How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #10
[…] they were all piling into a long room that was surprisingly warm and must have been very securely built because no rain was getting in anywhere. (19.1303)
This is one of the last scenes of the novel, and in it, Bruno and Shmuel are packed into a gas chamber with other Auschwitz prisoners. Even though this was a common way to kill people during the Holocaust, we're still left pretty shocked.