From the very beginning of this novel, I've found that hatred is going to be a very large element within the story. Not only Nazi hatred of the Jews, but Jewish hatred of the Nazis. Once the Jews begin being deported from their countries, it seems like each group starts hating each other for different reasons. Jews hated Nazis for the terrible acts committed unto themselves, Nazis hated Jews for being supposed swine and scum of the Earth, and Jews hated their countrymen for standing by while they are rounded up like cattle and shipped off to work until their gruesome death. In such dire and terrible circumstances, it is no surprise to me that the different groups begin to hate each other. "It was from that moment that I began to hate them, and my hate is still the only link between us today. They were our first oppressors. They were the first of the faces of hell and death." (pg. 17)
However, within the Jewish population working at the camps, people grew closer and closer together. It is interesting how these two emotions played such a huge part in people's lives during this time period.
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