EXTRACT: Perseverance

“You make me laugh,” he says, leaning forward, his face illuminated somewhat. “I suppose you’re going to tell me next that you’re not Jewish,” he says flatly. He delights in that question. It is a moment he always relishes. How many Jews had sat before him and denied their identity. It tickles him. “Hmmm?”

EXTRACT: CH 30 In black and White

To an outsider, it would have looked like a beautiful winter’s day. The young friends laughed and played in the crisp air, like carefree students on holiday or on a romantic getaway. The worries of war and death, fleetingly, for a thankful moment, banished from their minds. Their laughter wafted across the open expanse through the barn doors and over the deafened ears of the dead farmer and his wife buried underneath the haystack.

Approximate numbers of European Jews Murdered by Country

Country	Pre-war Jewish Population	Estimated Murdered	%
Lithuania	250000	245000	98%
Poland	3300000	3000000	91%
Greece	75000	65000	87%
Slovakia	89000	71000	80%
Yugoslavia	78000	60000	77%
Latvia	91500	70000	77%
Netherlands	140000	100000	71%
Hungary	825000	550000	67%
Bohemia/Moravia	118000	78000	66%
Norway	1700	762	45%
Estonia	4500	2000	44%
Romania	609000	270000	44%
Belgium	66000	25000	38%
Soviet Union	3020000	1000000	33%
Luxembourg	3500	1000	29%
Austria	185000	50000	27%
Germany	565000	142000	25%
France	350000	77000	22%
Italy	44500	7500	17%
Denmark	8000	60	1%
Finland	2000	7	0%
Bulgaria	50000	0	0%