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The Nazis limited the Jewish people to one ration card a week. There was little to no food and some of it was even spoiled and rotten. 

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Yanek's Literal Journey

Yanek and his family like in Krakow, Poland. But in just a blink of an eye, their city was invaded by the Germans beginning WW11. For now, Yanek and his family remain in Krakow. For a little while they stay in their flat with several other families. Anti-Semitic rules have been put in place that persecute Jewish people, taking away any rights they had. Over time, walls are built up around the ghetto to contain the remaining Jews who have not been taken for resettlement or deportation yet. One-by-one many Jews were relocated to other Jewish ghettos, work camps, concentration camps or were killed on site.

Yanek's Figurative Journey

With the stress of no food, and constant hiding. Yanek is living in fear of being caught by the Nazis. His emotional state is one of constant terror and panic at what awaits him at every turn. The unknown aspects of the war leave a feeling of being unsettled. Yanek's early life as a 10 year old boy before the war was very normal. He attended school, played with friends, and went to the synagogue with his family. He loves his mom and dad and looks up to them but as the war continues Yanek begins to doubt his father's constant hopefulness and positivity and wonders who is really right - his father or Uncle Moshe. "I still worried he was wrong, but fresh bread made me forget all am troubles. For a little while, at least." (pg. 25) Doubting your parents for the first time is a struggle for Yanek especially in war-torn Poland.

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Ch. 9-12 The barracks where prisoners were housed and the wire fencing and guard towers. 

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Yanek's figurative Journey

Yanek is going through a lot emotionally and there have even been times where he wanted to just give up and give himself to the Nazis. Yanek only has his Uncle Moshe left, the people who he looked up to the most (his mom and dad) are now gone. He did lift himself up and decided to keep going for his mom and dad because that's what they would have wanted him to do.

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Wieliczka Salt Mine, Daniłowicza, Wieliczka, Poland

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Wieliczka Salt Mine, Daniłowicza, Wieliczka, Poland

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Wieliczka Salt Mine, Daniłowicza, Wieliczka, Poland

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Yaneks literal journey

Yanek has been living in war and is struggling. He was assigned to different jobs in a new location many of times. Yanek was assigned to a new location and was going down a mile underground and was worried because he didn't know if he would get locked up again and it was extremely dark which made him scared. He realized that he was assigned to work in a salt mine and described it as beautiful. Yanek is now mining salt for his new job. Yanek is relieved and is in better condition than the others due to him being able to hide away in the floor board for two weeks.

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Yaneks Figurative journey

Yanek has experienced many feelings. At first he was feeling fury. He was feeling this because of how they were being treated. Next, Yanek was fearful because he didn't want to die which everyone was close to. Lastly, Yanek is now in acceptance because he realized that fighting will do no good and would get others hurt. Yanek has began to accept what's going on and try his best to stay alive.

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Birkenau, Ofiar Faszyzmu, Brzezinka, Poland

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Birkenau, Ofiar Faszyzmu, Brzezinka, Poland

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Birkenau, Ofiar Faszyzmu, Brzezinka, Poland

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Yanek's literal journey

Yanek is being relocated. On the train there is no water or food and he describes that it smells like human waste. Along the long trip, there were corps leaning up against him and he was worried about where he was being taken. A little further into the train ride, Yanek was told that they were being taken to a gas chamber by an older man, he told Yanek to try to be by an air vent to die quicker. There were kids around Yanek's age who were throwing snowballs and saying insane things to the Jewish people. Luckily, Yanek was by a window and was able to scoop snow from the train into his hands to drink because there was no water to drink for the whole train ride which was very long.

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Yanek's figurative journey

Yanek escapes Auschwitz after leaving through the doors where the Nazis said the only way out of through the chimney. Yanek and the rest of the people from the camps were being moved due to a British plane flying above them. The prisoners heard gunshots and bombs being fired and Yanek started to get more hope. Yanek meets a boy named Fred who was around his age. Yanek broke the rule that his uncle told him and talked to him and talked about his family. Yanek and Fred bonded really well because they both experienced the same situation. Both Fred and Yanek lost their family, they grew up not so far from each other and even went to some of the same stores, and they are both close in age. Yanek and Fred lifted each other up and talked about what food and pastries they were going to eat once they got out. Not long after, Fred started to get sick. He didn't get better he just got worse and worse every day. Fred start to have a stomach ache and ate less and less while the days go by and was struggling to get out of bed. Fred was then too weak and tired to get out of bed from the sickness, and lack of food and water. He was dragged out of bed by two soldiers and ended up getting hung. Yanek lost another one of his friends and it affected him. Before he went to sleep, Yanek said a prayer that people said after a friend or family member died.

