Epilogue To Bruno's Inferno

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As Bruno pushed the group of Jewish men to one of the buildings with one of many gas chambers, the other German officers asked Bruno if he needed help getting the prisoners into the gas chamber? Bruno shook his head in response. “Don’t worry, they know they can’t run; even if they tried, they would be put through more hell than the mercy we’re giving them,” said Bruno, pushing the men.
The other officers soon left, leaving Bruno alone with the group of scared and afraid Jewish men.
“Please,” one of the men pleaded.
Bruno turned his head to the voice who spoke out from the group. “Who spoke?” asked Bruno.
“I did,” spoke one of the men, and he moved to where Bruno was standing. This was a young-looking man; he appeared to be in his mid-twenties.
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“Because these are your last minutes alive, you might as well speak your last words. But make it fast, I don’t want to get punished for the gassing to be off schedule,” Bruno said while pointing down a long hallway. The group of Jewish man hung their heads down, knowing that this was the end. “Make your last words count,” the brown-haired German said.
“Do you have to kill us? We didn’t do anything wrong. I understand that we;re not perfect and we’ve made mistakes. But we have families to look after,” the young black-haired male said. “I just don’t understand why there must be so much killing; Jesus Christ wouldn’t let this continue. He may not have had the criteria of becoming the messiah. But he strongly disliked violence,” the young male continued as tears streamed down his gaunt, pale face. “All I have is my wife and unborn child; how is it fair that my wife and child will never see their husband and father ever

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