The most interesting parts of the first half of this piece came in the descriptions of the cruelty committed in Auschwitz. Vladek's description of the gas chambers and the guards sounds frightening and disturbing. in today's world, it is not possible to fully imagine or know what it must have been like to be a prisoner of Auschwitz.
"We pulled the bodies apart with hooks. Big piles, with strongest on top, older ones and babies crushed below...often the skulls were smashed."
"Their fingers were broken from trying to climb up the walls...and sometimes their arms were as long as their bodies, pulled from the sockets."
These two quotes really stood out to me. These quotes are disturbing. I cannot believe this truly happened. The world was a frightening place back then.
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