In A Heartbeat
Echoes of Yesterday
Disclaimer- nope still don't own IAHB, never will…
Thanks for the reviews , also to Gila Draper ,Tyler and Val are both Polish.
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Tyler part 2-Poland, 1942
The villagers began to scream, fearing suffocation. Tyler and the other men, who were closer to the door began to pound on it desperately hoping for someone, anyone to free them. But no one answered the cries and pounds for help, and soon any noise in the boxcar became a soft whimper.
It was incredibly dark inside the car. Tyler could barley make out William's face. The only light, crept through little spaces in the boards. It seemed as if there was no air in the room, and it was extremely hot.
"Where are they taking us?" someone called.
"When will they let us out?" said another.
"I heard of another village taken away in a boxcar." Yitzchak mumbled. "They were made to lie down in trenches and then , Lord God, they were slaughtered as they lay there by the soldiers with machine guns…"
"Hush Yitzchak. These are just stories. How do you know they are true?" Dr. Johansen's wife, Rivka retorted.
"They must have been true once to become stories."
"We will be safe, as long as we are in God's hands." the rabbi said trying to create order.
"How safe are they now?" Yitzhak said angrily. Tyler nudged him to be quiet. He never though before he spoke and was always arguing.
"I hear a train!" William yelled. Tyler bent down to see through the crack and managed to see another train coming down the tracks. It bumped against them, shaking the boxcar so much that it was hard to stand. After that no one spoke except to call for help from any village they passed by.
The smell in the crowded boxcar was overwhelming. Mixed with human perspiration, fear, and the smell of children being sick. Thankfully Tyler was by one of the air pockets.
"You're thinking of that Shabbos goy, (non Jew),Val aren't you?" William asked wisely.
"I know you don't like her."
"That's where you're wrong. She's a fine girl. I just worry about what you to will have to overcome to get married as you planned."
"I don't know, I think she'd like our new 'home'." he joked.
William laughed and others joined. They were laughing, so not to cry.
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They traveled in the boxcar for five days. The only way Tyler could tell was by the changing light and the heat. Under a noon sun it was like being in an oven, at night it was unbearably cold.
Then finally the train stopped. And the doors were suddenly trust open, exposing then to the outside.
It was then they discovered two children had died and four old women. All the bodies thrown out by the soldiers on to a pile.
Water was given out and Tyler grabbed for it gratefully. He had barley gotten a sip of the cool, refreshing, liquid before it was taken out of his hands.
"Raus, 'raus, schnelller!" a man commanded in harsh German. "Out, Out, faster."
His head felt dizzy from the sudden rush of air. He put a arm around William's shoulder seeing how weak he was.
"Down there!" the soldier's commanding voice called again pointing with his gun.
Tyler and the others followed the line of his pointing gun. Below them, down on a gravel road, was a line of barracks. There were so many of them that Tyler lost count. Near the barracks was a sign. A wrought-iron gate that stood close to the barracks proclaiming the sign; ARBEIT MACHT FREI "Work makes you free". A sign that led them into Auschwitz…
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Okay, that's it. Tell me what u think….