Yanek and his family then the Krakow, Poland. but in just a blink of an eye, their city was invaded by the Germans beginning World War II. for now, Yannek and his family remain in Krakow. for a little while they stay in the flat of several other families. Anti-semitic rules have been put in place to 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 been taken for resettlement or deportation yet. One-by-one many Jews Jews were relocated to other Jewish ghettos, work camps, and concentration camps or were killed on site

Yanek´s Figurative Journey

With the stress of no food, and the constraint of hiding, Yanek is living in fear of being caught by the Nazis. His emotional state is one of the constraints 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. attended school, played with his friends, and went to the synagogue with his family. He loves his Mom and Dad and look up to them but as the war continues Yankes begins to doubt his father's constraints hopefulness and positivity and wonders who is really right- his father Uncle Moshe. " I still worried he was wrong, but fresh bread made me forget all my 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.

while Yanek survived the resettlement his family did not they all died beside Uncle Moshe he was happy that he at least had one family member left. On his first day there Amon Goeth during roll call had these dogs and they would eat jews whenever he told them to yanek was standing right next to someone getting eaten but he couldn't help because he didn't want to get killed he felt helpless and full of fear. i know this because In the story it states " The man screamed for mercy and then help as the dogs bit him and tore him right beside me. I wanted to help, to fight back."(pg.70-71) this shows how he wanted to help him but he couldn't he was to scared to get shot or killed by the dogs and he felt helpless cause there was no one to save him with out dieing.

When Yanek moved from the plaszow to Wilczka Poland

he saw the salt mine and felt happiness looking at how beautiful It is. While he was walking, he saw a juderant from Krakow and felt rage, anger, and fury. I know this because it says in the story. "stolen everything else from us while the Nazis took my mother's ring. I remember my mother's eyes that day, the emptiness that had never been completely gone away. I've been so scared so protective that I had an even felt anger I did now"(pg.102) with this anger he wanted to start a rebellion. Then one of the Jews started to fight back he wanted to join but no one else would. Then the Nazis started picking people and they killed them just because that one guy tried fighting back. he felt like he could do nothing he didn't care if he died or didn't anymore

In Trezbina, Yanek and other Jews were played with like dolls. They were made to do work just for the fun of it. Yanek would have to pick up heavy rocks, carry them from one side of the camp to the other, and then do it again. this messed with Yanek mentally because he didn't even understand why he was doing the work then he realized there just doing it as a game and Yanek knew he had to get out of here before he died.

when Yanek arrived in Birkenau, the cart wasn't moving and he was nervous he didn't know why they weren't moving. The Germans brought them out of their cart and their carts put them next to the other Jews and lined them up. Yanek was scared because he knew there was a good chance he was going to die. then his group lined up and got put in the gas chambers he was frightened but honestly, he was ready to die he went to the front of the gas because he wanted to die he had had enough of it then water came out he realized that they were just washing him up he was relieved and realized he had survived again.

yanek literal journey

Yanek was in a cart then it stopped. they saw the the chimney and realized they probably will die. then they got in and they were being put in gas chambers. then yanek group got in there but they were very lucky and got showers to work more. he had just survived but had to go to work soon.

when Yanek first got to Auschwitz he saw these new prisoners who had never worked at a camp. Then the yanek tries to tell the dad in front of him to say to them that his kid is 18 and has a trade because if he did this the boy would live. The dad didn't listen and Yanek knew that he thought he was a monster just looking at it. Yanek didn't want to get caught talking so he didn't care anymore and the boy ended up dying in the gas chamber. Yanek got picked to survive when he woke up the next day the person next to him was dead but he did not care anymore cause death was filmier to him.

before this Yanek was in a death march where he almost died. after this, the Nazies told them to go to bed and Yanek was just thankful to be out of the cold. Then they had to shower in freezing water, but Yanek still wanted to get clean. During this all he could think about was a toothbrush he used to use and how happy he would be just to have a toothbrush. then they made them stand outside for roll call for hours. then someone wiped their face and the SS officers went out and made him do the Sachsenhausen sault and Yanek felt bad for him cause if he dropped at all he would be shot. the guy in the saulet ended up dropping and dying.

Though this camp wasn't as bad as most of them, people would kill themselves by jumping on electrical fences just to end their suffering. Also, they would kill multiple of the people and they would only leave a little bit of them to survive. For the ones who did survive they wouldn't work for an entire week. On page 197 it says, "Take the other workers back to the barracks," the commandant said with disgust. "No work for a week, until they regain their strength." This explains how Yanek was sent here and he now thinks it's all good because he doesn't have to work.

this chapter was very mental for Yanek because his camp had a zoo. They had this zoo so the guards could have entertainment. However, one time when Yanek looked at the zoo he saw the guards messing with an animal. Yanek wanted to do something so bad but if he did, he knew the guards would kill him. Also people walked into the zoo and Yanek wondered if when they looked at him if they saw an animal or a person and he went even so sure himself this is how the chapter could have messed up again and challenged him mentally.

in this chapter, Yannick has courage and is doing his best to stay alive because he and the other prisoners can hear the bombs drop from the sky and think the Allies are getting closer and closer each day. but while Yannick is just minding his business guard comes up to him and asks him where his button is. now Yanek was confused because he didn't know where it is and why it is a big deal. Still, then the guard said that there was a penalty for not having one of them 20 lashes but the guard kept making him restart and restart. Yanek was in tons of pain but that night he had a dream. how he was in a nice field then a dark cloud appeared and soon he was back to getting lashes in his dream this chapter beat Yanick Down but he is still surviving.

Yanek doubted surviving at this Camp because he tried switching sides but a prisoner called out that Yannick had taken off his Star of David which was unfortunate. Yanek still had high hopes at this camp hoping that war would just be over and it seemed like it. Because Yanek realized they didn't have to wake up roll call or do work because the soldiers didn't know what to do. Then soldiers came to the camp and the prisoners thought that they were Germans so some people accepted their fate and some went to hide.

But soon, the prisoners realized that the soldiers were allies and Americans; they had been saved. This helped his mindset because he realized that all the survival he had done paid off, and he would get to see the real world.

Yanek was finally going to be taken somewhere that was good for him because the Americans had saved them. Yannick was so happy that he was getting good things like food beds and more he Yanek sat at the table he soon realized that all the people he completed his journey for and that they would always be with him. but a few days later he found this Mis imeiglelick and was happy because he found people that he knew. Yanek realized all of his war stuff was behind him and he decided to go move to America where he could just clear his mind and go on with his life now.