yaneks only way of not thinking about it was to sleep because he was in so much pain.
I would work. I would survive. If the Nazis were going to play their game, so was I. pg 214 Commentary: Yanek didn't care anymore he just had the mindset of surviving because he had come so far.
Any day now prisoners whispered among one another, the allies will be in Berlin, and we will be set free, they also said. pg 214 Commentary: They were hearing bombs and they knew they were about to be set free because the Germans were under attack.
Bricklayer I lied again. Herr Doctor Mengele Pointed hi baton to the right, and I joined the ranks of the other men and women who had been kept to work pg 151 Commentary: Yanek had to lie to survive. if they knew that he was a brick layer they would know that he was strong enough to work.
I remembered walking to the market with my mother. Visiting my father at work. Playing ball in the street with my friends. This neighborhood had been my home once, and it always would be, even after the Taint of Jews had been scrubbed away. pg 75 Commentary: he had went back to the Krakow ghetto "where he used to live" and he remembered old memories when he actually had fun instead of being crattled in a house with four other Jewish families.
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The allies were getting closer. They were pushing back! Any day now we might be liberated. pg 167 Commentary: Germany had invaded all of Europe. when the countries of Europe started to fight back Germany started to get cornered and were forced to surrender due to lack of land and the danger of loosing Germany as a country.
I was going to survive it all. I was going to be alive when the allies liberated us. This i swore. pg 168 Commentary: Germany had invaded all of Europe. when the countries of Europe started to fight back Germany started to get cornered and were forced to surrender due to lack of land and the danger of loosing Germany as a country.
They were allied planes, dropping bombs somewhere in the distance! We heard the rumble of explosions and saw smoke rise over a hill on the horizon. I wanted to cheer them on, to raise my fists and cry, YES YES Stick it to the Nazis! pg 171 &172 Commentary: As the prisoners got closer to the site that they were gonna stay in, they heard bombs everywhere meaning that the allies were helping to save the Jews.
We sang as we walked, all of us, singing a hundred different songs, and the Nazis let us sing. Another small mercy. Or perhaps they too had missed the way the world was before the war. pg 173 Commentary: As the prisoners were walking they all decided to start singing many of them were singing famous songs but most of them were singing their countries national anthem.
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I sipped at the soup. It was nothing better than flavored water, but it was warm. So blessedly warm! My dry mouth tried to hang on to every last drop as I swallowed it down. pg 187 Commentary: After a long day of work for the prisoners, the Germans decided to give the prisoners better food to regain their strength.
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No work for a week, until they regain their strength. pg 197 Commentary: when the guards went to give the commandant their workers the commandant was unhappy with how they looked. So they gave them a week to rebuild their body.
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Cruelty to prisoners the Nazis could abide, but
not cruelty to animals pg 209 Commentary: Two gaurds had tied up a deer. once the commandant heard about what they did they were punished and taken from their zoo rights.
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No bread had ever tasted so good in my life. I wanted to eat it all right then and there, but there was no telling how much further we had to walk. pg 230 & 231 Commentary: Yanek had asked moon face for some bread because Yanek claimed that he needed it to work. moon face threatened him by holding a knife to his neck by Yanek was unfazed, after moon face saw this he decided to share his bread.
As the Jew and poles got off aside on another, I slipped from one group to the other. If the Nazis had lost our records, they wouldn't know i was a Jew unless i was standing with the Jews! pg 235 Commentary: Yanek had figured out a way to get treated better. he decided to sneak to the other group because the poles got food and were treated better.
The Nazis wrote down my name and number and nodded me on. I had done it! I was no longer a Jew to the Nazis! I was going to live! pg 236 Commentary: Yanek had figured out a way to get treated better. he decided to sneak to the other group because the poles got food and were treated better.
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The Americans are coming! The Americans! pg 244 Commentary: Yanek and the other prisoners heard bombs in the nearby distance. once they heard it they knew it was the allies.
Everything's going to be alright now, Yanek, he told me, and for the first time in six years, I believed he was right. pg 245 Commentary: when yanek woke up the next morning they were surprised because no German guards went in their room wake them up. when they looked outside they soon discovered that there were no guards. soon after that someone yelled guards and everyone went running, except for yanek because he recognized their colors. The Americans he yelled in his head. the Americans soon helped every single one of the prisoners in the camp.
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Piece by Piece, Bit by Bit The Americans were giving back my life. Commentary:when yanek woke up the next morning they were surprised because no German guards went in their room wake them up. when they looked outside they soon discovered that there were no guards. soon after that someone yelled guards and everyone went running, except for yanek because he recognized their colors. The Americans he yelled in his head. the Americans soon helped every single one of the prisoners in the camp.
I had family - A cousin still. Family. I was not alone. pg 254 Commentary: When the Americans set them free yanek learned that his cousin had survived. the mean old lady that used to be his neighbor gave him the address to go stop by.
For nine years i had done everything i could to survive. Now it was time to live. pg 256 Commentary: After the war was over yanek didn't know what to do next and then it clicked, He Had To Live Life To The Fullest Now