Section Eleven: Chapters 36-38 Summary

Mark and Jonas anxiously wait for Anna to return. When she does, she is traumatized at having killed Milkos. She explains why she had to kill him, and the men were unable to radio out for the air strike they needed. She tells them the Nazis shot five Jewish women and five Polish men that day. Jonas is visibly relieved, and he asks Mark if he will be able to kill these people. Mark understands why these actions must be taken, but it is Jonas who appears to want to back out of the mission. Mark asks him why the change, and Jonas reveals his father is a prisoner in the camp. Mark immediately understands. He returns to the idea of using E-Block as a way to save people and calculates how many people can fit. They...