The Auschwitz Escape by Joel C. Rosenberg

Author:Joel C. Rosenberg [Rosenberg, Joel C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Historical, Suspense, War, FICTION / Christian / Suspense, Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense
ISBN: 9781414336244
Google: u0NeAgAAQBAJ
Amazon: B00E1O7EZK
Goodreads: 18232495
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2014-03-15T05:00:00+00:00

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Jacob didn’t know whether to be elated or concerned.

After all, this was the man he had first met at the medical clinic, the man who later had provided him additional soup and bread in the cafeteria. This was the man of whom Abby spoke so highly. Was he for real, or was he fooling them all?

Luc made no attempt to personally connect with Jacob that day. Indeed, for the first few days, Jacob’s new kapo rarely even made eye contact with him. He did not say anything particularly friendly or personal or act like they had even met before. He simply showed Jacob and the new men assigned to him what their jobs were and put them to work.

One of the men was responsible for mixing enormous batches of dough. Two more helped Luc roll the dough and shape it into hundreds upon hundreds of loaves of bread. Jacob was assigned to the gigantic, industrial-size ovens. He was responsible for cleaning them at night and doing basic maintenance on them to keep them in working order. Throughout the day, Jacob’s task was to put the large baking sheets of bread into the ovens and ensure the temperatures and timers were set properly. When the timers went off and the loaves were fully baked, he removed the sheets from the ovens and put them on cooling racks. In the meantime, he was supposed to wipe down counters, mop floors, and keep the entire bakery clean and orderly.

Luc was by no means rude or impolite during this time. He simply seemed indifferent, and this surprised and disappointed Jacob. Wasn’t it Luc who had directed him to meet with Abby? Wasn’t it Abby who’d directed him to meet with Steinberger and Frenkel? For Jean-Luc Leclerc to show up in Jacob’s life now and say nothing about Steinberger or Frenkel nor bring him any message from Abby—nor say anything personal at all—seemed odd, to say the least. Indeed, there were times in those first few days when Jacob felt angry, even betrayed. And he wasn’t exactly free to initiate a conversation with Luc on his own. Every day there was an enormous amount of work to be done. The conditions were hot, sweaty, and noisy. Armed soldiers came in often to demand bread for themselves and their friends. There was rarely a moment of privacy or solace.

Luc was not without some sense of compassion, however. Every few days he would let a large piece of bread drop to the floor near Jacob, and when the coast was clear, Jacob would reach down, scoop it up, and eat it as quickly as possible. Sometimes it was a chunk of warm, soft bread fresh out of the oven. Sometimes it was a piece of dry crust that otherwise might be thrown away. Either way, each morsel was a godsend. Eventually Jacob noticed that Luc was doing this for the other men, too, as well as making sure all of them had buckets of fresh, clean water that they could partake of whenever they wanted.

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