Chapters 62 through 66 Summary

Berel and Mutterperl are on grave detail when Berel begins seeing signs of madness in his friend. The men are among those uncovering mass graves, removing the badly decayed bodies, searching for anything valuable, then burning the bodies. Berel and Mutterperl have planned to escape and Mutterperl wants it to be now. However, Berel knows they must reach Prague and that is a long way from their current position, all through territory occupied by Germans. He is for waiting. Mutterperl begins saying they should grab guns from the guards and kill as many as possible before escaping. Berel tells him it is not possible. They continue to see one SS guard who pisses on the Jews buried in the mass graves. One day, Mutterperl grabs a gun and kills four SS soldiers before being shot and killed himself. Berel notes it...