According to Ilsa Hermann, her son “froze to death.” According to Death, how did he really die? Be specific. HINT: Death makes an allusion to famous event in world history that was discussed in your power point notes.

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THE FILES OF RECOLLECTION Oh, yes, I definitely remember him. The sky was murky and deep like quicksand. There was a young man parceled up in barbed wire, like a giant crown of thorns. I untangled him and carried him out. High above the earth, we sank together, to our knees. It was just another day, 1918.

“Apart from everything else,” she said, “he froze to death.” For a moment, she played with her hands, and she said it again. “He froze to death, I’m sure of it.”