It all began after WWI, when Ger galore(postnominal) fell into a depression, and the desperation among the batch grew because their raw democratic system did not seem to work. During this time, Hitler was gaining to a greater extent power, giving the people the illusion of a better and more(prenominal) prosperous life. My parents said that he could be very dangerous, scarcely at that time, I did not fully understand what they meant. On January 30th 1933, Hitler finally became Chancellor and for us a new era started (1). In the following years we lost more and more rights and freedoms. Jewish doctors were not allowed to practice, so my mom was come out of work. My dad lost his small convenient store, because people stayed away from Jewish, and therefore stopped buying in his shop. My and my two brothers were separate with other Jewish kids in school and not allowed to bring on contact to any Aryan students (1). I didnt understand that and fancy it couldnt become any worse, but it did.
On the 9th of November 1938 the aggressions of the national socialists escalated, when they threw stones in our homes and burnt our houses and synagogues. We were covert in the basement, when SS troops broke into our home and ravaged our belongings. I was scared to death and told my mom to hold me tight. Nobody in the room seemed to breathe and we prayed to G-d that they wouldnt find us. Our family only survived, because we were hiding, but many of our friends and relatives died or were arrested.
This night became known as Kristallnacht, the night of confounded glass (2).
After this event things worsened even faster. One week afterwards we were expelled from school and my mom started to teach us herself. My parents were briefly forced...
Thank you for a moving account of life under Nazi terror. For those who entered the concentration camps and left all hope behind, the ordeal was sure as shooting beyond anything I could imagine. Good job!
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