The execution itself did not take long; more time was spent on the preparatory digging of the grave. - Ida Fink

The car was silent. But just as we reached the door, came the first whispers: "Jews. They caught some Jews." (p29)

They were saying that we had eaten up all our fruit while it was still green, and that we were right to do so, because who knows what would happen to us by winter. What they were saying was absolutely true. ("The Garden that Floated Away")

Once again it was quiet, too quiet after what had happened. ("The End")