“Ace.... Ace, get up. Your father has been taken”, his mother said in absolute panic. Ace shot out of bed confused and scared. Ace is one of my family's very close friends and it’s so sad to think that in that very moment, his life changed forever. Not a lot of people could say that they could define a moment in their lifetime that had truly changed them. But, my friend Ace could. You may ask who’s to blame for ruining this amazing man's life? There’s only one man, Adolf Hitler. To this day, I have always expressed a huge interest in the Holocaust. I have always questioned how one man could be so heartless to murder over 2 million Jews. I also question how people fled from the tight reins Germany placed over the Jews to make sure they couldn’t escape. …show more content…
His family was so happy until one morning a Nazi took his father when he was on his way to work. The power then shifted onto Ace’s mother to get their family out of Germany alive. They would now spend weeks hiding under blankets inside civilian wagons, living in abandoned buildings, and constantly worrying when their next meal would come. It was not even 5 months until Ace’s aunts, uncles, and cousins were found and sent to camps. The Strip family then successfully made their way out of Germany and into France. Sadly, 2 months after, Ace’s mom was captured by Nazi’s and then killed on the spot. Now, Ace knew he had a slim chance to get him and his brother to