My Journey To Poland During World War II

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During the war I “Rene” had been a soldier fighting to stop the Nazi’s from killing all the Jewish people that lived in Poland. While I was preparing to leave to Poland I first got to know who I was fighting along with. As well as playing cards or refreshing my defensive techniques in close combat. I also made sure I ate as much food that can be found good here then what I might have to survive on in Poland.
When I arrived in Poland I meet a war veteran who goes by the name Ben Kamm. He and I fought alongside one another throughout the whole war. Also we had the same goal which of course was to end and win the war against the Nazi’s to protected and rescue the Jewish. I had learned a lot from Ben such as he was Jewish but looked as if he was Polish because of his Hair and eye colors.
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When we did get closer to the territory we made sure that there weren’t any Nazi’s soldiers in are way of moving behind enemy lines. If we did encounter any enemies in are line of sight we would either move passed or silently take them out if no dogs were accompanying them.
When we had almost gotten caught going through the Nazi’s territory but luckily Ben stopped this from happening by warning me before they could realize I was even there. What surprised me the most was the soldier was Yelling his head off but I didn’t hear him until I knew where he was. As well as we were lucky enough not to be the people he was yelling at which came out to be more soldiers that had not be

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