The Devil's Arithmetic

Grandpa Will's reaction

How did Grandpa Will react when he saw the old photos of Nazi concentration camp victims on the TV screen?

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Grandpa Will is disturbed and angered by the old photos of the concentration camps.

He was sitting in the big overstuffed chair in front of the TV set, waving his fist and screaming at the screen. Across the screen marched old photos of Nazi concentration camp victims, corpses stacked like cordwood, and dead-eyed survivors. As the horrible pictures flashed by, a dark voice announced the roll of camps: "Auschwitz, Bergen-Belsen, Chelmno, Dachau . . ." "Give them this!" Grandpa Will shouted at the TV, holding up his left arm to the set. The sleeve of his shirt was rolled up above the elbow. The photograph of a Nazi colonel, standing sharply at attention, flashed by. "I'll give them this!"

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The Devil's Arithmetic