and Rosa were best friends, they were happy before the war stared. They had their own secret language that they would communicate in. They met once they were about 14, Erna met her at her moms’ sewing workshop, Rosa learned the trade of sewing really fast. Erna said that they were sitting talking before the war had erupted. They would only see people walking around that they have not seen.The Russians arrived to Czernowitz 1940; Erna said that the disaster started when the Romanians put up posters saying “Ghetto in October” in 1941, so that is when everyone left their homes in October. They stayed in the ghetto of Czernowitz for three weeks, after that they were sent to the camps in Transnitria for three years where they suffered of poverty,
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Erna’s aunt, uncle and their son evacuated before Erna and her family did so they just had to wait until it was their streets turn to evacuate. During the camps they would starve so Erna’s mom would have to boil milk for them, that is all they had to eat. Once it was Erna’s timeto go evacuate, it was Erna, Erna’s mom, her uncle, her mom’s brother, his wife, her aunt and her son. Her uncle decided to leave with his friends, and not stay with them, but he was convinced and Erna’s uncle left with them. Erna’s uncle was mad at first because he did not get to go with his friends, but he got over it. Erna’s uncle got lucky, his friends were sent to Bug River, anyone who would go through there got killed, that is where war took place during the holocaust. Her mom would calculate the food they had so that they would not starve to death, like other people had. Erna said,” And do we survived for those two and a half horrible years until the Russians arrived and saved us.” They finally went home in April 1944. Erna got sick, she had Typhus, and she was lacking a lot of energy and was very weak. They had to walk barefoot; they would sleep in abandoned houses and start their walk again during the day. On their way home Erna saw Rosa and her family together again. Rosa started to talk in their secret language again after three years, they all just started to laugh. Erna did not have any good memories but she still had to hide for 11 months near home because they would still
Erna’s aunt, uncle and their son evacuated before Erna and her family did so they just had to wait until it was their streets turn to evacuate. During the camps they would starve so Erna’s mom would have to boil milk for them, that is all they had to eat. Once it was Erna’s timeto go evacuate, it was Erna, Erna’s mom, her uncle, her mom’s brother, his wife, her aunt and her son. Her uncle decided to leave with his friends, and not stay with them, but he was convinced and Erna’s uncle left with them. Erna’s uncle was mad at first because he did not get to go with his friends, but he got over it. Erna’s uncle got lucky, his friends were sent to Bug River, anyone who would go through there got killed, that is where war took place during the holocaust. Her mom would calculate the food they had so that they would not starve to death, like other people had. Erna said,” And do we survived for those two and a half horrible years until the Russians arrived and saved us.” They finally went home in April 1944. Erna got sick, she had Typhus, and she was lacking a lot of energy and was very weak. They had to walk barefoot; they would sleep in abandoned houses and start their walk again during the day. On their way home Erna saw Rosa and her family together again. Rosa started to talk in their secret language again after three years, they all just started to laugh. Erna did not have any good memories but she still had to hide for 11 months near home because they would still