Chapter 8 Summary

Chapter 8: The chapter opening includes Georg Koves in the Buchenwald camp, where he gives us a vision of how the showers where, and his excitement because of the hot water. He is transported into a real bed, with real treatment. For him, things were starting to change. Food started increasing, and he met a guy named November that was next to his bed.  He tries to comunicate with the other patients that were with him; and also met a French doctor who gave him sugar lumps. The chapter continues with hope expectations, each time more atention, less hunger; better living. He spent in bed most of the time, knowing that now he has just survived.

Pietka is introduced in the novel as a new character, a man who valued freedom like nobody else. Later on, he stole a rifle; and say a few words to the whole camp: "We are free!"