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By Uri Orlev

“'Srulik, there’s no time. i would like you to recollect what I’m going to inform you. you'll want to remain alive. you should! Get anyone to coach you ways to behave like a Christian, the way to pass your self and pray. . . . crucial factor, Srulik,' he stated, speaking speedy, 'is to put out of your mind your identify. Wipe it out of your reminiscence. . . . yet whether you overlook everything—even if you happen to omit me and Mama—never put out of your mind that you’re a Jew.'"

And so, at purely 8 years previous, Srulik Frydman says see you later to his father for the final time and turns into Jurek Staniak, an orphan at the run within the Polish nation-state on the top of the Holocaust. With the chance of catch via German squaddies ever-present, Jurek needs to struggle opposed to hunger, the punishing Polish winters, and common anti-Semitism as he desperately searches for safe haven. advised with the unflinching honesty and detailed standpoint of the sort of younger baby, Run, Boy, Run is the intense account of 1 boy’s fight to stick alive within the face of virtually insurmountable odds—a tale the entire extra brilliant since it is true.

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The forester and his sister emerged from the house. The man slung his rifle on his shoulder, mounted the horse, and nodded to Srulik. "Be a good boy," he told him. His sister waved. Then she told Srulik to come to the barn. The dogs followed them. Inside were three cows and two small calves lying in some straw. The woman showed Srulik how to fill their feed stalls with hay and how to lock the barn door when he left. "Now repeat what I told you," she said. He passed the test with flying colors. She took a bucket and sat down to milk the cows.

They finished their tea. Yankel took Srulik and they crisscrossed back and forth through the crowded streets of the ghetto. " Yankel asked at each corner. "No," Srulik answered each time. In the end they gave up and rejoined the gang. *** Srulik was getting used to the new way of life—sleeping in lofts, roaming the streets, shoplifting by day, and breaking into stores before the curfew. The boys kept up their soccer games near the garbage bins where Srulik lost his mother. Each time they returned there, Srulik looked to see whether his mother was waiting for him.

Srulik told them what happened and showed them his ripped pants. He also, he now discovered, had a bloody cut on his foot. "You're lucky. " Srulik asked. A boy took some farmer's cheese from his pocket. Srulik broke off a piece, ate it, and licked his fingers. " he asked. "The Poles hang it in bags from their fences to dry. It's easy to steal it," the boy said. There was a consultation. " asked a small boy who was sharpening a pocket knife on a stone. "You keep out of this, Yosele," Shleymi said.

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