Czarnecki waited until they were on the other side of Oswiecim before he took out his cell phone and placed a call to Lisa Giles. He gave a quick report on what had occurred at the scene of the old Auschwitz concentration camp, describing what he had witnessed happening to John and what he had experienced himself when he had touched John and heard the almost indescribable wailing sound that had slowly fallen to silence.
Afterwards he gave a series of yes and no answers, seeming to respond to the questions Lisa Giles asked, and then he handed the phone to John.
As John took the phone, he felt a flurry of anger well up. “What the hell is going on?” he demanded. “Why didn’t you or Rabbi Czarnecki tell me what was going to
happen?”
“I apologize. We didn’t tell you because we weren’t sure
