The soldiers are finally giving us a break. I am weak. So weak that I can barely walk. The mixture of hunger, thirst, and tiredness makes me dizzy and light-headed. I feel as if I am on the edge of death. I smell a putrid scent in the air. A large building with large smokestacks is up ahead. Must be burning something, I think. Something horrible. Right after I think that, a huge tractor-like truck pushing a huge mound of something towards a large pit. With a closer look, I realize they are dead bodies. As the bodies are shoved in, I can’t help but think that my family...
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