Tying the Pieces Together

So this isn't going to be one of my upbeat blogs. It's depressing actually. Perhaps it's due to my lack of sleep due to Model UN, regardless, here it is. The Book Thief mentions Dachau numerous times. In the book, Liesel witnesses Jews being marched on the streets (what they called parades) to the Dachau concentration camp. It was really hard for me to read that part of the book because I had been to Dachau when I was in Germany. It had a gate with "Arbeit macht frei" (work makes us free) on it, and was depressing to say the least. Inside the camp, I saw the markers of every unit that Jewish people lived in. Three of the units were tested for medical purposes and were basically lab rats. Two model units were up and I went inside. The bunk beds were stacked up to the ceiling and were so small that it was almost impossible to imagine a person fitting on them. There was a crematorium along a rocky path, but I didn't have the strength to see it. A beautiful sculpture was there symbolizing unity and had been made in the last couple of years. After experiencing Dachau, I feared for Max's life and was hoping that he would make it.