Central Idea: Yanek Gruener was taken prisoner by the Nazi's in 1942 and he survived death, multiple times Theme: Perseverance
by Jovan Ravoninarivo
1. Chap 6 Yanek's family had take shelter to a pigeon coop
2. Chap 20 Yanek made a friend named, Fred who were good companions since after the death of his uncle and he believed that they could survived the camp, but just like his uncle, Fred was executed by the Nazi.
3. Chap 10 Yanek begin his first experience in a concentration camp, Plaszow, also he was reunited, by his uncle.
4. Chap 1 Yanek's family were listing to the radio about the Germans invading a lot of countries
5. Chap 2: The Germans had captured Krakow, Yanek's home.
6. Chap 4 Yanek and his father helped their family by sending rations.
7. Chap 18 An prison break attempt had incurred, but failed and the escapees and other collaborators were killed.
8. Chap 8 But they didn't stay for long, his family were all murdered by the Germans
9. Chap 14 Yanek, while working in the mine thought about trying to take action against the Nazi, but someone taken the advantage and he was killed
10. Chap 12 He was afraid of the camp's commandant, Amon Goeth and his dogs and how he always killed a lot of random Jews in his sight.
11. Chap 16 Yanek surived a unexpected "death" in a shower room, which the prisoners believed that it was a gas chamber, but still forced to work.
12. Chap 19 Yanek was transported to Auschwitz, and he was check in for his health to be able to work, but he faked his.
13. Chap 15 After working the mine, he was then about to be transfered to another camp called, Bire
14. Chap 5 The Nazis take away all of the Jewish valuables.
15. Chap 3 The Jews were transferred to a ghetto
16. Chap 11 Yanek and his uncle tried to survive their first time in camp, but his uncle was killed, too leaving him as the last sole survivor of the family.
17. Chap 13 He was transferred with other prisoners to a salt mine.
18. Chap 9 Yanek was finally captured by the Germans and he was taken to his first concentration camp
19. Chap 17 His name, Yanek Gruener was changed with a tattoo, on his arm that is called, Prisoner B-3087.
20. Chap 7 Many Jews from the ghetto were deported to concentration camps, but Yanek's family didn't
21. Chap 21 Yanek and other "healthy" Jewish prisoners were march to another working camp, but seeing Allied planes in the air, they have hope.
