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__Ragdolls By: Henry Golde__ Entry # 1/p.1-12 3/22/11

__//Vocab//__
__requisitioned-__ a written request or order for something, as supplies.

__lorry-__ a long, low, horse drawn wagon without sides.

__linden-__ the soft, light, white wood of any of these trees, used for making furniture and in the construction of houses, boxes,etc.

__boulevard-__ a broad avenue in a city, usually having areas at the sides or center for trees, grass, or flowers.

__con- __ a person adept at lying, cajolery, or glib self-serving talk.

===//__Summary __//=== In the first section of my book it was alot about his life and his family. It was mainly and introduction. But after that it actually got pretty interesting. It told about his brother going to war to fight for Poland. After a while he came home and his parents didnt let him go back. They made Henry go out into the yard and burry his uniform. Then they decided to go and move to Gombin. It was a small town about 100 kilometers from their village. It told that whenever anything would happen, people would go into his dads barber shop to listen to the radio and he would go down to the school where all the soldiers under 18 were training for war.

Entry # 2/p.13-24 3/22/11

__//Vocab//__
__disembarked-__ to go ashore from a ship.

__deprivations-__ dispossession; loss.

__squadron-__ a portion of a naval fleet or a detachment of warships; a subdivision of a fleet.

__atrocities-__ a quality or state of being atrocious.

__prominent-__ standing out beyond the adjacent surface or line; projecting.

__//Summary//__
In the second section of my book it was mostly about the way to and from Gombin, and the time they spent there. on the way henry got tired of walking, so his brother carried him on his back for a while. then after a while henry got down and walked for a while again. then they found a kart with a bounch of sleeping soldiers and they got on for a ride. henry fell asleep on them. once he woke up he realized that they were not sleeping, they were dead. once they got to Gombin, they found a house across from a farmhouse. they decided to stay in taht hose with their neighbors from their town. the people across the street was a farm family. the Golde's and their neighbors got some food from them while they were there. in the house they spend about 2 or 3 day. all day, everyday the germans were dropping bombs on Gombin. so they decided to return to their home town.

Entry # 3/p.25-36 3/24/11

//__Vocab__//
__inclination-__ a disposition or bent, especially of the mind or will.

__degraded-__ reduced in rank, position, reputation,etc.

__drivel-__ childish, silly, or meaningless talk or thinking.

__indignant-__ feeling, characterized by, or expressing strong displeasure at something considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base.

__rampant-__ violent in action or spirit.

__//Summary//__
This section was a lot about new laws against jews. Some of the laws made the children wear a yellow badge on their left arm and in the center of their back that said jew in black ink at all times. The adults that didn't have beards had to wear the Star of David at all times as well. It was also about the Golde family moving. one morning Henry's dad woke him up saying, "the Germans are here." They had to get everything packed up they wanted and leave before the Germans came into their apartment and forced them to leave. It told about them getting taken to a concentration camp. They only got a bowl of watery soup and once they got it a german officer would beat them with a wooden paddle thing. Then a woman gave birth to a boy and a German "with a heart" named it for the woman. He also let them sing and brought the mom a loaf ob bread and the baby some milk. Another officer came in the next morning and put certain people on a train. They each got a loaf of bread per family. The train took them to a town where they could live. It went from a population of 4,000 people to a population of 10,000 people because of all the jews.

Entry #4/p.37-48 4/4/11

**//__Vocab__//**
__limbo-__ a place or state of imprisonment or confinement.

__sympathetic-__ looking apon with favor.

__cultivate-__ to prepare and work on (land) in order to raise crops.

__Zlotys-__ a coin in Poland.

__typhoid-__ an infectious, often fatal, disease.

//__**Summary**__//
Section 4 was alot about them moving to a different town on a train and what they did there. They did alot of farming with someone they meet. The farmers then gave them food and a place to live. They stayed there for quite a while. They also lived with their neighbors from their original town. The same ones they stayed with in Gombin when the German's Blitz Krieg kept attacking and bombing it. The neighbors also helped farm as well. The farmer gave them some of the crops for food and a place to live too. They can stay there as long as they want but if they stay to long, the German's will most likely find them so they may need to keep moving on.

