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110-115

Josef

Dad is still crazy saying the Nazis are after them. Mom and Josef have to try and calm him. A person on the ship- Professor Weiler- has died of cancer. Father who has not left the boat since they boarded wants to go to the funeral. Father says he saw lots of men die in Dachau (concentration camp) without funerals.

Schiendick wants to cover the body in with the Nazi flag which is a German law to cover the body before dropping it in the sea. Father disagrees/argues. Captain Schroeder breaks up the argument and Schiendick leaves. (Interesting he is standing up for Jews and not the Nazi side.)

Some Jewish traditions like ripping your clothes to show sympathy for the wife and throwing sand on the body happen.

20

116-120

Isabel

A larger tanker shipping boat is headed right toward Isabel’s boat. They are able to get the engine to start but the large waves get water into the boat and Ivan’s father goes overboard. Isabel jumps in to save him.

21

121-128

Mahmoud

For more than a week, the smuggler has told Mahmoud’s family that the boat is coming “tomorrow.” The family walk back to the abandoned mall but are not allowed inside. Two men in tracksuits, one with a gun in his waistband, tell Mahmoud’s father that they have to pay to stay at the mall. The price is outrageous, so the family leaves, but Mahmoud is exhausted.

While trying to find a place to sleep, Mahmoud waves down a car and tells the occupants that they need somewhere to stay. The driver is an old man named Samih Nasseer who speaks Arabic and says he is a refugee from Palestine 67 years ago and now lives in Turkey. Nasseer agrees to help them, but Mahmoud’s father receives a text from the smuggler saying that the boat is ready. This time a boat is there.

22

129-135

Josef

One day away from Cuba there is a celebratory party. When they reach Cuba, a doctor wants to inspect all passengers. Father is crying and paranoid during the examination by the doctor. Josef slaps Father and says the doctor is a Nazi who will send them back if he makes a sound/movement. They pass the inspection, but Cuban police won’t allow anyone off the boat.

23

136-140

Isabel

Isabel grabs Senor Costillo, who is not moving. The group pulls everyone back into the boat. The engine has died again and they bail water out of the boat. Senor Costillo is alive, but weak. Lito says a storm is coming.

24

141-146

Mahmoud

The boat is really an overcrowded raft. The family pays the smugglers and gets on. They are headed for Lesbos, in Greece. People are getting sick and there is freezing cold rain. Someone yells “I see rocks!,” there is a large boom, and Mahmoud falls into the sea.