I am almost proud of you for choosing to not go to live with Abek’s family. I think that it would have been difficult to live with them anyway, given the fact that Abek will want to marry you. He is a good person, but if you don’t love him in return, you both would never truly be happy together. Also, I am proud that you did it for Ilse’s sake. With you there, it no doubt makes her more comfortable, since everyone else in her life is inaccessible.
I think that, given the choices, choosing to live with Abek’s family would have been a much easier and less painful rout, but the end result would not have been happy, because even after the war, you would still be bound to Abek. In this way, you have to suffer more now, but when you are free, you will have less holding you back. Also, there is no telling if Abek and his family are even safe from the Germans. At the very least you can be certain that in the camp you will live as long as you can work.
Therefore, I believe that you made the right choice. You are, in a sense, safer in the camp than you would be otherwise. As far as concentration camps go, the one you are in is not very bad, and you still have friends you can relate to much better. In the end, I think that the choice to stay in the camp, despite its hardships, was the best choice.
Your friend,
Stephen
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