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> [“Your parents, Oskar and Mina. They are dead and gone now, Yanek, and we would grieve them if we could. But we have only one purpose now: survive. Survive at all costs, Yanek. We cannot let these monsters tear us…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/your-parents-oskar-and-mina-they-are-dead-and-gone-now-yanek-and-we/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

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> [“Remember: You are no one. You have no name. You do not speak, you do not look at them, you do not volunteer for anything. You work, bot not so hard they notice you. Gizela. Zytka. Your parents, Oskar and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/remember-you-are-no-one-you-have-no-name-you-do-not-speak-you-do-not/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

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## More by Alan Gratz

> [“You can live as a ghost, waiting for death to come, or you can dance .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/you-can-live-as-a-ghost-waiting-for-death-to-come-or-you-can-dance/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [“The ceremony was fast so we wouldn't be caught. When it was over, the men all whispered 'Mazel tov' and climbed back onto their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/the-ceremony-was-fast-so-we-wouldn-t-be-caught-when-it-was-over-the/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [“It was all a big joke. I could see that now. There was no rhyme or reason to whether we lived or died. One…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/it-was-all-a-big-joke-i-could-see-that-now-there-was-no-rhyme-or/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [“If no one saw them, no one could help them. And maybe the world needed to see what was really happening here.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/if-no-one-saw-them-no-one-could-help-them-and-maybe-the-world-needed/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [“I had survived the work gangs in the ghetto. Baked bread under cover of night. Hidden in a pigeon coop. Had a midnight bar…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/i-had-survived-the-work-gangs-in-the-ghetto-baked-bread-under-cover/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [“burst. How could I possibly wait? He turned to”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/burst-how-could-i-possibly-wait-he-turned-to/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [“Baseball, more than any other sport, has a magical way of connecting fathers and sons, mothers and daughters, grandparents and grandchildren and ancestors back…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/baseball-more-than-any-other-sport-has-a-magical-way-of-connecting/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [I think kids are incredibly savvy readers. I think we should give them all the credit in the world. They want to know the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/i-think-kids-are-incredibly-savvy-readers-i-think-we-should-give-them/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [“And that was the real truth of it, wasn't it? Whether you were visible or invisible, it was all about how other people reacted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/and-that-was-the-real-truth-of-it-wasn-t-it-whether-you-were-visible/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [“I shook with helplessness and rage, but also with fear. This was what fighting back earned you. More abuse. More death. Half a dozen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/i-shook-with-helplessness-and-rage-but-also-with-fear-this-was-what/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [“I had managed to scare even the monsters, and when you can scare monsters, you can be sure you've become one yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/i-had-managed-to-scare-even-the-monsters-and-when-you-can-scare/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [“What were they thinking, those little German children? Did they see animals when they looked at us, or people? I wasn't so sure myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/what-were-they-thinking-those-little-german-children-did-they-see/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [“If I had known what the next six years of my life were going to be like, I would have eaten more. I wouldn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/if-i-had-known-what-the-next-six-years-of-my-life-were-going-to-be/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [“Your parents, Oskar and Mina. They are dead and gone now, Yanek, and we would grieve them if we could. But we have only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/your-parents-oskar-and-mina-they-are-dead-and-gone-now-yanek-and-we/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

> [“the gibbous moon glowed bloodred in the sky,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-gratz/the-gibbous-moon-glowed-bloodred-in-the-sky/)

[Alan Gratz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-gratz/)

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