Through out the book Mrs.Klein tells about how she has death vermin and disease all around her; but in the second part it gets more personal. She has already lost her immediate family and then she tells about losing Ilse its really tough on her and the reactions she gets from everyone is oh well. I could relate to her on that part i lost a close friend of mines in a driveby shooting but the person dying right beside me i could not imagine. Mrs. Klein survives alot of trials and tribulations I do not think i could endure.