Chattahoochee River

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“You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

Thursday, January 15, 2015

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I was surprised when the man in charge of the wagon called for a German officer to help Mrs. Schachter but I realized why. When the German officer said she would be taken there soon he meant the fire. Mrs.Schachter realized it. From that point on she proves her point about the fire and becomes silent because she knows her fate. Sick or not she would see her death soon and her son would too. I think she took her sons hand because she understood that one way or another he wouldn't have the chance to live. If she died he wouldn't survive and if she was there because  he was to small he would be taken to the fire. I think she thought it was best for them to stick together whatever happened because of this.
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  1. UnknownJanuary 17, 2015 at 5:11 PM

    I agree with you Arlene. I think that after being separated from the rest of her family, she did not want to be separated from her son. Even if he had not gone with her, he would suffered in the camp and would have been alone.

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  2. Nahel AliJanuary 19, 2015 at 8:06 PM

    That is an interesting point, Arlene. Either way, both of them had a short and grim future, but at least it would be short and grim together. There wasn't much they could do at that point except hold on to each other and wait for the inevitable arrival at the camp.

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  3. UnknownJanuary 19, 2015 at 10:52 PM

    I completely agree with you Arlene. I believe that Mrs. Schatcher's hysteria of the fire was a foreshadow of what her future had in store. She knew no matter what that both her and her son, along with all the other Jews, had a inevitable fate at the camps so she went crazy about the "fire." Although her reaction didn't help much but scare her son and frustrate the Jews in the cart, it was her own way of coping with the situation in which she was faced.

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  4. UnknownJanuary 19, 2015 at 10:53 PM

    I completely agree with you Arlene. I believe that Mrs. Schatcher's hysteria of the fire was a foreshadow of what her future had in store. She knew no matter what that both her and her son, along with all the other Jews, had a inevitable fate at the camps so she went crazy about the "fire." Although her reaction didn't help much but scare her son and frustrate the Jews in the cart, it was her own way of coping with the situation in which she was faced.

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