"Frau Holtzapfel's Offer" was interesting, as it portrayed Frau Holzapfel's interest in books, more specifically, The Whistler. I found this to be very interesting, as she is willing to trade Rosa coffee to hear the rest of the story originally read aloud during the bomb raid. Frau Holtzapfel is shown to really appreciate the book, and she is willing to trade limited resources to hear it.
"The Long Walk to Dachau" included the many Jews that were killed for what they were, and in this case, publicly. This I found to be very dehumanizing, which was most likely the intent. In the process, an old man was pushed along the line of soon-to-be-dead Jews, and Papa felt sympathy for the Jew, and gave him bread. This was probably the worst idea he could have come up with, because this got the Jew and Papa whipped several times. This was pretty emotional for me, as this was how all Jews were treated at the time, as well as anyone who was "imperfect".
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