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| Jews in a cattle cars |
There was not enough space for me and my father to sit comfortably. There was really no space for anyone. We were all crammed into a car that was suppose to be used for animals, for who-knows-how-many-days! After two nights I thought it could not get any worse, but on the third day i heard a shrieking cry. "Fire! I see fire! I see fire!"(25) The message that she screamed alone frightened me. People kept trying to calm her down but her cries wouldn't stop. They even tried beating her to stop her cries. She yelled fire 3 times before we arrived to some place named Auschwitz. I've never heard that name before. In fact it terrified me. I didn't know where we were or what was to come out of this whole situation. A piercing shriek broke into my thoughts. “Look at the fire! Look at the flames! Over there!''(26) For the last time we all looked expecting to see nothing. Flames were at a distance and there was an atrocious smell infecting the air. We were ordered off the car like an enslaved animal. Where are we going? Why are we here? What's going to happen?
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| Jewish woman yelling |
The world is black and white. So many people are around me yet I can't help but feel so alone. I don't like being without my husband and children. I'm left with only one, my ten year old son. Everyone looks at me as if I'm crazy. No one would ever understand because I am the only one who's family was torn. I don't know whether I've lost my mind or if this is a message I simply can't understand. All around me I see flames...
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