Part 2, Chapters 4-6 Summary

These three chapters describe the efforts of Andrei and Brandel to gain support for unity among the Jews in Warsaw, in order to more effectively defy the daily directives of the Nazi command relative to Jewish freedom and life quality. In Chapter 4, Andrei visits Paul Bronski in his new office as head of the Jewish Civil Authority, attempting to convince him that the Nazis have far worse plans for the Jewish people. Bronski has a much better apartment than that of most Jews, who have been relegated to a poor section of Warsaw, now called the ghetto. He has sent his fortune to Switzerland, while attempts to convince himself and Andrei that the situation for the Jews will not worsen.

Throughout Chapter 5, Alex Brandel is attempting to unify the various factions of Jews in an all out effort to...