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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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## 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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