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Who is Mrs.Schachter? Describe her behavior in the cattle car. why does it seem " as though she were possessed by an evil spirit? " what theme does Mrs Schachter's behavior develop?

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Madame Schaechter is in the same train car as Eliezer during the initial deportation to Auschwitz. She had been separated from her husband and two older sons, and she is accompanied by another younger son. She loses her mind during the journey and screams hysterically and repeatedly about a flaming furnace that she apparently sees in the distance. She terrifies the other occupants of the train, and she is repeatedly beaten by young men trying to silence her. When they arrive at the camp, they all see that Madame Schaechter's dark vision was correct.

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