On the first day of World War 1, the Nazi’s invaded Abram Korn’s town in Lipno, Poland. He was only 16 and very scared. “Abram survived the whole war as a jewish prisoner.” (www.remember.org) When Abram was at the concentration camp he always believed …show more content…
Edith’s family was farmers and they lived in a tiny village with about 200 people. “Edith began to go to a Hebrew school at age 5, but she was only able to go 3 or 4 times because of the changes that were happening in Germany.” (www.holocaustlearning.org) “Edith said that plain clothed police came for her father and uncle in the middle of the night and took them away.” (www.holocaustlearning.org) Everything in the Synagogue was taken out and burned. The Nazis announced that all Jewish children had to leave their schools. Edith’s mother was trying to work harder because she was trying to get her children out of the country. Edith’s mother took them to a traveling center where they were put with other children that were trying to get out of the country. The Nazi’s were more interested in getting the older girls that could work harder. Since, the Nazi’s didn’t want the children, they hopped on the trains and made sure that they children didn’t have any valuables. Edith was terrified because she had never seen or been on a boat before. She was the only one sick on the boat. When they arrived at Harwich, they attended Cowper Street School. “Edith was very lucky to have found a good foster family who treated her the same as they did their own children.” (www.holocaustlearning.org) She found out that she had 3 new sisters. When Edith got older she met, and married a Frenchman. “She was told that her parents were