vladic has returned from his vacation in the Catskills he's in rejo park and still trying to get art and franois to stay with him it's totally out of the question for art vladek still drives him crazy but vladic is worried that he can't live by himself anymore he's just too sick but he doesn't want to leave it's in these times he really misses Ana this reminds art what happened to Ana vlad's memory is a bit hazy he remembers that she left aitz earlier than him and also passed through gr Rosen manie still looked out for
Anya and in the end she was freed by the Russians and made it back to snitz before vladic after the war vladic tried to find manie to thank her but he never did now let's get back to 194 5 vladic is on the cusp of freedom but he hasn't seen the last of the Nazis just yet on the train everyone received a treasure box from the Swiss Red Cross vladic saved these precious items for later hey team just a reminder if you like this video please hit the Subscribe button and ring the notification Bell it
really helps the channel out and our next upload could be on something taught in your next class thanks and back to the video soon enough the train stopped and they were forced to get out the Germans marched them to the Swiss border because the train didn't go that far but they never made it after a while they just stood there for hours everyone wondered what was happening would the Germans really let them go word soon spread the war was over back to the train tracks they went in the next town it seemed not everyone had
gotten the message a v marked Patrol rounded them up and wouldn't let them go here vladek came across an old friend shivik from bjin they spent the night there waiting for the Nazis to kill them but by morning the Nazis had vanished and they'd even left their guns behind so the prisoners all went off in different directions vadic wasn't so so lucky he was part of a group that encountered another Nazi Patrol thus they found themselves captured at gunpoint again they waited all night and in the morning it was the same bizarre Story the Nazis
had run away again this time vladic and shivik decided it would be safer to find a place to hide and wait so they hid in a pit behind a mechanic's garage but the owner wasn't all that Keen on having them there he ratted them out as soon as he could but the Nazis were too busy fleeing to care so too were the villagers they were safe at last a few doors down they found a much better hiding place it was an empty house with cows chickens and clothes the owners must have dropped everything and fled
vladek and shivik feasted with joy although their stomachs couldn't handle it but at least they could start to feel human again a few days later the Americans showed up the Americans needed to use the house but they let them stay there as long as vladic and shivik worked for them vlad's English sure came in handy the Americans called him Willie eventually the owner of the house returned and she was Furious she called vladek and shc thieves they even had to to give back the clothes they'd been wearing back in REO Park vladic wants to give
Art some photos from Poland here's some of Uncle Herman Ana's oldest brother he ran the family's stockings Factory in wood in 1939 he and his wife went to America for the world fair and stayed there for the duration of the war but what about their two kids Loch and L Loch survived aitz and went on to become an engineer and renowned college professor sadly little L died with reichu and here's a photo of levik another of Ana's Brothers he fled to Russia when the war broke out but returned to Poland because life in Russia was
miserable for him maybe if he'd stayed in Russia he would have survived the war on vad side only vlad's little brother pck survived the war he deserted the Polish Army and fled to Russia where a family of peasant Jews kept him safe he even married one of them back in America vladic has gone to Florida which is where Mara is living now remember Mara is vladek's second wife she got fed up with vladic a few months ago and took off to Florida will they rekindle the flame suddenly art gets a call it's Mara she's calling
about vladic he's been admitted to hospital and theyve sort of patched things up again that's because when vladic was admitted to the hospital they called her and she visited him vladic talked and talked and in the end Mara felt compelled to help him now vadex left the hospital against doctor's advice he wants to go to a hospital in New York to be closer to Art in case anything bad happens so art flies down to Florida to help vladic and Mara out at the airport a tiny plane reminds vladic of the plane he left Poland in
Bound for Sweden that was the first time he'd ever been on a plane vadic wanted to go to America but there weren't enough visas for everyone luckily Uncle Herman helped the spiegelman get a visa to stay in Stockholm whilst they waited in Sweden vladic struggled to find a job because he didn't speak Swedish eventually vladic became a salesperson at a jewish-owned department store in no time vladic became successful he could sell anything a few years later it was time for Vlad and Ana to go to America in the US vladic made a living trading diamonds
but life was Never As Good As those years in Sweden finally art vladic and Mara arrive back in New York and vladic is rushed to the hospital thankfully the doctor says he's all right and can go home a month later art visits vladic and Mara but vlad's not doing very well he keeps forgetting things like the fact that art was coming to visit today he knows his father is tired but art must find out how the war ended for vladic it was 1945 and refugees were everywhere so the Americans set up a displaced person's camp
or DP camp in a German town called garish Parton kirken vladic and shivik went there but before long vladek became very sick his typhus had come back luckily he made a quick recovery and even found that life was good in the DP Camp when it was time to leave vladek and shivik headed north to Hanover to see shc's brother the problem was there weren't many train tracks left on their Journey they passed nurmberg this was where vladek had scrubbed the streets as a prisoner of war now it was reduced to nothing then they passed verburg
it was a complete mess there wasn't a building left standing deep down vadic felt like this was a form of Justice eventually they arrived in Hanover vladic knew he had to try and find Ana he'd heard that if he went to Belen he might get news of her when he arrived he saw two familiar faces Jenny and Sonia they warned him that he couldn't go back to snitz the Poes were still killing Jews there one of the women told him about the gilbers one of the sons returned to reclaim his family's home and bakery but
the Polish family who'd moved in refused and murdered him luckily one of the women had seen Ana in snitz she'd survived the camps too every day she waited for news about vladic one day she was so desperate she went to see a fortune teller Anya knew it was silly but it gave her hope the sea told told Anya that vladic had been sick and that she'd hear from him soon it turned out she was right a letter arrived for her it was from vladic he was alive and he even sent a picture as proof knowing
that Ana was still alive vladek headed to snitz shiv even tagged along until they got split up it took almost four weeks for vladic to get there that's what happens when train tracks are bombed to Smither when vladic arrived in snitz he didn't see many Jewish faces luckily those who were there recognized him and found Ana after so much and so long they were finally together again there wasn't a dry eye in sight and in 1982 vladic and Ana were reunited for the last time may they rest in peace wow what an epic story it
really goes to show how hope skill and some crafty thinking can help you through the worst of times not to mention a little bit of luck perhaps the next time things get tough for you remember vladic spiegelman always keep something up your sleeve we hope you enjoyed this schooling online production for more easy lessons check out our other videos
