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German soldiers putting up a front
" A German officer lodged in the Kahns' house across the street from us. We were told he was a charming man, calm, likable, and polite." (Weisel 10) -
German soldiers revealing their true selves.
" On the seventh day of Passover, the curtain finally rose: the Germans arrested the leaders of the Jewish community.
" From that moment on, everything happened very quickly, The race toward death had begun." (Weisel 10) -
Transports
" The Hungarian police made us climb into the cars, eighty persons in each one." (Weisel 22) -
Fire! I see a fire! Have mercy on me!!!
" Mrs. Schachter had lost her mind. On the first day of the journey, she had already begun to moan." (Weisel 24) -
Left or Right
" I didn't know it then, Dr.Mengele, the notorious Dr.Mengele. He looked like the typical SS officer...He was holding a conductor's baton and was surrounded by officers. The baton was moving constantly, sometimes to the right, sometimes to the left." (Weisel 31) -
This is only the beginning
" But no sooner had we taken a few more steps than we saw the barbed wire of another This one had an iron gate withthe overhead inscription: Arbeit Macht Frei. Work makes you free. Auschwitz. (Weisel 40) -
Arriving in Buna
"After four hours, we arrived at the new camp: Buna. The iron gate gate closed behind us." (Weisel 46) -
Out of order
"A few days after my visit, the dentist 's office was shut down. He had been thrown into prison and was about to be hanged." ( Weisel 52)
