Analysis Of Jack Mandelbaum's 'A Boy In The Nazi Death Camps'

The novel “A boy In the Nazi Death Camps” tells the story of Jack Mandelbaum, A Nazi camp survivor. The story takes place during World War II, Jack, his older sister, younger brother, mother, and father live in Gdynia, a dazzling port city in Poland. Rumors here were spreading that the Germans were about to start bombing campaigns in Poland. Out of worry, Jack’s father gathered his family and placed them onto a train to go live with his father for the time being. Jack’s grandfather lived in a smaller, less populated town, so Jack’s father thought it to be safer there. While the family left Gdynia to go to their grandfather’s house, Jack’s father continued to live in Gdynia for business and to take care of their house. After one day of traveling
Well-off people who didn’t want to do the work would pay willing people to take their place. Jack jumped at the chance and began working to help provide for his family. After several months of working for the Nazis jack and his family was able to afford their own apartment. As the war continued the Nazis won battle after battle. More worries arose for jack, when he turned fourteen Nazis would gather healthy Jews, send them deep into Germany, and make them do slave labor. Jack had been forced to assist a catholic electrician who rewired homes for Nazi officials. The electrician took a liking to Jack and when Jack asked him if he could get him an official letter with a Nazi stamp saying that he had worked for the Nazis the electrician had one made for him. Jack thought if he were to get in trouble with a nazi he could show them the letter and they would maybe spare him. At five am one morning Nazis came to Jack’s village and gathered all the Jews in the courtyard. Jack saw that the Nazis were separating families and ordering them to go to different areas. Jack was determined to stay with his family no matter what, so when he came up to the Nazi he showed the general the official Nazi letter and instead of being put with his brother and mother he was forced to another section. In this section Jack was the youngest person, it was full of adult males. Soon after being separated from his family jack and the other men were taken to Blechhammer concentration camp. When Jack arrived, he and the other men were forced into a room where they undressed and formed lines. Camp prisoners, who were not aloud to speak, shaved off all hair to prevent lice issues. They all then had to get coated with chemicals that burned their skin. The solution was