It is true, what many of you have heard.The machines have gathered an army and as I speak, that army is drawing nearer to our home.Believe me when I say we have a difficult time ahead of us.But if we are to be prepared for it, we must first shed our fear of it.I stand here before you now truthfully unafraid.Why? Because I believe something you do not? No! I stand here without fear because I remember.I remember that I am here not because of the path that lies before me but because of the path that lies behind me.[Later in the ghetto massacre scene, other flashes of light in window frames are the firings of machine-guns.He recognizes Chandler as Abe Cabibble - a Czechoslovakian fish peddler.When Chandler vehemently denies it, he and the Professor (distracted from chasing a blonde woman) wrestle him to the floor in a search for an identifying birthmark.Hyde""s reading of classic novels to the family each evening, Dagmar""s surgical operation (for removal of a mastoid), Mama""s clever stealth to enter the hospital""s off-limits ward to visit her, the sickness of the household""s cat Uncle Elizabeth, the death of Uncle Chris, and Mama""s encouragement of Katrin to aspire to be a writer.