A Girl’s Journey
1932, that was the year that Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany (Ayer 12). The first concentration camps in Germany were established soon after Hitler's appointment as chancellor (“Introduction”). I have researched Trude (Gertrude) Silman. Although the Holocaust was a terrible event, people in today’s society were able to learn more about how discriminating against a certain people group is harmful. Trude Silman grew up in Bratislava (Trude). She was born in, 1929 (Trude). She went to a Jewish school. She had two parents and two siblings. She was the youngest of the three (Trude). Trude has happy memories of her early life, with walks in the hills in summer, skating and tobogganing in the winter, ballet lessons, and three different languages spoken at home (Trude). Treats and holidays were provided by her extended family of uncles and aunts, who proved instrumental in helping Trude and her siblings survive the Holocaust (Trude). …show more content…
In 1938 Hitler started to rise to power, affecting Trude and her entire family. Trude’s father sent the entire family towards the countryside to live with his mother (Trude). The family was safe, for now. When the British prime minister, of Chamberlain, went to see Hitler to discuss the cessation of the Sudetenland to Germany, the whole family had to move again. Trude's sister was the first to leave. She was taken in by an English family near Kew Gardens in London and lived happily with them until her marriage (Trude). Their older brother Paul found a job at a furrier's in London and traveled there (Trude). Trude’s aunt took Trude and her own daughter to England, where she became a domestic
1932, that was the year that Hitler was appointed chancellor of Germany (Ayer 12). The first concentration camps in Germany were established soon after Hitler's appointment as chancellor (“Introduction”). I have researched Trude (Gertrude) Silman. Although the Holocaust was a terrible event, people in today’s society were able to learn more about how discriminating against a certain people group is harmful. Trude Silman grew up in Bratislava (Trude). She was born in, 1929 (Trude). She went to a Jewish school. She had two parents and two siblings. She was the youngest of the three (Trude). Trude has happy memories of her early life, with walks in the hills in summer, skating and tobogganing in the winter, ballet lessons, and three different languages spoken at home (Trude). Treats and holidays were provided by her extended family of uncles and aunts, who proved instrumental in helping Trude and her siblings survive the Holocaust (Trude). …show more content…
In 1938 Hitler started to rise to power, affecting Trude and her entire family. Trude’s father sent the entire family towards the countryside to live with his mother (Trude). The family was safe, for now. When the British prime minister, of Chamberlain, went to see Hitler to discuss the cessation of the Sudetenland to Germany, the whole family had to move again. Trude's sister was the first to leave. She was taken in by an English family near Kew Gardens in London and lived happily with them until her marriage (Trude). Their older brother Paul found a job at a furrier's in London and traveled there (Trude). Trude’s aunt took Trude and her own daughter to England, where she became a domestic