1. The pigeon was important to David Faber because in a way it saved his family's life.  Some how Ms. Faber had a bad feeling about what was about to happen because of the birds presence. I would be suprised if this actually happened but to me it seems like the bird is a symbol of peace and when the bird was not there the mom felt something bad coming.

2. I think that the Nazi's were calling it a vacation camp because they knew that this would be like a vacation compared to what was going to happen in the future.  It was kind of like a warning.  If I  was David Faber I would take it that if this is what they call "vacation" than i better pucker up because what they call a death camp might be extremely unpleasent.  I think the conditions arn't good there but if i didnt know what would be coming up i would think they were horrible.  Its hard to compare this camp to somewher like Aushwitz.  I guess David doesnt know about the future camps so he probably thinks it's brutal so far.

Have you ever encountered a Nazi after WWII? if yes what happened???

If you were to go back to Germany would you feel safe????