Chapter 11

" Quickly my darlings! They are boarding the trains right now! Hurry!" Elena and the rest of us ran towards the trains traveling to Oscar Schindler's labor camp. We were already very late.It was 4:30 in the morning and we were supposed to be there at 4:00am.

"Mama, I changed my mind. I don't want to leave you. I want to stay!" We all turned to Hannah and stared at her in confusion. None of us knew what to say. We had no idea if the rest of us were going to survive this whole ordeal. But we knew that we had to say anything that would force Hannah to go to Schindler's camp where they have a chance to survive.

"Shhhhhhhh, Hannah. We will all be here waiting for you when you return. I promise my child. We will be together again soon. But I need you to do one thing for me. I need you to listen and never leave Sarah when your away. You do everything she tells you to do." Elena hugged her little child tightly before letting her go. Saying goodbye to Sarah and Hannah was so hard for me. They had become my sisters.

"Llana, please take care of all of them. Especially Nathan." Tears poured down from both of our faces as we gave our last goodbyes.

Soon more and more people began crowding around us saying their farewells to their loved ones. It began to get very packed near the trains so we had to let go of them. The time had come when they needed to go. We pushed Sarah onto the train first. One of the boys her age helped pull her up. But before Hannah could have a chance to climb on, the train started moving. Sarah reached out her arms as far as she could, but there was so many people crowding us that she lost grip of Hannah's hands. The train was moving faster and faster. In a split decision, Nathan pushed us all aside and picked up Hannah from behind. With one great shove, Nathan lifted Hannah up high above the crowds. Sarah caught Hannah's hands and pulled her aboard. Sarah cradled her little sister in her arms as the two of them waved goodbye to us.

"We will be right here when you get back!" Elena shouted to her children. People all around us were waving goodbye to their relatives and friends. I waved until I couldn't see the train anymore. Then the strangest thing happened. For some strange reason, something behind me made me turn around. Behind me, I saw Oscar Schindler climb into his car. Nobody else saw him. I was they only one that noticed him. I waved to him with all my might, jumping up and down. From his car, I saw him take of his sunglasses and roll down his window to see who this strange girl that was jumping up and down to him was. After a few seconds, he recognized me and waved back. Tears welled up in my eyes as I saw his reaction growing more and more cheery. After his car pulled away, I turned back around and tried to find Nathan. Elena and Izak were still waving even though the train was well down the tracks. I couldn't find Nathan. I pushed my way threw the crowd looking for him. Then I saw him. He was walking down the street in a hurry towards our apartment. I called out his name, but he ignored me. I ran as fast as I could to try and catch up with him.

"Nathan, the best possible place they can be right now is on the train heading towards Oscar Schindler's labor camp. He said himself that they would be safe."

"That's not it Llana. I know that they will be safe. It's just…" He grabbed my arm and pulled me towards a dark alley.

" It's just that I heard there will be another selection tomorrow. Look at mama and papa. They are so weak and thin. How will they pass it?" Nathan whispered so that no body else could hear our conversation.

"We will hide them in the house. So that when the Nazis order us outside, they will not see them and think that we are by ourselves." There was a long silence.

"Ok, Llana. They can hide under the floor boards. You should go to though."

"I can't Nathan. They will get too suspicious if its just you in the whole apartment. We both look healthy enough to pass the selection."

We were both relieved with our plan up until we heard Nazis around us shout " Line up for the selection! Schnell! Men to the left and women to the right!"