Oskar Dialectical Journal

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When Oskar was on the hill looking down on the Ghetto he saw something. He saw the lives of innocent people being ruined and families torn apart. People were filled with horror as they hid in the dark floors and small places in their homes hoping to survive. Some were chased down and many shot right next to their family. Another thing that he saw was the little girl in the red jacket. When he first saw her she was running to find the hiding spot that could save her life. She was hiding because they were liquidating the ghetto. The next time he saw her she was dead being carried to where they were burning dead bodies. He knew that he had to end this

Body2: He saved 1,100 jews from dying in the camps. He worked his way up to saving these

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