![]() ![]() In "This Must Be Heaven," the train arrives at Augsburg. ![]() They are loaded again onto rail cars and shipped away from Auschwitz. Elli, forgetting everything, jumps onto the guard and is severely beaten, though it's noted she's fortunate that she wasn't killed for this unpardonable action. As they prepare for transportation yet again, Laura has trouble with the handkerchief because she is now partially paralyzed from the accident and an SS guard twists Laura's arm cruelly behind her back. Elli and her mom only had each other and they had to survive togather. Her Father was taken away and put in to a seperate camp and so was her brother Bubi. They are tortured, and many Jews were executed. They are taken and put in an prison camp with other Jews by the Nazi's. In "A Handkerchief," Elli notes that her mother has one possession - a handkerchief with her initials embroidered on the corner - and that she keeps it wrapped around her foot inside her shoe. Elli Friedmann is just a little girl, she and her family are Jews. The women are often forced to strip for showers and examinations and their shoes are the only possessions they retain. Pages 143 through 182 Summary and Analysis ![]()
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