The Cattle Cars to Birkenau-Auschwitz (7) by Kimberlee Bent https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3 "The doors clanked shut. We had fallen into the trap, up to our necks. The doors were nailed, the way back irrevocably cut off. The world had become a hermetically sealed cattle car." en-us 2020-12-12 21:56:53 UTC 2020-12-14 17:35:20 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f6e4.png https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016937174 “ The doors clancked shut. We had fallen into the trap, up to our necks. The doors were nailed, the way back irrevocably cut off. The world had become a hermetically sealed cattle car.”  page 24 The nazis clearly had no regard for the conditions of the jews in the cattle cars by making them unescapable to the jews inside-Quinn Bunshaft]]> 2020-12-14 17:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016937174 jackmanell https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016941914
“There are eighty of you in the car” pg 24 - so many people were stuffed into one little cattle car with no room at all and it just shows how inhumane the circumstances and how they were being treated was. - elle jackman
]]> 2020-12-14 17:25:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016941914 cayemittekee https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016947794 It took us a long time to recover from this harsh awakening. We were still trembling, and with every screech of the wheels, we felt the abyss opening beneath us. (page 25)  -K.C. They were just awoken and scared by Mrs. Schachter's screaming, and now they are trying to settle down but they are still very awake and aware. They feel every single movement and hear every single sound which creates a lot of suspense.]]> 2020-12-14 17:26:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016947794 tingjas https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016950017 "She was pointing somewhere in the distance, always the same place. No one felt like beating her anymore. The hear, the thirst, the stench, the lack of air, were suffocation us".  The passengers gave up in trying to stop the crazy women anymore because of the harsh conditions in the train.- Jason Ting]]> 2020-12-14 17:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016950017 cusajac https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016950440 “There was still some food left. But we never ate enough to satisfy our hunger. Our principle was to economize, to save for tomorrow. Tomorrow could be worse yet.” Page 23 J.C]]> 2020-12-14 17:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016950440 gutierrezjay https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016950940 "'Anyone who still owns gold, silver, or watches must hand them over now. Anyone who will be found to have kept any of these will be shot on the spot'" (24). J.G.]]> 2020-12-14 17:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016950940 awatramanidev https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016952562 "Lying down was not an option, nor could we all sit down. We decided to take turns sitting. There was little air. The lucky ones found themselves near a window." Pg. 23. This quote demonstrates how crammed and close together all the people were. They couldn't even sit down at the same time. D.A.]]> 2020-12-14 17:27:29 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016952562 cusajac https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016953105 “It took us a long time to recover from this harsh awakening. We were still trembling, and with every screech of the wheels, we felt the abyss opening beneath us.” Page 25 J.C

]]> 2020-12-14 17:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016953105 xiehar https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016954064 " Around eleven o'clock, the train began to move again. We pressed against the windows. The convoy was rolling slowly. A quarter of an h o u r later, it began to slow down even more. Through the windows, we saw barbed wire; we understood that this was the camp." pg28 HX]]> 2020-12-14 17:27:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016954064 https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016955912 We were still trembling and with every screech of the wheels we felt the abyss opening beneath us. N.E]]> 2020-12-14 17:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016955912 jackmanell https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016956364 "we were sleeping, some of us sitting, huddled against each other, some of us standing" pg 25 EJ]]> 2020-12-14 17:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016956364 youmen https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016958790 "Through the window, we saw barbed wire; we understood that this was the camp." P.28  They found out that they were heading to the camp and don't know what would happen. M.Y.]]> 2020-12-14 17:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016958790 cayemittekee https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016963688 It was if she was possessed by some evil spirit. (page 25) Mrs. Schachter is screaming uncontrollably and they can't get her to stop. Its as if she's has gone crazy and wasn't herself.  -K.C.]]> 2020-12-14 17:29:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016963688 kbent1 https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016964240 "In front of us, those flames.  In the air, the smell of burning flesh.  It must have been around midnight.  We had arrived.  In Birkenau."  Madame Schacter's screams about fire are visionary, or psychic, because the first thing everyone sees when arriving at Birkenau, is the fire coming out of the crematoriums.]]> 2020-12-14 17:29:45 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016964240 gutierrezjay https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016965406 "She kept asking why she had been separated from her family. Later, her sobs and screams became hysterical'" (24). Clearly, the cruel conditions of the cattle cars caused Mrs. Schacter to go insane. J.G]]> 2020-12-14 17:29:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016965406 https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016965595 " After two days of travel, thirst became intolerable, as did the heat." pg.23 Q.B.]]> 2020-12-14 17:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016965595 kbent1 https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016971035 "Auschwitz.  Nobody had ever heard that name."  Ironically, it is 1944, five years into the war and no one in the cattle car had ever heard of Auschwitz, or the most infamous concentration camp in German history.]]> 2020-12-14 17:31:06 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016971035 kbent1 https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016975808 "our nerves had reached a breaking point.  Our very skin was aching.  It was as though madness had infected all of us."  Madness means craziness.]]> 2020-12-14 17:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016975808 kbent1 https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016978826 "... her screams, which tore us apart.  A few more days and all of us would have started to scream." p. 26]]> 2020-12-14 17:32:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016978826 sabanlia https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016979161 " It took us a long time to recover from this harsh awakening. We were still trembling, and with every screech of the wheels, we felts the abyss opening beneath us. Unable to still our anguish, we tried to reassure eachother..." (25) ]]> 2020-12-14 17:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016979161 kbent1 https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016981796 "We were trembling, and with every screech of the wheels, we felt the abyss open beneath us." p. 25]]> 2020-12-14 17:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016981796 yoojos https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016986763 "through the windows, we saw barbed wire; we understood that this was the camp. we had forgotten Mrs. Scachter's existence. Suddenly there was a terrible scream..."(28)]]> 2020-12-14 17:34:12 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016986763 https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016988971 "Do you see that chimney over there? See it? Do you see those flames? Over there--that's where you're going to be taken.  That's your grave, over there." DM]]> 2020-12-14 17:34:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kbent1/qtn1hp17kjsc8sa3/wish/1016988971