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Personal Narrative I Just Walked Into Auschwitz

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I have just walked into Auschwitz, it is horrible. I see people crying everywhere and little children all by themselves. The Nazis are making us leave all our belongings behind, I had my grandmother 's locket which they made me leave behind. I just wish that things had been different. They are doing tests on me which I have no choice to do. After a long day I sit there and remember that I have no more family, just me. I walked outside and saw the smoke stacks spewing smoke. After 4 years there were less and less people everyday. It was the last of my days. The gas chambers, we were on our way. While we were undressing when we heard an explosion. We knew it was liberation, that we would be

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