Climbing the Fence

Avatar Author: someday_93 "The last page doesn't necessarily mean the end." *Right Now:* I’m a high-schooler trying to figure out what comes next. I am a girl with a notebook, a violin and a pair of ballet shoes trying to understand the world. ... Read Bio

The worst part was the fence. Taller than any of us, and made of sharp wire, it enclosed the entire camp and cast a spindly shadow across everything. It made me feel like an animal. Caged in.

We didn’t have to wear our stars anymore. This should have been a comfort, but it was not.

No one here bothers to learn the others’ names. We know that we are here for one reason, and that is not to work. No, it is to die.

Every night, I tuck Anna in before curling up with the baby. “Judith?” She asks, tucking her damp hand into mine. “When do we get to go home?”

This is when I decide. I wrap the baby in my shawl, and tie it securely to my back. “We’re going to climb the fence,” I tell her.

As we approach, gunshots fire from behind.

I pull Anna, but as I watch, a red flower blooms from the front of her dress, and my little sister falls to the ground. Tears stream from my eyes, but I do not, I can not, stop.

With the baby born to me from the Nazi who hurt me, I ascend.

I do not know what waits on the other side.

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  1. Avatar PJ Deane [[LoA]]

    This is one of your best.
    E-e-e-even though Jewish children weren’t kept to work, I can ignore the inaccuracy because it was just so well written.
    The second last sentence is powerful, because it reveals so much about the girl’s situation.

  2. Avatar someday_93

    Are you sure?
    Haven’t you heard of Anne Frank? They took all ages to death camps. At least that’s what I’ve been taught…

  3. Avatar PJ Deane [[LoA]]

    Hmm… Yes, but they didn’t work at death camps. They were ushered into big buildings and told to take a shower, but the water was a poison. As far as I know only people who were ‘eighteen’ were made to work instead of killed.

  4. Avatar kaellinn18

    Wow, this was not at all what I was expecting from the title. This is really great. I wonder if she made it over.