Briar Rose Chapter 16 Summary

  • Becca tells her parents about what she learned. They don't see how Gemma could have made it out of an extermination camp alive.
  • She tells her parents she's planning to take a trip to Poland. They don't seem particularly happy about this news.
  • At work, she tells Stan what she's learned. She's really serious about this going to Poland thing.
  • The Polish name for Kulmhof is Chelmno, by the way. Kulmhof is German, and the Germans are the bad guys in this story, which is as good a reason as any to switch languages.
  • It takes a while to make arrangements. Going to Poland was pretty complicated in the days before the Internet, turns out.
  • One of the arrangements she makes is for a translator: Magda Bronski.
  • As Becca makes plans, her sisters try to talk her out of going on the trip. It doesn't work.
  • Sibling tip: be supportive when your bro or sis wants to track down a mysterious secret in your family's past. Er, usually.