Evidence: In the book, yanek states, "It was January 1941. The Germans ruled Krakow. I was twelve years old. And for the first time in my life, I had began to doubt my father."

Reasoning: This quote explains the current situation in Yanek's world, which was his home getting ruled over by Nazis. It also explains how he is feeling towards his father, and how he is beginning to doubt him.

Concluding sentence: This quote explains how Yanek might see his father in some time, he may not believe in everything his father suggests or says to him.

Evidence: In the book Prisoner B-3087, Yaneks father says. "besides, tomorrow you will no longer be a child, will you, Yanek? Do you think Iv'e forgotten your birthday?"

Reasoning: Although we do not know the exact date of this quote, we know that it is the day prior to Yanek's birthday, but cannot celebrate it with many people due to their restrictions.

concluding sentence: Altough yanek did not have a proper Bat Mitzvah, he was able to have one in the basement of his uncle's bakery and was able to gather at least ten men.

In essence this information clearly states what a Bat Mitzvah is and why it is celebrated for these young kids.

1942

January 1

The Allied nations come together to sign the declaration of the United Nations.

January 15

The process of relocating people from Lodz to the Chelmno extermination camp starts.

January 20

The Wannsee Conference takes place to finalize plans for the deportation and extermination of European Jews, known as the Final Solution. Heydrich leads the meeting to shift mass killings to designated death camps, with Eichmann overseeing transportation.

January 31

Einsatzgruppe A reports that 229,052 Jews have been killed in the Baltic states. Here, "liquidation" refers to murder, while the liquidation of ghettos typically means either killing or deporting people to death camps.

End of January

The deportation of Jews to Theresienstadt begins.

February-March

A mass killing of Jews occurs in Charkow (Kharkov), Ukraine, resulting in 14,000 victims. ( pbs.org)

In mid-January 1945, as Soviet forces approached the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, the SS began evacuating Auschwitz and its subcamps. SS units forced nearly 60,000 prisoners to march west from the Auschwitz camp system. Thousands had been killed in the camps in the days before these death marches began. Tens of thousands of prisoners, mostly Jews, were forced to march either northwest for 55 kilometers (approximately 30 miles) to Gliwice (Gleiwitz), joined by prisoners from subcamps in East Upper Silesia, such as Bismarckhuette, Althammer, and Hindenburg, or due west for 63 kilometers (approximately 35 miles) to Wodzislaw (Loslau) in the western part of Upper Silesia, joined by inmates from the subcamps to the south of Auschwitz, such as Jawischowitz, Tschechowitz, and Golleschau. https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/

When they reached the concentration camp they had to do all of the work they did at other concentration camps and they had to sing for Nazis while the Nazis were eating good food which the Prisoners have not eaten in years.

The "prisoners' camp," also in operation from April 1943 until April 1945, consisted of the initial "prisoner's camp," the "recuperation camp" (Erholungslager), the "tent camp" (Zeltlager), the "small women's camp" (Kleines Frauenlager), and the "large women's camp" (Grosses Frauenlager). https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/

Before the Nazis rose to power, Weimar was primarily associated with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832). Goethe was a leading European literary figure and a product of German liberal tradition in the 18th and early 19th centuries. It was in Weimar that Goethe made his home.

Weimar was also known as the birthplace of German constitutional democracy, the Weimar Republic (1918–1933).https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/

Yanek discovers his old neighbor, Ms. Immerglick is still alive and his cousin Youzek and his wife and three others they took in as family survived too. Yanek registered in an orphan program that said he would go to the United States. The war was all over and he is good now. Yanek had one of the most terrifying experiences people could have as a child with murder, starvation, and diseases. IT is good that he survived one of the most uncivilized acts in the world so he could tell it to everyone in the world

The 45th Infantry still fought small pockets of resistance, but they ultimately ended up in Southern Germany. The war ended nine days after the 45th Infantry reached a large camp in Dachau, Germany. The camp was a concentration camp where parts of the Holocaust were carried out. The 45th Infantry was one of the first units into Dachau, where they helped liberate tens of thousands of prisoners. The 45th was headed to Munich when it found the concentration camp, so the Thunderbirds quickly moved on after a hospital unit was able to take over care of the liberated prisoners.

The 3rd Infantry, 42nd Infantry, and 45th Infantry took control of Munich by May 1, 1945. The Empire of Germany surrendered six days later, on May 7, 1945. https://www.okhistory.org/