JACK

Ashely Puetz
===    __Elie__  I grew up in the small town of Sighet, Transylvania. My father wouldn’t let me learn Cabbala; he said I was too young. I was talking to Moshe one evening and I told him I was upset because I couldn’t find a master to instruct me in Cabbala. We talk almost every evening. ===  ===  __Elie continued…__ The synagogues were closed. The Jews couldn’t leave their house for three days, under penalty of death. __Elie--10-10-08__ Two ghettos were created in Sighet, the windows on the outside had to be seaed. Everyday the Germans came looking for men to load coal into the military trains. The arrival ot the Red Army changed the thought of being in the ghetto till the end of the war. ===

10-15-08 The Gestapo threatened the President of the Jewish council not to say a word about where the Jews were going or he will be shot. Batia Reich (a relative of ours) came into the room, an inspector in the Hungarian police (a friend of my father) knocked on one of the outside blocked window. He told us “Don’t worry. I will warn you if you are in any danger. At 1 o’clock the signal to leave came. I was the first to leave. 10-23-08 We lined up to get numbers tattooed on our left arms. I became A-7713 and that is what i was called. The "meals" we got during the day were: Black Coffee--in the mornings Soup--At midday At 6 o'clock pm--roll call then bread w/ "butter" At 9 o'clock pm--bed time. From time to time I often thought: Where is mother...and Tzipora? After four hours of leaving the camp we arrived at the new camp: Buna. Our tent leader was a German. I was called and told, "After your meal, you'll go see the dentist." The dentist was going to remove my gold crown, but i made an excuse. Then a few days after my visit th dentist's office was shut down and he had been thrown in prison and was about to be hung.

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 =The Father= I think the father is going insane…. He says he just wants to move away to start a new life (fool). In my opinion I think the war is just starting to get crazy and people cannot control them-self’s. I thought it was a dumb/bad idea for the father to bury all of his valuables because he witnessed the ambush towards his town!!! But either way he will loose it. Everyone is becoming very weid and sense it is because of the war nobody will ever be the same for a very long time. We are in trouble but much is to come and this is just the beginning so lets see how the rest of our life goes….....

The father continues

I have now buried my life savings and am now scared more then ever. I am very cautious about everything. We need to get out of here the father continues 10/14/08 The camp has turned evil and I shall not let my son see me cry. My son feels so much pain for seeing me get beaten everyday. I hate not seeing my wife and daughter. I hope they will have a good life without me.... I hope my son will make it through these times. My son not seeing me cry gives him the strength because he will show to be strong as well as I pretend to be. By Tyler Rasco

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