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We Fought Back

By John Koch

Setting

Czechoslovakia's Tatra Mountains

In1942

Theme

Characters

  • The author is trying to inform us that the people fought back and would not go down without a fight.
  • Romi Cohn - Joined a group of Partisans to fight back.
  • He lost his grandparents in a concentration camp.
  • He was also in charge of 100 families to give food to while they were is hiding.

Plot

  • The partisan group he joined all wanted to fight back.
  • They kept fighting so they could kill the German soldiers.
  • The partisans got their supplies by killing the German soldiers and taking their things.
  • War was constantly happening between the partisans and the German soldiers.
  • German soldiers started to fear the partisans.
  • When the Partisans captured German Soldiers they would torture them, because that's what the Germans did to all people who got caught.

Climax

  • The Germans catch Romi and find out he is in charge of 100 families.
  • The Germans are taking him to a concentration camp.
  • He breaks free and runs away.
  • He finds his friend and asks if he can be in charge of the families.
  • On his way back to the Partisan camp he and a partner catch a German.
  • Romi lets his partner kill him because he feels its against his religion.

He met his sisters and dad after the war. He immigrated to New York. He has a successful construction business. Romi speaks about his experiences during the Holocaust to schools around the U.S.

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