Suffering In Vladek's War

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Artie listens to Mala’s story about her time in the war. As soon as she finishes speaking, telling him that her parents both died in Auschwitz. He gets up from the table and runs into Vladek’s den. Mala is confused but follows him. He tells her that he remembers seeing Anja’s diaries on one of the shelves in the den, and begins looking through the piles of hoarded junk in search of them. Mala complains that this hoarding is making her crazy, and says she doesn’t know how much longer she can stand to live with Vladek. Artie doesn’t answer, just stands up and says he should start heading toward home. As he gets ready to leave, Mala screams at him to put everything back just as he found it, or Vladek will give her a hard time about the mess. Artie