Virginia, a 13 year old Jewish female born in 1935, lived a simple and happy childhood on a cattle farm in Berlin, Germany. Life was grand, but not always easy. Just seven years after World War I ended, Virginia, unlike her mother and father never knew the real struggles in life. As a young girl she enjoyed going to church and to what little school she was able to attend, she really found her enjoyment while working on her parent’s cattle farm. Money was scarce, but what little that the family had she enjoyed and appreciated. Things were superb until that fateful day Germany had gained its new leader.
Leaving the family’s farm was never in Virginia’s intentions, but she and her family had no choice. The new leader of Germany Adolf Hitler, …show more content…
No one knew what was going on, unfamiliar men rushed into her cell block and was giving them orders to move, and move quick. Virginia and her mother do as they are told and followed the strange man’s orders, but this was no ordinary day. They were finally leaving the camp for the first time in what seems like decades. They were loaded up into big green trucks with a white star on the side and were off in a hurry. When they got to their unknown destination the men and women treated them with great kindness and attended to their wounds. Eventually, Virginia learned that there was another war going on and that they were saved by the American forces. The days where still long, but luckily not as tough. They were still in the middle of the war zone, and every day there was chance that they could be recaptured. Finally, one grateful day the family was contacted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees …show more content…
The UNHCR set up a flight with the U.S air force to bring the family to the United States, at first Virginia and her mother were not sure about going, but it was decided that it was the best option for them to live a better life. Virginia and her mother were able to find shelter once they arrived, thanks to the refugee center. Virginia had finally been able to attend school, her mother had found a part time job at a local school as a janitor, and she also began to take classes to better her English. Several years after they arrived in the United States, they finally started to feel at home, knowing that they were safe and never had to go through what they did in Germany. I was pleased that Virginia and her mother were happy that they got to start over new, but as a social worker dealing with refugees I fear that those who made it over still live in fear that they think that something like that will happen again to
Leaving the family’s farm was never in Virginia’s intentions, but she and her family had no choice. The new leader of Germany Adolf Hitler, …show more content…
No one knew what was going on, unfamiliar men rushed into her cell block and was giving them orders to move, and move quick. Virginia and her mother do as they are told and followed the strange man’s orders, but this was no ordinary day. They were finally leaving the camp for the first time in what seems like decades. They were loaded up into big green trucks with a white star on the side and were off in a hurry. When they got to their unknown destination the men and women treated them with great kindness and attended to their wounds. Eventually, Virginia learned that there was another war going on and that they were saved by the American forces. The days where still long, but luckily not as tough. They were still in the middle of the war zone, and every day there was chance that they could be recaptured. Finally, one grateful day the family was contacted by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees …show more content…
The UNHCR set up a flight with the U.S air force to bring the family to the United States, at first Virginia and her mother were not sure about going, but it was decided that it was the best option for them to live a better life. Virginia and her mother were able to find shelter once they arrived, thanks to the refugee center. Virginia had finally been able to attend school, her mother had found a part time job at a local school as a janitor, and she also began to take classes to better her English. Several years after they arrived in the United States, they finally started to feel at home, knowing that they were safe and never had to go through what they did in Germany. I was pleased that Virginia and her mother were happy that they got to start over new, but as a social worker dealing with refugees I fear that those who made it over still live in fear that they think that something like that will happen again to