The Story Of Sarah Starzynski

Our story starts with a young jewish girl named Sarah Starzynski. She was only ten years old when the French police came to her apartment in Paris and arrested her family. She was taken as well but before she left, she locked her little brother in their "secret hiding spot" which was a little closet in the wall. She took the key with her and put it in her pocket. The poor girl believed she would come back for her brother later that night. She thought the french police would not hurt her and her family. They were taken with many other jews to a holding spot where she saw many horrifying things and was extremely hungry and thirsty. They were then transported to a concentration camp called Auschwitz where she was separated from her parents. The next day she saw a french policeman that she recognized from her street. She became friends with a girl named Rachel and they decided to escape. They slide under a hole in ground and were immediately caught by the policeman Sarah knew. She begged him to let them go so she could go get her brother from the closet. He finally gave in because he felt guilty and gave her enough money to get to Paris. Rachel and Sarah walked a really long way until they reached a farm where they asked the residents who were living there for food and shelter. It was an old couple and they helped Sarah get food and eventually helped her reach Paris to find her brother. When they arrived in Paris at the apartment, people were already living there. She ran into her old room and unlocked the closet where her brother was "still hiding". He had suffocated and died from no food or water. The old couple took her away from the dreadful place . She disappeared for many years and did not keep in touch with the old couple who had helped her.