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In the book they say that the devils arithmetic is the counting of the number of Jews at the camps. They add new Jews, but for every new Jew the must subtract other Jews. When the subtract them they kill them. :(READ the book and you will understand. When the Jews are in the camp Once inside the Death Camp Gitl explains "The Devil's Arithmetic": each day she remained alive, she remained alive. One plus one plus one.
Gitl is a character in Isaac Bashevis Singer's novel "The Family Moskat." She is the wife of the protagonist, Aron, and is portrayed as a strong and principled woman who challenges traditional gender roles within their Jewish community in Warsaw.
I would suggest going to the “Literature” section of Answers, as “Devil’s Arithmetic” has nothing to do with basic arithmetic (I believe, for I have not read the book).
nothing i haven't gotten there to that point yet
Because it was Hitlers plan which is sort of like arithmetic and as you know Hitler is the devil *improvision by Shockcom51 in the book it says that each day someone dies 1 person + 1 + 1 and they call this devils arithmetic also they say counting the days they live and not knowing if tommorrow they will add another day or for how much longer they will continue this devils arithmetic
Rivka was a little girl who had no parents or family with her, They all were exterminated in death and concentration camps. Rivka has been in the work camps for 1 year and she helps Chaya and her friends survive by giving them tips on what to do and not do. Without Rivka Chaya would have never survived.
It did not directly say who planed the escape but who was pat of the escape
When Chaya takes Rivka's place and marches off to her own death