In the beginning before the whole holocaust, Yanek was 10 years old; he was just an ordinary child. Then the day came when Hitler was saying that all Jews must disappear from Europe, the planes and the soldiers came to invade Krakow, the town they lived in, as Yanek and his family just waited and watched outside the window looking outside where buildings were bombed by the planes. As they watched the …show more content…
Instead of Uncle Moshe looking up in excitement he looked a Yanek with horror and shook his head at him, later that night when they were marched to their barracks, Uncle Moshe found him, and pulled Yanek in for a hug, and asked for forgiveness for him not being able to greet him in the moring. He then told Yanek how to survive and told Yanek what happened to his aunt Gizela, and little Zytka, and he told them they died because they couldn’t work, so the Nazis shot them. He then told Yanek to avoid Amon Goeth, the commander of the camp, Amon Goeth was a very cruel man who killed any Jew just for fun and he would send his dogs to do it for him, he wouldn’t have his breakfast each day until he’d killed at least one