I was terribly scared and asked Papa why they did this to us. That was in the year 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.
My elder sister Esther had once brought it to me from Leipzig, while I possessed plenty of dolls β 28 precisely. I really used to be an extremely playful child.
As a matter of fact he had been released and had been delivered to the Exhibition Halls, where everyone was waiting to be shipped on. Everything went so fastβ¦It had been very hard for me to cope with this sudden change in our lives and for me the only little light in this situation, had been the fact, that after his long detention, I could finally hug and kiss my dear Papa again, having missed him so much during his absence from home. I had been allowed to visit him sometimes and he could only stick a finger through the very dense fence and was then overjoyed that I could kiss his finger.
Since I was the youngest of 3 girls, I was also the most spoilt one by Papa. At the Exhibition Halls we had the first roll-calls, during which we were to stand very rigid at attention. One day we were very suddenly called for a roll-call. The shouting and the inhuman behavior of the Germans frightened me so much, that, while standing there, I simply fainted.
Since then I was very sad during all those years of our detention,during which I spoke very little. I always accepted everything quietly, without budging. This was due to a very strong internal feeling, which told me in my deep sadness and despair, that there is just nobody to turn to. After a couple of days we were sent from Prague to Theresienstadt. It was an enormous confusion.