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Yanek's Figurative Journey

While Yanek was in the camp in Sachsenhausen Yanek was really having a hard time and even made some mistakes. In this camp the prisoners were forced to not just work but to also do many other insane things. First, on the death march, Yanek and the others only had half a loaf of bread to last them the whole trip which was about 9 days. They had no water during the march and had to eat snow to replace water so they could stay somewhat hydrated. Yanek did make a mistake at this time when he helped a boy about his age and carried him for most of the day while they had to walk. Yanek helped him because the boy reminded him of his friend Fred who he couldn't save when he got sick right before the death march. He also explained that if he was in the position he would want someone to help him. At the end of the day when the prisoners and guards had to go to sleep, Yanek went to go reach for his bread but it wasn't there because it fell out from when he was carrying the boy. Yanek risked his life just to loose his bread, and helped a boy who wanted nothing to do with him without even saying "thank you". When everyone got to Sachsenhausen after a long hard trip, Yanek was experiencing a different camp that was very aggressive and violent. For example, their guards made them do a salute which was hard to do even if you were healthy. If the prisoners fell or disobeyed them to do it, they would be beaten or even killed. For the food arrangement, they had broth and stale cold bread but sometimes at dinner, they guards would make the prisoners go inside to where they have actual food and not just broth and make them sing without letting them eat anything for the day. the guards would run boxing matches and would make tease them. Yanek ends up meeting one of the gaurds who gave him a punch to the face because he said Yanek looked at him wrong. In the end Yanek ends up proving that he is strong enough to work by having a race. The gaurds let him go and he is now going to a different concentration camp called Bergen-Belsen.

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Yanek's Figurative Journey

When Yanek arrived to Bergen-Belson, everything was going good. He was put in the strong group and was able to rest for a whole week. The guards got actual soup with real meat in it and warm bread. Since he was eating broth and stale bread for years, the soup messed with everyone's stomach but Yanek had the idea to save the bread till the morning so his stomach wouldn't hurt as much. Burgen-Belson was Yaneks time to recover from the death march and what he was put through Sachsenhausen. All of the prisoners were able to sleep and regain their stregnth for the week and everything was going well until Yanek made contact with one of the guards who they called moon-face. moon-face would beat yanek and gave him a punch to the face just because moon-face said he looked at his wrong.

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Yanek's literal Journey

Yanek was only in Buchenwald for a small amount of time. This camp was not the best one to be at and the prisoners weren't given much food. One of the major jobs was to work in Corey. The guards scared the prisoners and they had to try there best to be very careful and not to mess up. the guards were terrible and would kill you if you had too big of a rock or too small of a rock. there was a zoo in the camp which the animals were getting treated better then the prisoners. During this time, the guards took a deer and tied it by the antlers and watched it struggle. Yanek was so upset and said that his blood started to boil. Lastly, Yanek explains that the Nazis killed so many of them to the point to where they were running out of Jews.

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Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoznica, Ofiar Gross Rosen, Rogoźnica, Poland

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Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoznica, Ofiar Gross Rosen, Rogoźnica, Poland

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Gross-Rosen Museum in Rogoznica, Ofiar Gross Rosen, Rogoźnica, Poland

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During this time when Yanek was in Gross-Rosen, He was experiencing a lot of pain and death. This camp wasn't the best to be in and he was not having the best of luck. Yanek got beat because he had lost his button. Also, Yanek had to go through another death march. On the, march you had to pass through city's and buildings, there were dead body's along the road from the last group who matched with there body's all blue and frozen. if you were lucky, some people would throw you left over food to the prisoners. Yanek seen this happening and knew he had to get some food otherwise he would die due to him not being able to get something to eat from three days. During the march, he seen a man with a lot of bread and was going to ask for a bite. Yanek seen the man turn around and seen that it was moon-face. Yanek was worried because moon-face used to beat on him when he was in his camp. For the rest of the day for the march, he tried his hardest to stay close to moon-face until the nighttime so he could ask for some bread. He walked slower when he did and walked faster when he did. Yanek was trying his hardest to keep his paiste up with moon-face and tried to get him to notice him. At the end of the day when it was time to lay down, Yanek seen that moon-face sat far away from all the guards and prisoners. Yanek follows him and goes up to him. He ask moon face if he remembers him and how he was the best worker. He then proceeds to ask for some bread. Moon-face stands up and puts his knife to his throat. Yanek sits still and tall showing that he is strong. A few minuets go by and moon-face pulls away then cutting a piece of bread and tosses it to him.

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During the time when Yanek was in Dachau Germany, a lot of the prisoners got sick snd didnt get any treatment. During this time, more than 1,500 prisoners were crammed into barracks built to house 250 prisoners. In this camp, everyone had to sleep ontop of each other. In Dachau, there was no work assigned and the camp was going into chaos. Some days there wasn't even any roll call. Germany was moving the prisoners around to avoid theapproachingg war. Yanek would wake up to explosions that were going off nearby, all of the prisoners were worried about a bomb landing on the buildings where they were in. One morning, the allies were nowhere to be found. Yanek walked out of his barrack into the front yard waiting for the Nazis to come out and shoot him, but no one was to be seen. Moments after, a american tank came through the front doors. Finally, the prisoners were free and the way has ended. Yanek burst into tears of sadness but was also laughing. The Americans took everyone to Munich where Yanek got a bed with sheets and a pillow, real food and water, and could finally rest. The war was finally over.

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The war was finally ended. Yanek was given a blanket, sheets, a pillow, and a bed to himself. All of the prisoners were given fresh food and water and were able to have some rest. Yanek didn't know what he could do now that the war was over with no family or friends, all until he seen someone who looked familiar. "Mrs. Immerglick?" Yanek called and it was her. the lady who lived across the hall from him. She burst into tears when she seen yanek and gave him a very tight hug. Mrs. Immerglick then explains to Yanek that he has cousins that were there with him. they then lived all together for a while. Yanek made lost of friends and were reunited with people. he had a job and was getting put onto his feet. Finally, Yanek was going to board a train to go to America where he would then live the rest of his life there. Yanek would still go to visit the people who were still living in Munich Germany and was finally at peace.