November 10th 1941. They were here. They took me away for ‘my own personal security.’ Where were they taking me? What was going to happen to me? Nothing was making any sense to me, I had no idea what was going on. They marched me to a green truck that I had never seen before.
I have had no clue how long I was in there for but it felt like a lifetime. Finally the truck comes to a stop. I hear them talking from outside but I don't understand. What is coming next? They opened the truck and 3 soldiers took me and my family through a train station. It was all becoming very surreal, being taken by soldiers whilst they never took their eyes off me while keeping a creasing grip onto us. We approached a small Carriage full of people. My heart sunk, what if their was no space for me and my family, what if we weren't going to get to safety? I was now sure this was all a dream. I pinched …show more content…
We were herded like escaped animals into hundreds of wooden barracks overloaded with people, I shared a small sleeping space with 3 other people and at this point I knew, we were the people that they kept the world safe from. But why I asked myself?
It was a sleepless night, all I could think about was how my skin felt like ice and the only thing I could hear now was the crying of families who will never meet again, the clattering of teeth and the fear in people's voices.
I was woken.Soldiers and their dogs, I could not understand but I knew that I had to get up. Everyone was straight up, without a hiccup. Except some never ever woke up that morning in the barracks. We were taken to another building and the smell from it made me and everyone feel sick with the thought of what was inside. We were lined up and had all our hair shaved and then stripped from anything that they wanted. We were all the same. No hair. Stripped pyjamas and our identity thrown away. The one unique thing we had was a number tattooed onto our skin, mine read 70231. I no longer felt apart of the human
I have had no clue how long I was in there for but it felt like a lifetime. Finally the truck comes to a stop. I hear them talking from outside but I don't understand. What is coming next? They opened the truck and 3 soldiers took me and my family through a train station. It was all becoming very surreal, being taken by soldiers whilst they never took their eyes off me while keeping a creasing grip onto us. We approached a small Carriage full of people. My heart sunk, what if their was no space for me and my family, what if we weren't going to get to safety? I was now sure this was all a dream. I pinched …show more content…
We were herded like escaped animals into hundreds of wooden barracks overloaded with people, I shared a small sleeping space with 3 other people and at this point I knew, we were the people that they kept the world safe from. But why I asked myself?
It was a sleepless night, all I could think about was how my skin felt like ice and the only thing I could hear now was the crying of families who will never meet again, the clattering of teeth and the fear in people's voices.
I was woken.Soldiers and their dogs, I could not understand but I knew that I had to get up. Everyone was straight up, without a hiccup. Except some never ever woke up that morning in the barracks. We were taken to another building and the smell from it made me and everyone feel sick with the thought of what was inside. We were lined up and had all our hair shaved and then stripped from anything that they wanted. We were all the same. No hair. Stripped pyjamas and our identity thrown away. The one unique thing we had was a number tattooed onto our skin, mine read 70231. I no longer felt apart of the human