A Short Story : The Story Of Abela's Story

One Morning January 1943, Tuesday a Green Police Officer stopped Hanneke’s bike asking what she had in her basket, there were three packages.The first one was filled with potatoes and the Second one was a sweater and books for her mother. She didn’t say what the other packages were and started to mess with the officer so that she could be on her way.In the other Packages were sausages, lotion, and cigarettes for two people to deliver too, Miss Akkerman and Mrs. Janssen. Mrs. Janssen wanted to ask Hanneke a favor her to do and it was to help Mrs. Janssen find a Jewish Girl.Hanneke was shocked and Mrs. Janssen told her Husband was hiding a Jewish Family in his shop and they all died beside Mirjam who was hiding in her house. Hanneke didn’t know if she would help because it’s dangerous and she could get killed, she told Mrs. Janssen she would think about it, but she was late for lunch with her mother and father.Her mother was upset that Hanneke was late and told her she had a Green Police pulled her over, she kissed her father on the

Trista had always been a normal kid except for her stories. It wasn't that they were disturbing or horrific, they were just unusual. Sometimes they seemed exactly like the kind of thing you'd expect from a kid, but other times, I'd have to look at her and wonder how she came up with such things. It started when she was four, shortly after our dad split, leaving the two of us on our own.

Born in Poland, Henia Weit was the youngest of nine children in her family. She lived in a town by the name of Sambor. Unfortunately, the town was bombarded by German soldiers shortly after Hitler started his reign of terror on the Jews. Henia’s family was forced to do laborious work in a ghetto until they were all deported to a concentration camp. Fortunately for Henia, she was able to escape and never went to the concentration camp herself. Instead, she had to survive for several years alone, with only her sister to turn to.

In early November, the Gamzers and their neighbors, the Holtzmans, were forced to share one room of a tiny too-room house in the city's north side. Two other families had to share the other room. All together they dug a secret tunnel that led to a hiding place, so the Nazis couldn't find them when there would be another aktzia. They used it several times, but after a while Luncias father realized it wouldn't be save for her, so he made arrangements that she could live with the non-Jewish Mrs. Szczygiel and her family. Living there, she was never allowed to go out or even go near to a window, always had to be hidden, cause hosting Jews means dead. Even after the family decided to not host her anymore, because they were afraid to lose their lifes, Mrs. Szczygiel tried to hide her in a wooden trunk. One day though, one of her daughter found her hiding in there and the truth was out. Actually this was the best thing that could've happened to Luncia, because a day after that Mrs. Zczygiel brought her to the Ojaks, the family that was hosting her

“That sounds fine with us,” everyone said in unison. For the next few months the two families would stay here, hiding from the Nazis, and hoping that they would not get caught. As the war waged on, the conditions of the attic became worse. Mrs. Johnson became very ill, and due to this, they needed supplies in order to keep her stable, which was difficult

My sister is ripped from me, shouting and kicking with fear. Anger and confusion build up in young Rina’s wide, grey eyes. The German devils roll their eyes when they see our pain. They scuff, “Toughen up, Jews,” making us feel worse about this tragic life we’ve been forced to live. Rina yelps when a Nazi soldier slaps her and shoves her away from me. I think to myself, “This is the end. If Rina is gone and my parents are separated from us, how are we all supposed to live in this unfamiliar place alone?”

Lola’s mother worked as a seamstress for the Germans during World War Two and had a special pass to leave the ghetto. One day, on the Jewish holiday of Purim, she left the ghetto to walk to work. Lola’s mother and three other Jewish seamstress’s were murdered by a German Police officer even though they had the special pass. Lola was left with just her grandmother. Knowing that the Nazis were going to kill all of the Jews, Lola’s grandmother had to come up with a way to keep Lola safe from the Nazis.

Hana’s experience in Theresienstadt was very unpleasant, but had some silver linings. Hana and the other Jews were still left on the verge of starvation and were yelled at by the Nazis. The silver lining of being in the concentration camp at Theresienstadt for Hana was being able to go to music and art classes, and Hana made some friends. This was evident when the author described how there were rats and bugs in the food and how the commandant would order them with a very harsh tone. The author also stated how Hana would draw and sing during the secret classes and Hana’s friends were very kind to her. All these facts, summarize Hana's life in Thersienstadt during the second World

The Germans came to their household and took her father away because they needed someone to help them on how to run a factory. The mother decided to leave to Kozlowa Gora and take the three younger daughters with her. That left Irena and Janine with Aunt Helen.