Entry #5/p.49-60 4/6/11

**//__Vocab__//**
__twofold-__ twice as great or as much.

__sentry-__ a member of a guard or watch.

__cot-__ a light bedstead.

__Yiddish-__ a high German language.

__Hasidic-__ a member of a section founded in Poland.

**__//Summary//__**
Henry went to work on a farm to get food and a place to live. The had to keep two cows in a dirt space so that they wouldn't get into the corn and other crops. The did that for quite a while during the time he was living there. He had to sleep in the loft of the barn and only had straw to lay on and cover up with. He was also afraid living up there because he didnt want to get caught. Then he got a little home sick and wanted to go back because he had no one to hang out with. And his mother got sick so he went back to help his dad and brother take care of his mom.

Entry #6/p.61-72 4/13/11

__**//﻿Vocab//**__
__deluose-__ to free of lice.

__nagging-__ continually faultfinding.

__sabotage-__ any undermining of a cause.

Entry #10/p.109-122 4/29/11

__Vocab__
__stubbed-__ reduced to or resembling a stub. __traumatic-__ adopted to teh cure of wounds.

__munitions-__ ammunition

__conscience-__ an inhabiting scence.

__Camp B-__ a part in a concentration camp.

__Smmary__
Henry is now laying on top of a pile of dead bodies. This is his way of protection. He hopes that if he is still enough that no guard will realize he is alive. He is "playing dead." Once he was going to finally leave the pile, a guard cam over by the pile and happened to doze off. Now henry was stuck there for a while again. Nothing was going how henry wanted it to.

Entry #11/p.123-134 4/29/11

__Vocab__
__commentary-__ a series of comments

__churning-__ the act of a person or thing that churns.

__trance-__ a dazed condition.

__shepherd-__ to watch over carefully.

__boredom-__ a state of being bored.

__Summary__
Everyone piled into a box car and got taken to another place. When they arrived, there was a sigh saying how good work is. He had been doing work for a long time now and it was absolutely horrible. If you did something wrong at this place, you didnt get shot or hung, it was much worse. The Nazis broughttheir dogs over and just let them throw you arround and tear you up untill you were dead. Whenever this would happen, Henry would try to not hear the sreaming from the people. But it was to painful and they jsut screamed to loud.

Entry #12/p.135-146 4/29/11

__Vocab__
__skarzysko-__ a town in Germany

__yiddish-__ a language used in the Germany area.

__Magiars-__ gypsies.

__V2-__ fighter jet.

__Riddance-__ the act or fact of clearing away or out.

__Summary__
This new camp was much worse than the other one. Tere was many people who had tried and looked into escaping. Butthere was only one problem. The way out was through teh chimney. and it was nearley impossible to get through there. Im sureome people tried but no one succeded. Tis was going to get even harder on henry from here on out.

Entry #13/p.147-158 4/29/11

__Vocab__
__faint-__ lacking brightness, clearness, loudness, etc.

__scarce-__ semdom meet with.

__leery-__ wary; suspecious.

__wandered-__ to ramble without a definite purpose or objective.

__courtyard-__ an open area of ground surrounded by walls or buildings.

__Summary__
Like the previous chapter, the new camp is much more scarry than the first one. But ond day a German's came into Henry's barracks and told everyone to load into another boxcar. Henry was kind of happy to get out of there. But he still didnt know where they were going, But he didnt think it could be much worst then this one. once they all gotloaded in, it was a very very long ride to where they were going. once they arrived, he saw where they were. they were in Terezinstadt. This may be a little better than the last one. But mabey not.

Entry #14/p.159-171 4/29/11

__Vocab__
__balcony-__ raised purch

__pessimist-__ a person who sees the worst.

__liberation-__ get go; set free.

__inflicted-__ to impose something that must be suffored.

__disinfected-__ healed; better

__Summary__
This chapter was mainly about Henry getting leberated. He and everyone else in all of the camps around the world got set free. it was probably one of the beswt days in all of their lives. the germans finally gave in to the rest of the world and quit.

Entry #15/Epilouge 4/29/11

__Vocab__
__tailoring-__ doing a job that involves a tailor.

__sweatshops-__ old clothing stors.

__tavern-__ bar & grill

__bigotry-__ actions, prejudice, etc.

__strife-__ a struggle or clash.

__Summary__
This part was about his life after the holocaust. He ended up moving to Merrill, Wisconsin. he will never for get teh nightmares of teh holocaust.