Sublime

Pesia had lost her entire family when they were taken out of the bunker.

Kesler and his people remained

On that day most of its 1,500 inhabitants, including Pesia’s family, were shot on the outskirts of town.

When Sulia stuck to her initial story she was beaten.

remember: it happened yesterday, or eternities ago. A young Jewish boy discovered the Kingdom of Night. I remember his bewilderment, I remember his anguish. It all happened so fast. The ghetto. The deportation. The sealed cattle car. The fiery altar upon which the history of our people and the future of mankind were meant to be sacrificed. I rememb

The three Russians were glad to meet the five fugitives. They were particularly interested in

Toward the end of 1942 the Germans had stepped up the mass killings.

Shocked, the Belorussian said, “I don’t want to. I will help you. Come, let me take you back to your hiding place!”