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fearless19275818 karma

Right now I'm learning how to use the internet, and writing a book of short stories from my life that didn't make it into the memoir.

fearless19275681 karma

I was told by immigration (a Jewish Czech lady) to say I was Austrian or Swiss because openly saying I was German would make it impossible for me to get a job. There was a lot of prejudice against German people at that time regardless of their thoughts on the war.

fearless19274021 karma

Travel the world, immerse yourself in other cultures and try to understand them. That's the best school. And keep an open mind.

fearless19273508 karma

Right from the beginning of Hitler's power concentration camps were being built. We knew because our neighbors were arrested for being communist - they returned a year later and secretly told us what they had learned. We always had an idea of what was going on.

fearless19273498 karma

Oh yeah. The majority of people were, especially the younger ones. It was like they were brainwashed into wanting to kill the Jews.