his friend's life in jeopardy. At any time if the guards would have found Leo hiding in his place.
they both would have been taken and punished. One last big challenge Leo had to face was a.
physical ailment, an agitated hernia. Even though many times his hernia would act up Leo .
continued to push himself harder and harder leaving his health issues behind. These challenges.
that Leo faced and others around him had to face made them stronger and in the end they were.
able to accomplish one important thing, staying alive.
Throughout the Holocaust people were continually being de-humanitised. In Leo's book.
he shows even more ways dehumanization occurred. One way which it occurred was that Jews.
such as Leo had to become someone else to survive. They had to not be Jews, but take on an.
alias. For example, many people, including Leo, waited to receive a birth certificate which would.
change their identity. Once the identity card was given, Leo was no longer Leo instead he.
became Max Henri Lefevre. This card allowed him food and clothing, and avoid deportation.
Another way that people faced dehumanization was that they were captured and taken to.
concentration camps. At the camps they were either exterminated immediately or were put to.
work to die. The work included heavy construction, many would die of exhaustion from this.
They were thrown into trains, and many times beaten. As they reached a camp Leo explained that.
their valuables were taken and they were issued a yellow star in which they had to wear at all.
times. The yellow star separated them from normal people, the "non-Jews", it made them stand.
out and was a signal that others could walk all over them (pg. 151). Their lives were taken from.
them and these people no longer became people. The became numbers, and lice-infested animals,.
which were left without food and shelter and many times left without families. .
One aspect of the story that I had difficulty understanding was in the beginning when.