Hetty's Unexpected Suicide

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Thursday, Hetty got put on the left side which was the unhealthy side. When the SS had put her on the left of the two groups she froze. She didn’t know what to do, but one of the men from the SS threatened her so she ran,avoiding a bullet to the head. She was trying to figure out what to do to avoid death and because she was only eleven she was able to easily hide behind people that were taller than her and walk to the other group, the healthy group. Hetty thought that they would find her so, even though she had no hope left in her body, she prayed to God. Making a quick decision to see if it was safer to hide in the back or middle of the healthy group, she made her way to get to the middle where she felt safest. Hetty d’Ancona whispered “I

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