Entry 1

The story opens with terrified nine-year-old Karl, alone in his apartment. Three big, hulking drags his mom. Karl tries to defend his mother but he got punched in the stomach so hard that he fell down, taking the chair with him. Karl decides to go to his Jewish friend, Emil. Two weeks earlier, Emil’s mother had told Karl not to come over any more because Emil was harassed and beaten by other children for playing with Karl, a Gentile. Karl was also hated by other children because he was friend with Emil. As Karl runs to Emil’s he reasons, “They’d have to let him in now. He didn’t have anyone else.