The Stable Boy of Auschwitz PDF
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This document describes the author's experience of being deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp. The author details the difficult and terrifying conditions endured during the transportation and arrival in Poland. The account focuses on the harrowing experience of a historical event.
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## The Stable Boy of Auschwitz - The author was deported on Monday. - The author woke up to soldiers banging on the door and shining flashlights in their faces. - The author was ordered out of their home and herded down the stairs to the street by German Shepherds and soldiers. - The author and the...
## The Stable Boy of Auschwitz - The author was deported on Monday. - The author woke up to soldiers banging on the door and shining flashlights in their faces. - The author was ordered out of their home and herded down the stairs to the street by German Shepherds and soldiers. - The author and their family were taken to a collection center near the railroad station. - Around 1,000 people were jammed together. - They were given no food, but the Germans gave them water. - Some people had smuggled candy into their suitcases and shared it. - The next day they were loaded onto a train. - The conditions were awful. - They were locked inside. - The train rocked and screeched east across Germany. - The train was small and only had a few passenger cars. - The author and other passengers rotated so everyone could sit some of the time. - There were not enough toilets for everyone on the train. - The author and other passengers pulled into a dirty, unkempt city. - The people on the streets looked even more miserable than the author and other passengers. - They were unshaven, clothed in tattered rags, and looked starved, beaten, and exhausted. - They were in Poland, in the city of Łódź. - They were welcomed to the ghetto.
