Auschwitz: The Book Thief

Personally I have been to Auschwitz. Auschwitz was one of the biggest concentration camps during WWII one of which David went to. It is a frightening sight. Coming in on these cattle wagons and not knowing which faith there is for you at this location. Seeing your own family get split up and some taken directly to the gas chamber. Losing all faith in humanity because of the actions taken by these people. 6 million Jews were killed during this time. David was one of the lucky, one of the few who survived.

The book starts out by explaining how the family has to go on the run from the Nazis. They walk all day to reach a Town called Sosnowiec. In Sosnowiec they stay with this very nice and polite family that takes them in. One of the thing described is how they already hear the guns and they feel the war coming close to them. I find this very disturbing to hear their family is already getting split and torn apart. This is the last time they will be together as a family. The family they live with is one day taken and David sneaks out to find them. He then finds his dad working in a trench tells him to run. He actually saves his dad 's life …show more content…
To keep chasing the dream of safety they sneak out into the rich area of Tarnów where they think they have found their safe haven but they are very wrong. Nazi soldiers grab them and they go straight to the gestapo headquarters. Here the biggest blow comes to David as he watches his brothers get tortured with horrible techniques which eventually leads to his death. The memory of Romek is what leads on David to write this book. This can also be drawn into the title "Because of Romek". In their apartment in the ghetto his final hope is almost shattered as the rest of his family except his sister gets killed. They are the only ones to stay but gets transferred to Szebnia to then shortly after get transferred to