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Memories of my Childhood in the Holocaust
by Judith Jaegermann
At the age of seven I knew already that we're different from our neighbors. We lived in Karlsbad, where I was also born. It was Sukkoth (Feast of Tabernacles) and my Papa had just been busy making a "Sukka" in the yard of the house where we lived and where my parents had a big kosher restaurant. When all of a sudden, stones were thrown from the neighbors' windows. I was terribly scared and asked Papa why they did this to us. He said only softly " Because we are Jews". That was in the year 1937. We stayed for another two years in Karlsbad, after which we had to flee from the Germans to Prague. Once in Prague, we had to wear the yellow Star of David and we were not allowed to leave our homes after 8 p.m., while we could ride only in the last carriage of the tramway, since the first ones were "Not allowed for Jews..."
Personal Reflections
by Elisabeth de Jong
I was born in Amsterdam, Holland. There were four children in our family, three sisters and one brother. Both my parents were deaf. We were a very closely knit family. As I recall life was actually very good for us when I was growing up. We were assimilated Jews, lived a normal life and many, many of our family and my personal friends were non-Jews. We had a very good relationship with every one in our community...
Lucille E.
tape interview by Ellen S., Maria J.B., Brian P.
The first time I came to Poland that I really recall, walking on my own, was when I was 4 years old. We came to Poland, we got out of the train, we traveled I think for three days in a first class compartment. And the porter came at night making up the beds, I thought it was great fun. We arrive at the railroad station and a relative picked us up and took the suitcases outside the station. There was a buggy and a horse and a driver. I refused to get into that horse, I absolutely didn't, I threw a tantrum, I wanted a taxi. I would not get into a buggy with a horse. The horse was alive, the horse moved, and I wanted a taxi like I was used to. Coming to my grandmother's house, it was a nice house, not as nice as what I was used to but it was nice.
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