Chapters 21-25

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Chapter 21

Paul’s Registration Card – Buchenwald – September 23, 1938
Personal Effects Card -front – Click to Enlarge
Personal Effects Card – Back -Click to Enlarge
  • Scenes of Paul’s experience in Buchenwald were based on his written accounts and my own research
Front – October 3, 1938 – Click to Enlarge
Back – October 3, 1938 – Click to Enlarge
October 15, 1938 - Pages 1 and 4 – Click to Enlarge
October 15, 1938 – Pages 2 and 3 – Click to Enlarge
  • The images below are of Paul’s Financial Accounting card. These documents, along with others, were part of a photocopied package sent to me by the Arolsen Archives.

Chapter 22

  • The conversation between Sigmund and Rosa and information about Kristallnacht was based on actual news reports and my own research.
  • Sigmund did, in fact, hope to get Hans Mezera to cooperate, as evidenced by letters written years later.

Chapter 23

Slip of paper regarding the Postal ban, signed by Paul
December 4, 1938 – Front – Click to Enlarge
December 4, 1938 – Back – Click to Enlarge
December 22, 1938 – Front – Click to Enlarge
December 22, 1938 – Back – Click to Enlarge
  • The scenes of the hanging at Buchenwald and the night Paul got frostbite were drawn from Paul’s written testimonies.
January 19 – Inside – Click to Enlarge
January 19 – Outside – Click to Enlarge
  • The scene of Paul being informed he would be freed was inspired by accounts I have read during my research.
  • Paul described signing the discharge statement in his written testimonies.

Chapter 24

  • The scene of Rose setting up the apartment was based on my personal knowledge of the apartment layout.
  • The scene of Rose enrolling Doris in school came from my imagination and was based on my personal knowledge of the neighborhood.
  • One of my favorite memories of being at my grandmother’s is of eating the same breakfast described on Doris’s’ first day of school.
  • The scene of Doris getting dressed for school was inspired by the many times she spoke about hating her ringlets and ankle-high boots.
  • Debby Moskowitz was my mother’s closest friend for years. I am named in her honor.
  • The scene in Beechmont Delicatessen was inspired by my memories (best rice pudding, ever!) as a way to provide some insight into Rose’s experience in her new country. Martha Grossman was a real person who became a close family friend.

Chapter 25

  • Information related to LITAL came from Sigmund’s letters and documentation.
  • Sigmund’s trip to the IKG was based on events as recorded in material I researched.
  • The conversation between Sigmund and Rosa was imagined, but based on actual events.
Certificate of completion – Rosa’s Flower Arranging class – January 29, 1939
  • The scenes of Rosa collecting the valuables and bringing them to the Dorotheum were inspired by actual events.
Receipt for items sold in March/May 1939. Click to Enlarge
  • The conversation between Sigmund and Rosa was imagined, but based on actual events.
  • The JDC emailed me images of Sigmund’s and Rosa’s Transmigration cards. Click on the images below to enlarge.
Transmigration card from the JDC – Side 1
Transmigration card from the JDC – Side 1