Differences And Similarities Between Krystina And Pavel

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Krystyna Chiger and Pavel Friedmann were both Jews that were captured by the Nazis and wanted freedom from being killed by the Nazis. Both were in Ghettos, and lived a hard and uncomfortable life there, so they had to escape. This happened during World War 2, through 1939 and 1945 Krystina had escaped through the sewers with her family and others. Pavel had escaped by doing the hard way out, dying. Pavl had stayed in the ghettos for 7 weeks after dying, and Krystina had hid in the sewer for 14 months ( 1 Year and 2 Months ). While twenty people had gone in the sewer, only 11 came back to the surface. Even though Krystina and Pavel have many things that are in common on what life was like for them. One similarity was that they both had been

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