All But My Life part 1: Neal Callahan

While i was reading the first part of All But My Life, i remembered how graphic and painful it is to read hear the stories of the Holocaust and its victims. Even though this book is very painful to read it is also one of the most inspiring books that i have read so far. All of the Jewish prisoners tend to form a bond when they are taken to the concentration camps, that eventually help each other survive another day. Like on page 112 when Ilse had a very painful headache during the train ride and a complete stranger offered her an aspirin to ease her pain. In my life so far i have never seen a complete stranger give up a valuable to help another, and ask for nothing in return when they have nothing. The bonds that were formed between these people on the brink of death are probably the strongest bonds known to man. Another example of this bond was when Gerda turned down the opportunity to get her workers permit to stay with her friend. I think Gerda turned down the permit mainly because she did not want to abandon one of her friends to almost certain death while she walked free.