By this time, the German Army took over, and everyone was to do what they were told. Their were to be
eighty people in each cart. But then, there was Mrs. Schachter who was separated by her husband and two
older sons by mistake. On the third night, as everyone was sleeping, she suddenly started screaming:
"Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!" At first everyone believed her, but then they soon realized there wasn't a fire.
She continued screaming: "Fire! I see a fire!" but everyone just started to get annoyed. It was as though she was
possessed by some evil spirt.
Time flew by and every now and then she screamed about a fire being there. Everyone was cramped up in a
little car with barely any room,trying to sleep, but because of Mrs. Schachter's random shouts it was making
everyone angry because they couldn't sleep. To keep her quiet, people starting punching her in the head which
could of caused her to die. It kept her quiet for a while, but by the next night, she began to shout again: "The fire,
over there!"
When they finally got to there destination, Auschwitz, Mrs. Schachter broke out again saying: "Jews, look!
Look at the fire! Look at the flames!" Finally there were flames rising from a tall chimney into a black sky.
After all those nights there actually were flames now, so Mrs. Schachter was right after all, but because
of the situation everyone was in; being in a little car with hardly any room, everyone was tired of hearing her.
I was surprised to discover that Mrs.Schachter was right about the fact that there was a fire outside, even though the Jews in the train cart couldn't see the fire from their window. I felt bad when she was actually telling the truth but everyone tried shutting her up by tying her and beating her to silence.
ReplyDeleteYeah and that didn't even help. And when they finally saw that she was right, that's when she kept silent.
ReplyDeleteI think this sets the scene very well because it shows the insanity the train cart left everbody with and it was very creepy to find out Mrs. Schachter was correct about the fire.
ReplyDeleteThis was a very well written passage. it made me feel like i was right there in that scene. It WAS very amazing that Mrs. Schachter predicted the actual fire. I did a picture on this passage. It is a very serious passage and i think this sets the scene very well.
ReplyDeleteGOOD JOB EDINA!