Chapter Five - The Second Honeymoon Summary

Artie sits at his own home and listens to his father's tape recorded voice relate the story of Tosha and how she poisoned the infants in her care, including Richieu, to avoid having them murdered by the Nazis (the story was previously illustrated in Part I, Chapter 4). Artie then remembers how, eventually, Mala had returned to live with Vladek, and how she had one day telephoned him to inform him that Vladek was very sick.

Artie and Françoise travel to Vladek's home where they find him weak and fairly disoriented. Artie briefly speaks to Vladek who remembers that after the war ended he was eventually reunited with Anja and then they went to Stockholm, Sweden, where he worked as a textile salesman for a few years before they were able to emigrate...