Chapters 25 through 48 Summary and Analysis

In chapter twenty-five, men and women were separated and Riva lost track of her brothers, but managed to stay with several girls she knew, including Karola and a girl named Rifkele Boruchowich. Riva wore glasses and she, like all others, put her glasses in a pile. They were then forced to undress, blasted with cold water, forced into the open air with no clothes and dressed in clothes that didn't fit. They were then shaved bald and Riva noted the piles of hair covering the floor of the room. They were then assigned to barracks and Rifkele found a woman named Tola who she knew.

In chapter twenty-six, Riva and the other women were treated horribly, often forced to stand outside for hours in all kinds of weather. One day a pot of hot soup was brought, but the...