Rube Goldberg Story
My story starts with a grapple and a frantic air. That is how most of us were taken. Grabbed from our homes and lined up to be taken to concentration camps. Most of us were taken without a glance, but as the SS officers came in the door, one of them turned to stare at me eyes. I did not resist. The train ride to the camps was long and quite eventful, it took weeks. The very first day, a young man discovered an unlocked roof hatch. He decided he was going to jump off, an idea most people met with disapproval. For him, it must have been like making an offensive joke amongst a crowd of strangers. He climbed up anyways, and we could see through a crack in the sliding door him jumping off. We heard shots fired, and saw him dive into a creek, holding
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I awoke one night to the sound of laughter that of a sadist, not a comedian. It took only about a half of a minute for the pack to awake. The person was screaming and laughing maniacally. It did not take 5 minutes for him to be taken away. We heard a gunshot and all was silent. When we arrived, we were separated. I could not figure out why they separated us, it seemed to be a huge Rube Goldberg device. A few days later, we were told we were going to be showered. This was great news, and reminded me of a previous time in my life. It was when me and my best friend went walking through the forest, and it started raining. Us being kids, we just frollicked in the mud and meandered through the water. When we finally came home, our parents were horrified at how dirty we were. But we refused to bathe, so they wouldn’t let us eat till we bathed. When we did, it felt really good. When we were being lined up and told to move, As we were filing into this big chamber, I felt a deep sense of foreboding, but I passed it off as just being hunger. Just about ten feet away from the entrance, an SS officer grabbed my arm and ordered me to come with him. He told me I was safe now. I asked him what in the world he was talking about. He said that I had pretty eyes and then he took me back to the group. It was not till much later I realized I had been saved from being
I awoke one night to the sound of laughter that of a sadist, not a comedian. It took only about a half of a minute for the pack to awake. The person was screaming and laughing maniacally. It did not take 5 minutes for him to be taken away. We heard a gunshot and all was silent. When we arrived, we were separated. I could not figure out why they separated us, it seemed to be a huge Rube Goldberg device. A few days later, we were told we were going to be showered. This was great news, and reminded me of a previous time in my life. It was when me and my best friend went walking through the forest, and it started raining. Us being kids, we just frollicked in the mud and meandered through the water. When we finally came home, our parents were horrified at how dirty we were. But we refused to bathe, so they wouldn’t let us eat till we bathed. When we did, it felt really good. When we were being lined up and told to move, As we were filing into this big chamber, I felt a deep sense of foreboding, but I passed it off as just being hunger. Just about ten feet away from the entrance, an SS officer grabbed my arm and ordered me to come with him. He told me I was safe now. I asked him what in the world he was talking about. He said that I had pretty eyes and then he took me back to the group. It was not till much later I realized I had been saved from being