Andrew Rose

4B

Summary

Ch.9-11 pages 98-116

The Umschlagplatz & A Chance of Life

Wlady and his family arrived at the camp. There weren't many people there except dead people. The streets were filled with rotting dead bodies and people were being beaten against the walls. People’s heads were being violently swung against the walls. New arrivals were constantly coming in and the camp was quickly filling. It was hot that day so people were walking around asking people for water. There was also a woman that kept mumbling to herself, “Why did I do it?”. It turns out that she killed her own child because it would not stop crying when they were hiding from the Germans. Then there was another unexpected selection. Wlady and his family were chosen again and were told to get in the trucks. When they entered the trucks it smelled like chlorine. Then Wlady was yanked out of the truck and was told to stay because he looked like he could work. Then the doors to the truck closed. After the truck started leaving Wlady realized why the truck smelled like chlorine. His family was being sent to their death and there was nothing he could do. Wlady walked up and down the streets sobbing knowing his family was gone.