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Sofia Auschwitz Short Story
Auschwitz Sofia Smirnov had her brown hair cut short. She was suffering through the pain in her stomach she called hunger. She waited in line for her soup. She waited near the back of the line so she could get the sausage at the bottom. She made a silent prayer to just be able to make it through the day. Sofia tried not to look desperate as she saw the watery liquid being poured into bowls, if she seemed desperate the nazis would skip her or even kill her. It had been two days since they killed a man at roll call, Sofia figured they were getting bored. Her stomach growled and then her heart sank a nazi stopped walking and stood next to her. She kept looking forward her stomach hurting more from the knot that was now forming. She felt like she was going to throw up but her stomach was empty. Sofias face kept perfectly straight looking like the other walking corpses in front of her. …show more content…
The nazi smiled and dumped the watery soup in her bowl, she was glad to see a tiny piece of sausage land in the bowl. She followed the rest of the group to the barracks she figured the last person was getting their soup. “Oh I’m sorry I think we are all out,” the nazi mocked. Sofia heard sobs and then the nazi swore before laughing. Suddenly a shot rang out and Sofia winced at the noise. One of the nazis swore loudly. “Did you see that shot, look at his head that's so disgusting,” one of the nazis said laughing. Sofia couldn't understand how a human could commit to this. The sick feeling of starving people and killing them if their day didn't go the way it was supposed to. She wondered if they enjoyed it. She wolfed down the soup once inside the barracks and tried to listen to the whispering between a couple jews. She could hear the nazis struggling to lift the body, a couple laughed when they dropped it. A nazi came into the barracks and pointed at Sofia and a younger girl Sofia knew as

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