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A piercing cry

In the faint light filtering through the windows

Reason with her

Soothe her

A withered tree in a field of wheat

Flames devouring

dreaming

The rhythmic pounding of the wheels on the tracks

The heat

She no longer saw us

There was nothing

Only the darkness of night

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Silence

"Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!"
Silence filled the air.
There was a moment of panic,

Nothing but darkness.

"Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!".
"Jews, listen to me," she cried

Silence…...

"Look at the fire! Look at the flames! Flames e v e r y w h e r e ... "
Awkward stares,

Nothing but darkness.

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Frighten

It was frightening.

"Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!" nothing but the darkness of night scared them more

Nothing but the scent of burning flesh in the air

Keep her quiet,
"Fire! Look at the flames!"

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Despair

There was a moment of panic.

Who had screamed?

"Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!"

"She is mad, poor w o m a n …,"

continued to scream and sob fitfully.

nerves had reached a breaking point

Her son was clinging desperately to her,

not uttering a word.

He was no longer crying

Silence fell again.

She was pointing somewhere in the distance,

always the same place.

No one felt like beating her anymore

A few more days and

all of us would have started to scream.

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Piercing Eyes

Ms.Schacter with piercing eyes

"Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!"

Sobs and screams a piercing cry

Only the darkness of the night

She was howling, pointing through the window

Look! Look at this fire

There was nothing

thirsty, poor w o m a n She is hallucinating
Schächter had lost her mind

Our very skin was aching

Madness had affected us all

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Emergence of Madness

Mrs. Schäter had lost her mind

Her sobs and screams became hysterical

“Fire! I see a fire! I see a fire!”

There was nothing. Only the darkness of night

She looked like a withered tree in a field of wheat

“Fire! I see a fire!”

Her little boy was crying

Trying to hold her hand

“Jews, listen to me. I see a fire! I see flames, huge flames!”

The young men bound and gagged her

Her son was clinging desperately to her

He was no longer crying

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“Fire! I see a Fire!”

There was nothing, only the darkness of night

“Fire! I see a Fire!”

Our nerves had reached a breaking point

“Fire! I see fire!”

We had believed her, if only for an instant

“Fire! I see Fire!”

We stared at the flames in darkness. In the air, the smell of burning flesh

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Mrs. Schächter had lost her mind

Sobs, screams, a piercing cry

“Fire! I see a fire!”

There was nothing

“Fire! Look at the fire!”

“Make that madwoman shut up.”

She no longer saw us

Mute, absent and alone

Her existence forgotten

“Fire! Look at the flames!”

Flames, darkness

We stared,

The smell of burning flesh in the air

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A Faraway Place

Piercing eyes

A piercing cry

In the faint light filtering through the windows

Reason with her

Soothe her

A withered tree in a field of wheat

Flames devouring her

To doze

To dream

Her blank gaze fixed on some faraway place

Rhythmic pounding of the wheels on the tracks

The stench

The heat

She no longer saw us

Absent

Shattered

There was nothing

Only the darkness of night

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she is thirsty, poor woman

"Look at the fire! Look at the flames! Flames everywhere…"
"Keep her quiet!
"Fire! I see a fire!"
We tried to reason with her
Our nerves had reached a breaking point. Our very skin was

aching. It was as though madness had infected all of us.

"Jews, look! Look at the fire! Look at the flames!"
we saw flames rising from

a tall chimney into a black sky.
the smell of burning

flesh.

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There is no Fire

Fire! I see a fire!

She is mad, poor woman

This terrible fire!

It’s nothing mother

The smell of burning flesh

She is hallucinating

I see a fire!

There’s nothing there

Jews, listen to me

Keep her quiet!

Flames everywhere

Make that madwoman shut up!

Have mercy on me!

The young men bound and gagged her

Suddenly:  Look at the fire! Look at the flames!  Over there!

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Who had screamed?
This terrible fire! Have mercy on me!
She is mad, poor woman...
I see a fire!
It's nothing Mother! Nothing...
I see flames, huge flames!
Possessed, flames devouring her... silence...
Flames! Flames everywhere!
Somewhere in the distance, some faraway place...
Look at the fire!
Silent, mute, absent...
The flames in the darkness, a wretched stench, the smell of burning flesh.

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A piercing cry                                                 A quiet, tense woman with piercing eyes, Mrs. Schächter had lost her mind a piercing cry broke the silence: “I see a fire!”        "It's nothing, Mother! There's nothing there”.                       “I see a fire!”                 "Jews, look! Look at the fire!”                                "Jews, look! Look at the flames!"                           those flames.                        In the air, the smell of burning flesh.    

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A piercing cry                                                 A quiet, tense woman with piercing eyes, Mrs. Schächter had lost her mind a piercing cry broke the silence: “I see a fire!”        "It's nothing, Mother! There's nothing there”.                       “I see a fire!”                 "Jews, look! Look at the fire!”                                "Jews, look! Look at the flames!"                           those flames.                        In the air, the smell of burning flesh.    

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-Dashiell Merlis

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STEP # 3 Arrange the words and phrases you have selected into a poem. You might want to copy the words and phrases onto notecards or separate slips of paper so that you can easily rearrange them. Try to arrange the words in a way that captures what you think is the essence of the scene, as well as your experience of hearing it. 

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STEP # 3 Arrange the words and phrases you have selected into a poem. You might want to copy the words and phrases onto notecards or separate slips of paper so that you can easily rearrange them. Try to arrange the words in a way that captures what you think is the essence of the scene, as well as your experience of hearing it. 

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The Fire

Schächter lost her mind

Jews, listen to me, a fire!

This terrible fire!

Jews, look! Look at the fire! Please
her screams, mute, absent,alone

She is mad, possessed

Look at the flames! I see fire!

those flames, some evil

untouched by optimism

fallen silent on her own.

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STEP #5 : When you are satisfied with your poem, give it a title and type it here on this padlet for you to share with your peers

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STEP #5 : When you are satisfied with your poem, give it a title and type it here on this padlet for you to share with your peers

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STEP #4 : Here are a few more guidelines for creating your poem: You DON’T have to use all of the words and phrases you chose.  You CAN repeat words or phrases. You CAN’T add other words besides those you copied from the excerpt. Your poem DOESN’T have to rhyme. 

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STEP #4 : Here are a few more guidelines for creating your poem: You DON’T have to use all of the words and phrases you chose.  You CAN repeat words or phrases. You CAN’T add other words besides those you copied from the excerpt. Your poem DOESN’T have to rhyme. 

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STEP #2: While reading the scene one additional time, copy down 15 to 20 words and short phrases from it that you find memorable, powerful, or revealing. 

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STEP #2: While reading the scene one additional time, copy down 15 to 20 words and short phrases from it that you find memorable, powerful, or revealing. 

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STEP #1 : Read the scene (from “There was a woman among us . . . ” on page 24 to “ . . . We had arrived in Birkenau” on page 28) two or three times. Read it out loud at least once. 

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STEP #1 : Read the scene (from “There was a woman among us . . . ” on page 24 to “ . . . We had arrived in Birkenau” on page 28) two or three times. Read it out loud at least once. 