Summary: The Healing Of An Unknown Wound
The Healing of an Unknown Wound
Sebastian was a perfect German, fiercely patriotic and deeply loyal to the Nazi ideology. Growing up amid Nazi propaganda, he had a distorted view of the world, seeing only the supposed superiority of his race and the oppression of others as justified. His perspective was clouded, his beliefs as strong as steel. He was then told to work at a concentration camp in lower Germany.
The horrors he witnessed in the camp were like no other, the inhuman treatment of those deemed inferior by the Nazi regime began to gnaw at his conscience. Yet, fear kept him tethered to his post, fear of retribution if he dared to speak out. The following day, a train arrived at the camp. Jews, women, men and children poured out of the train carriages. Among them, Sebastian noticed a young boy who was as thin as a needle and had soot-black hair, Their eyes met briefly, a moment that would change everything.
Weeks went by, and Sebastian found the boy, who he learned was named Ethan. Their routine meetings by the chain link fence became a lifeline. Sebastian, once a firm believer in the Nazi rule, now listens to Ethan's stories of a life shattered by a blind race. He began to see beyond the clouded vision, beyond the label of race. As their bond grew, …show more content…
The floors that were rotten from extreme neglect offered a chance for escape. Sebastian led a group of Jews through the forest behind the camp and carefully snuck upon the train. Almost a day had passed, and the horn of the train burped its fatigued burp and slowed to a stop, Sebastian peered out of the train, his heart throbbing out of his throat. Nazi patrols standing outside of the train, but this time, they were on neutral soil, they were going through Switzerland! Relief intertwined with apprehension as they ventured into the country of sanctuary, a land free from the terror they left
Sebastian was a perfect German, fiercely patriotic and deeply loyal to the Nazi ideology. Growing up amid Nazi propaganda, he had a distorted view of the world, seeing only the supposed superiority of his race and the oppression of others as justified. His perspective was clouded, his beliefs as strong as steel. He was then told to work at a concentration camp in lower Germany.
The horrors he witnessed in the camp were like no other, the inhuman treatment of those deemed inferior by the Nazi regime began to gnaw at his conscience. Yet, fear kept him tethered to his post, fear of retribution if he dared to speak out. The following day, a train arrived at the camp. Jews, women, men and children poured out of the train carriages. Among them, Sebastian noticed a young boy who was as thin as a needle and had soot-black hair, Their eyes met briefly, a moment that would change everything.
Weeks went by, and Sebastian found the boy, who he learned was named Ethan. Their routine meetings by the chain link fence became a lifeline. Sebastian, once a firm believer in the Nazi rule, now listens to Ethan's stories of a life shattered by a blind race. He began to see beyond the clouded vision, beyond the label of race. As their bond grew, …show more content…
The floors that were rotten from extreme neglect offered a chance for escape. Sebastian led a group of Jews through the forest behind the camp and carefully snuck upon the train. Almost a day had passed, and the horn of the train burped its fatigued burp and slowed to a stop, Sebastian peered out of the train, his heart throbbing out of his throat. Nazi patrols standing outside of the train, but this time, they were on neutral soil, they were going through Switzerland! Relief intertwined with apprehension as they ventured into the country of sanctuary, a land free from the terror they left