Under The Second Soviet Occupation

 

A once again peaceful Stanislawow

 
   Free at last! After enduring such hardship I was so glad to see William and his wife being able to return to Stanislawow and resume their jobs of engineer at the power plant and pharmacist, respectively. This chapter was on of joy and redemption; I got to see William returning to the people that he had bartered his clothes and possessions to for food and get most back.
     It was interesting to see William say that after he had survived such mass murder he did not believe in miracles and said that it was not possible to explain how he had survived other than to attribute it to luck. At first glance, that confused me, I though 'how could you survive all that had transpired in your city and not give thanks to some higher power?' But then I remembered the countless friends and family members that he lost during the German occupation of his city and then it became clearer to see. He had totally given up hope and somehow survived anyways, for him, his life was still a tragedy and no compensation would ever change his mind.