Jeannine's Story Of An Hour: A Short Story

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She had lost her father. She never had the chance to say goodbye and never to see her father again.

Jeannine lived inside that house for two years. She was never allowed to go out in front of the house because it was too risky. Occasionally, the woman she was staying with let her out in the backyard, it was the only fresh air she could get.

Jeannine was always filled with fear she remembers being most scared when the Nazis had their parades. The Nazis loved to parade and anytime they were out on the street, parading, everyone was obligated to open their doors and watch. The woman Jeannine was staying with had no choice but to open her door and watch too. Jeannine had to hide in the outhouse in a small, isolated corner so that the Nazis would not see her.

She lost a key part of
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The age when you want attention most from your parents.
Jeannine never had the comfort of her family to be there for her, take care of her, love her. This was because she was a Jew and Jews were not allowed to have a life. Just because they have a label.
She was so alone and had no one. Jeannine’s childhood was lost and lonely and she will never be able to change that.

After the Holocaust was over, Jeannine’s sister told her everything that happened after she moved. She found out that some neighbours snitched on her family and the Gestapo broke down the door to where her parents were sleeping. The Gestapo took her father. They wanted to take her mother but she refused to leave as she was saying

Jeannine’s mother went to hide in a nursing home out in the country, she was working there as a practical nurse. Due to the stereotypical thought that all Jews, had dark hair and hooked noses, Jeannine’s mother was safe and hidden because she was blonde and blue-eyed.
They had nothing and were extremely poor. Even though the war had finally ended, their lives would never be normal again. They were haunted by the memories of the tragedies they went

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