Personal Narrative Essay: The Persecution Of German Jews

Although I have never committed an act of violence nor treated others with hatred, I was persecuted by the Nazis along with the rest of my family when I was five years old. Soldiers told me it was because of my sinful religion, so just because I was Jewish I was against everything German. However, I simply could not understand why I was loathed by my own home country. I thought that since I had grown up in Germany, was of German descent, and spoke German that I would be considered German. To my surprise, the Nazi’s treated German Jews the same as Jews in conquered territories by boycotting Jewish-businesses, forbidding marriage between us Jews and other Germans, and strpping us of our German citizenship. Once Hitler gained control of the majority

Sadly, our father did not survive his intense concentration camp and had died a few years earlier. I didn’t even care that I couldn’t go back to my old home because it was burned down. I was just grateful that I could hug my mother once more. Thinking of my safety and Annie’s safety, my mother relocated us to America, so that U.S. forces could protect us from the insanity of the Nazis. Other girls were taken to Britain as part of the Kindertransport Program. I’m happy we moved to the U.S. instead of Britain though, because the U.S. soldiers are the ones who saved us after all. Also, I hear they are going to do great things for the oppressed and grant us our freedom. Although Annie, my mother, and I have been rescued, I still feel the lingering depression. All the years of torment cannot be erased and I barely remember my life before the concentration camps. My family will never be the same and I will forever hate Hitler for taking away such a huge part of my life. The Holocaust has changed me so negatively that I can’t imagine the innocent, ignorant little girl I used to be. Even though I do not have the divine power to change my past, I am in control of my future. Therefore, I wish to become a teacher at an American school and educate students about what truly happened in