The Jews are packed in small cattle cars and everyone is hungry and thirsty. Barley no one can sit down and the living conditions are so unbearable. The germans nail the Jews into the trains and threaten to shoot anyone who breaks the rules. The Jews start to go crazy and loose their minds. The best example of this is Madame Schachter.
Madame Shachter is with her ten year old son on the train and she starts screaming "Fire." There is no visible fire, and she just scares all the rest of the Jews. She is bond down and gaged so she can not scream anymore. She eventually breaks out of her bond and starts to scream again. This time, she is beaten into silence. the Jews have no idea what is in store for them, but most of them try to stay optimistic.
Days and nights go by, and the Jews on the train see a sign the says Auschwitz. None of the Jews knows what this means because none of them have ever heard of it before. Madame Schachter starts yelling again and the Jews ask to take her to a hospital, but are not allowed. Jews then hear that in the station, they will be treated well and kindly, so they start to get all excited hoping that it wont be as bad as they expected. It turns out the were totally wrong, and there was a foul smell in the air of buring flesh and dead bodies and fire. The jews were now at a concentration camp, one were many were going to die.
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Great post Bret! There was a very good description of Madame Schaster and her going insane. Very thorough and good summary and I like the use of pictures in your posts. Thanks for that idea.
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