Chapter 1. The Journey
The first impression this book gave me was the word, "grotesque." I actually read a book about the same topic before, "Night," by Ellie Weasel. It was an autobiography that Ellie Weasel wrote about his experience in a concentration camp. One thing that I found common in both works was the attitude of German soldiers. They seem to be kind to the Jews at first, but they actually treat them with great abhorrence. Here is a quote from Survival in Auschwitz, on page 19:
"They behaved with the calm assurance of people doing their normal duty of every
day. But Renzo stayed an instant too long to say good-bye to Francesca, his
fiancee, and with a single blow they knocked him to the ground. It was their
everyday duty."
This description intrigued me because there was no reason for German soldiers to hate the Jews and hit them. This chapter gave me a good introduction to the concentration camp.
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