Chapters 21-25 Summary

During the ghetto liquidation, Keneally takes us back to a familiar face with Poldek Pfefferberg. He has married a woman named Mila, a young doctor who came from a long line of other doctors who met the same fate as Rosalia Blau. They both lost their families, met in the ghetto, and soon married. However, on this day of the Atkion, they argue and separate briefly when Poldek goes to help Dr. H. When he returns to Mila in his building, he finds it empty. He hides behind a different building and watches the most evil act he's ever witnessed. A woman is screaming and running away from two large dogs. One of them is pulling at her clothing and tearing apart her thigh. Suddenly, one of the officers takes her child (two or three years old) and throws it against...