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Moishe grieving
"They think I'm mad,' he whispered, and tears, like drops of wax, flowed from his eyes.- Moishe the Beadle Chap. 1 pg. 7 -
Moishe the Beadle praying to God
"I pray to the God within me for the strength to ask Him the real questions."- Moishe the Beadle Chap. 1 pg. 5 -
Red army propaganda spreads
"The Red Army is advancing with giant strides...Hitler won't be able to harm us, even if he wants to..."- Chap. 1 pg. 8 -
Jews celebrate
"We drank, we ate, we sang. The Bible commands us to rejoice during the eight days of celebration, but our hearts were'nt in it."- Elie Chap. 1 pg. 11 -
Yellow Star
"The yellow star? So what? It's not lethal.."- Chap. 1 pg. 11 -
Jews being transported out of ghetto
" On everyone's back, there was a sack. In everyone's eyes, tears and distress. Slowly, heavily, the procession advanced toward the gate of the ghettp."- Chap. 1 pg. 17 -
Jews being put into cattle cars
"The Hungarian police made us climb into the cars, eighty persons in each one."- Chap. pg. 17 -
Mrs. Shacter sees a fire
"Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!"- Chap. 2. pg. 24 -
Chimney is scorching with fire
"And as the train stopped, this time we saw flames rising from a tall chimney into a black sky."- Chap. 2 pg. 28 -
Barber cuts off hair
"Their clippers tore out our hair, shaved every hair on our bodies."- Chap. 3 pg. 35
