After the Germans invaded, we were not allowed to walk on the sidewalk when a German approached.  We had to take off our hats and walk in the gutter when a German approached.  We were not allowed on streetcars or to go to the movies.  My brother Lolek fled to Russia, he tried to convince our father but he thought Germans would not be so brutal.  In 1940, the ghetto in Cracow-Plaszow was created. 

            

In March 1943, my mother, father, sister, and brother were taken to Auschwitz.  I was alone.  I witnessed many Jews being murdered in the ghetto.   Other Jews and I were ordered to go to a Jewish children’s home.  The Jewish nurse there was immediately shot.  Her blood sprayed like a fountain.  

 

We were ordered to bring down the Jewish babies.  I remember how it was a beautiful day.  We brought down 500-600 Jewish babies.  For hours we brought them down.  The Germans laid them out on the sidewalk and shot them all.  I cursed G-d that day for not doing anything to stop them.  G-d you go to hell, you were not here.  Jewish blood was flowing.  I was covered in blood.  We were then ordered to throw the dead Jewish children onto a wagon.  We thought if we resisted, we would all be shot.  Where could we run, where would we go, where would we hide, where would we get food.  There was no one to help us.

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The world was cruel.  Even the United States, wouldn’t let us in.  We had no place to go; nobody wanted to take in Jews.  We were scapegoats.  Thank G-d we now have Israel.  If anything happens, we can go there.  
We have to all stay together to not allow things like this to happen.  The most important thing in life is freedom.  All people should be united as brothers and sisters.  Hatred is no good.