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Elizer meets Moshe the Beadle, a mysterious Jew
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Moshe gets taken by Germans, gets beaten, and escapes
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The Germans take over the Jewish quarter; everyone is scared
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The Germans turn the Jewish quarter in to a Jewish ghetto
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The town calls a meeting, saying they have to pack for long journey to concentration camp
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Jews forced to run to get to wagons with 40 pound packs on their backs
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Finally reach wagon after three days without food and water. Get into wagons and Elizer gets seperated from mom and sisters
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While they're in the wagon crazy lady keeps screaming "FIRE!" The Jews think she's crazy and beat her. They see that she was right. The see the German furnaces
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They finally reach concentration camp. Have to wear bright orange jumpsuits
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They are forced to work and get beaten every day
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They also only get tiny rations of bread and soup
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The Jews silently celebrate the New Year
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The Jews have to go through a physical. Elizer passes, but his dad does not. The people who pass lve, the people who don't pass die. Elizer's dad sneeks over to the 'live' group.
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Americans bomb camp. One person dies; it's a Jew
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The Germans start to hang misbehaving Jews
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The Americans attack camp; forced to leave
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They run away from Americans NONSTOP for 40 miles. It took TWO whole months
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FINALLY stop in abandoned village, where Elizer's dad dies.
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Wait for people to save them in the harsh winter
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Winter FINALLY stops
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Americans find them and they rescue the Jews
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Germans that kept them died by Americans and Elizer finally, after all those years, experiences freedom
