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On the night of March 12th, 1942 my family and I were sound asleep. Suddenly, the door crashed open and we were awakened by four discordant German officers. Leaving all our precious belongings behind, we were forced to board the cattle cars of a train. Terrified, my family along with hundreds of others were crammed into the overflowing railroad cars. Fear filled all our eyes as we realized our gruesome destination was Auschwitz, the largest concentration camp in Europe. I'll never fail to remember the vile odor of burning flesh filling the air. Upon our arrival at the camp we were stripped of our belongings and divided into groups based upon age, gender and health. Being that I was 14 years old at the time, my mother encouraged me to lie about my age. Children under the age of 16 were deemed to certain death as they were considered useless and undesirable. A soldier aggressively ripped me from both of my parents. Deprived of both a hug and a goodbye I was placed into a group along with hundreds of other young men. The German officers were barbaric and inhuman as they shaved our heads and ordered us to strip our clothes. I along with hundreds of prisoners were ordered to wear a drab striped uniform. It consisted of blue and white slacks along with a long sleeve button up top and a cotton cap. In place of our birth names was a cloth emblem that indicated our individual identities. This patch had a four-digit number that was placed onto each inmate’s uniform. Now, instead of my…

All that we heard from behind us was the constant boom of the shotguns being fired. I could feel the burning in my lungs of the frigid winter air as me and my friend, Jeremy, were running to the car in the black of night. As we made it to the car I glanced around, like a prairie dog, making sure that nothing was out of the order around us. I quickly noticed that nothing was around us and proceeded to enter the car. Upon entering the car I jammed the key into the ignition and smashed the key into…

It was a humid and quiet day with my dad. Sitting in the woods waiting for one thing and only one thing. The only thing to hear for miles was the wind whistling in your ear as it passed. It was the last wednesday of the month, November 29, 2016. The second day of rifle season at the same time the last day of rifle season. A lesson came in as the bullet hit, a lesson that will never be forgotten. Sitting in the wood’s did not smell delightful, smelled like dirt and that’s it. Freezing sitting…

finished my last test before Christmas vacation. I after school waiting for the basketball game to begin so I could cheer. I had been cheering for two years. I only did cheerleading because my bestfriend shei didn’t want to try out by herself and I actually enjoyed it . Then out of the blue I got a phone call from my older sister Desiree saying my house caught on fire. I was devastated because I lost everything but luckily no one got hurt. I cried until the basketball game started the whole time…

It was a cold winter day in December when this tragic day happened. I was twelve years old when this tragic day happened. Not only was this event unexpected, but was event was burned into my mind forever. It was a cold December day, and I was in my house in Dierks, Arkansas. I was in my room playing Minecraft with my friend Brenden. It was fine, but then we heard a loud noise. It was all fine, until we got hungry so I went and got us something to eat and drink. when I got to the kitchen my…

“Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” (Moore, 1). It was on the 24th of December my mom had been going into labor a little baby girl would be arriving: my sister. She had been due on the 25th the day after Christmas Eve: Christmas day. If she had came tomorrow, she would have been a Christmas miracle! Anyhow, we all got into the minivan with my grandpa driving us to the hospital while my dad held my mom’s hand persistently…

he does not believe people can benefit from only material things. He also shows sympathy for Scrooge during his Christmas gathering despite that Scrooge treats him in such a rude manner. Scrooge’s employer, Fezziwig, displays a prime example of how happiness is more important than currency. He closes work early on Christmas day to gather everyone together and have a party, just for the opportunity for everyone to enjoy themselves. The example that surprises Scrooge most of all is the Cratchit…

I sat by the hearth warming my cold hands against the blazing fire. My hands were too numb even to begin my schoolwork. The mile walk from the schoolhouse was a great burden during winter days. When I arrived home the hem of my skirt was soaked from the piles of snow on the ground. My mother worked hard to provide for me and my many siblings. My winter coat was merely scraps of cloth sewn together. We were all expected to do our part around the house. Being the oldest I had to care for my…

I went to visit her in New York for Christmas, which is where she lives and the rest of my family and a huge accident happened that impacted my life still till today.…

At the beginning of my Christmas break, I was sitting by a smoky, hot fire with some hot coco with marshmallows in it with a warm blanket on a cold day.On the second day of break, I was riding my four wheeler drifting on the icy roads trying to go get more wood for my family's fire at my grandma and grandpa's house .But when I got there and there was a big puff of smoke in the back and it smelled like a fire so I ran back there, but it was just my grandma and grandpa making a fire so they could…