1. The circed frames are about Vadeks number on his arm. There was a very smart
priest that was telling Vladek about what the numbers on his arm meant. He said
that 17 was a very good Hebrew omen, 13 is when a jewish boy becomes a man,
and totaled together it equals 18 which is the hebrew nmber of life. After that he
said that Vladek would survive through the Holocaust. This shows that even in the
worst place and time on Earth that there may be some hope if you believe in
yourself.