Chapter Two- Dachau

"What's your name?" A young solider asked me, I didn't respond, I simply stared at him, giving him an angry look."
If you don't wish to answer then you will have someone worse than me to deal with, so I suggest you stop being proud and tell me you name, now I will ask you one more time, what is your name?","
Like it's important, you don't really care about our names, you refer to us as just numbers, not even human, am I right?"
The solider looked up from his paper and stared at me, his eyes were as blue as the ocean I got caught in them for a second…
"Is something the matter here, Major?" A tall old man approached the table; He had blonde hair and brown eyes.
"No, not yet Lieutenant, I believe she was just about to tell me her name." "Abegayle, Abegayle Tomas…What's yours?" he looked at me again, and chuckled a little.
The lieutenant wasn't amused "I don't really think that is an appropriate question to ask Major Eckhart, His uncle could have you killed for that."
I took one step forward towards him "And who's that?" "General Philipp Eckhart" Major Eckhart replied, but your holding up the line, what is your age?" "18 years old" "Your birthday?" "April the 25th"
"Thanks that will be all" "You will be in hut D, You go over to that group, strip down and grab a green sack from over there, now do you understand that? You will have the option of shaving your head or not, it's up to you if you wish to get lice or not I would advise it though"
"I understand completely, I really do, though I don't understand what a complete joke this is, you guys are seriously all responsible for the death of thousands of people and your all going to hell" with that I turned around and 4 soldiers grabbed me and took me into a small hut at the end of the camp, in it was a rag on the floor and a small pile of hay and a bucket in the corner. "Let's see if you feel the same way after a day or two of isolation" the lieutenant slammed the door shut and with that I heard a click.

I'm cold, and I am hungry, So much for a day or two it's been a week in here and no one has come yet to release me, The only thing I have been able to eat is the bread and water that some kind person has snuck through a hole, I doubt that it is from a guard for they are not human, I doubt that Dachau is any better than this. I'm guessing that I am delusional because my thoughts keep coming back to that young solider and his eyes, it seemed that when he looked at me he actually saw me as me, and not just a Jew. But, he was one of them, and then I began to hate him even more.

"Hello? Umm…Wake up! Time to get out of this hell hole" I slowly pulled myself up. "The hut…or the camp?" I said.
"Sorry only the hut, You really should not have said what you did when you were getting signed up, now the soldiers will have it in for you, I take it you also got the food and water that I put into that hole in the wall for you, My uncle wishes to have a word with you about something, Could you follow me please" he turned and begun walking, I stood there in a daze, he stopped and turned when realizing I was not moving " What's the matter" Major Eckhart asked,
"Why are you so polite?" "Huh? I don't know what you're talking about" "You always say please, you've never raised your voice, you gave me food and seem like you don't want to be here" we then began to walk
"well, I was brought up well, so I have manners, I don't believe yelling is the answer, I gave you food so you wouldn't starve in there and your right I don't want to be here, my uncle made me join his regiment, once my mother and my father died a couple of years ago and he adopted me, in a way." we approached a hut that was double the size of the huts that we were to stay in and there was only one person to this too, other than that it's probably better inside too.

"There's no one in here?" I said, Major Eckhart went around the hut closing the windows and blinds and then he stopped and came up in front of me.
"Sit down if you want, my uncles a while away attending to a matter of urgency, he sent me telegram to bring you here and wait for him, are you thirsty?"
"Yes, but why are you being like this?" he poured me a glass of water and handed it too me "Being like what?"
"Nice? You're not like the other soldiers" "really thank god that's a relief"
" I didn't say you were any better than them" he smiled he stood up straight from leaning on the chair, I realized that he was taller than 6ft, he took of his uniform hat, and I was shocked, I actually believe that I dropped my mouth for he figured something was wrong "What's the matter" he asked
"Your hair its brown" "Yes, it is that's very observant"
"Well I thought Hitler only allowed blonde hair, blued eyes; I thought it was accustomed to meet those requirements"
"well, my eyes are blue but my uncle is General so I got away with it, now I have some news for you Abegayle, Remember that lady you were in the wagon with on your way here, there was news that she was killed yesterday by a soldier trying to escape, I wanted to know if she had discussed her plans with you about her escape?"
" No she didn't tell me anything about those events" I was a little shocked that Garna had been killed, I felt that we had developed a friendship in that wagon and that we would be there for another to help each other out during our time at Dachau "That's all I needed to know"

"Major Eckhart, What is ones life like in this camp?" he looked away, and then looked back "Depends, the rate you're going talking back and all that, I don't know not long, but those that don't show their strength, months"
He just stared for a second then he said " Abegayle?" he looked down then back at me "You can call me Derek when we're talking like this, I don't like my rank, I don't want to have anything to do with what my uncle is doing here" "Okay, Derek, How old are you?"
"That was really brave of you asking a question like that" we both laughed and he answered "I'm 19 Years old" his smile faded,
"Abegayle, please remember this, for I am only going to tell you once, do not show your strength, for they will try to break you, I have seen so many things here and lots of people who have their strength break down on them. Don't be like those people and have that happen to you, I can tell you're strong and that you will get through this if you listen to them, I believe that is my uncle arriving I must go now, I will be back, Bye for now Abegayle"
"Bye for now Derek" He stood up and went out the door, I stood up and paced, I guess I was nervous to meet the general afraid that I had done something wrong…