In this Chapter Irene finds out all the Jews will be wiped out by the 22nd of the month. This is also when she realizes that the house that she planned to hide her friends in will not be ready by the 22nd of the month. She needs to think of a place to keep them until the house is ready. To make matters worse she now only has six days left to think of a plan to help her friends. Irene ponders what to do desperately until she comes up with a new plan and a way to help other people then her friends also. She tells her friend Helen to spread the word about the Germans killing all the Jews and try to keep some other Jews safe also. She wants to save as many people as possible..... Soon the day comes when the soldiers arrive at the hotel to take all of the Jews. Irene prays that her plan will work. What she decided on was hiding her friends in a secret compartment they built in the laundry room until the soldiers leave. Irene comes very close to being caught when one solider ask to see the laundry room to make sure all of the Jews were taken. Luckily, he doesn't think to check in the little compartment. Although her friends are safe for the time, she knows she can't keep them there until morning because people would find them. She needs to pick another place to hide them. This is when she realizes she can hide them in the Major's bathroom behind a wall grate. Although, she will have to wait for darkness before she can sneak them in.
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