Gerda was 15 when she was moved into a ghetto called the Bielsko ghetto in 1939 ,September 1. Gerda had an older brother who was 19. But that changed when young men 16 and up had to sign up for the army. Now it was just Gerda and her parents. Then german fighter planes appeared overhead, causing people to flee the city. Her family remanded in the town. In the morning, she heard intense shouting and saw Nazi’s on motorcycles shouting “Heil Hitler”. One day women and men were separated and asked to be put in lines. Gerda was in the line with her mother and a guard asked her how old she was and she said, “18”. Then she was put in a truck a shouting at her mother to ask where she was going and her mother said she didn’t know. Gerda jumped out of the truck but a SS officer caught her and said to her that she was too young to die. Then she knew that her mother was going to die. After Gerda being moved into the ghetto she was deported in 1942 to work in a factory in Bolkenhain, Silesia. Besides the of all the labor and hunger there was caring caring between the inmates. A German supervisor, Mrs. Kugler, saved Gerda’s life because when Gerda got sick and the SS men had to inspected her to see if she should continue working or die. Mrs. Kugler helped her pass the Inspection by just letting her work and then rest again. She was moved to a camp called Marzdorf and spent three years there. It

The most memorable genocide constructed abruptly by German Nazis left both Jewish and German-Jewish residents of Poland in a whirl of destruction. 1933 had been the year that changed the lives of billions, but one young lady by the name of Stefania (Fusia) Podgorska managed to save thirteen, including herself along with her young sister. Upon moving to Przemysl and working a steady job as a grocer, ghettos in Poland had begun to be invaded, and her mother and eldest brother were not too lucky. Podgorska’s family had been sent to Germany for forced labor, like the rest of the Jewish community in that vicinity. While still without question, going through a rough patch at the grocery store, oddly enough, she had also been relieved simply because

“On February 29, 1944 the Nazis invaded the Boom house. Six people escaped detection because of the secret room, but Corrie and her father, sisters, and brother were captured along with twenty five others. They were arrested for their work with the resistance.” “After the four months in prison, all the prisoners were told to pack their baggage and take the train. When they were about to board a train Corrie saw her sister Bestie and finally both met in railway station. They were taken to the labor camp so that they may work there. Life wasn’t easy in the labor camp. They had to work hard and punishment was severe. ” One day Betsie was cruelly beaten by a guard for not working hard, but she prayed for the guard that hurt her. Betsie had a

When Eva and her sister were six years old the village they had known was invaded by a Hungarian Nazi armed guard and from this point on they experienced horrific things that only little would survive. The Mozes family was the only Jewish family in the village, and by 1944 the family

(Page 6-10) Eva had a brother she was very close to, his name was Heinz. At the age of 9, Heinz had a problem with his left eye which had him blind in that one eye. Heinz always made Eva cry, telling her stories about him dying. They both lived with their dad, then Mutti and their pappy. They ate with other families in a large dining room, both German and Jews. (Page 11) They were Jewish, but over eight years Eva had spoken German, now her and her brother were taking French. (Page 12) November 9, 1938 7,500 Jewish shops were burnt down. (Page 13-14) Mutti didn't like that they didn't own their home by themselves anymore. (Page 17) Since 1933 lots of Jewish families lived in the same area, and their children would always play in the same area. (Page 21) Wearing the Star of David was a very important thing in this time.

In 1943 Annmarie Johansen and her best friend Ellen Rosen live in Copenhagen, Denmark. Nazi Germany has occupied their country. One day Annemarie, Ellen, and Annemarie’s younger sister Kristi walk home from school. Annemarie and Ellen decide to race but, German soldiers had stoped them on the corner near their apartment building. The Germans question them about a couple of thing so they answer the questions. When Annmarie, Ellen and Kristi arrive home Mrs. Johansen who is Annmaries mom and Mrs. Rosen who is Ellen’s mom are very upset to hear about their daughter’s interacting with the Germans. They warn the girls not to interact with the soldiers.