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Father's Store Boycotted
Daniel sees the picture of the word JEW painted across his father's store.This is one of the first examples we see in the story of economic discrimination where the Germans were trying to hurt the jews by not supporting their businesses. Daniel tells how Mrs. Warner didn't listen to the Brown Shirt who tried to stop her from shopping there. He wonders what would have happened if more people stood up to the Nazis like Mrs. Werner. -
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First Picture
Birthday March 30th 1933 Daniel looks at a picture from his 6th birthday and introduces the reader to his family members. HIs parents, sister Erika, Aunt Leah, Friedrich, Mia, Gertrude, Brigitte. Uncle David -
Class Picture 1936-1937
Daniele realizes his memories of his class aren't about who is in the picture but who is NOT. This is just the start of educational discrimination that began Germany during this time.Many jews were also fleeing Germany to escape the Nazis but he goes on to tell how his family didn't want to leave because Germany had been their home for generations. Unfortunately this doesn't pass as his Uncle Peter said it would and his uncle gets arrested and sent to Dachau, a concentration camp. -
First Train Ride
Daniel and his family are leaving Frankfurt . He is 14 years old and is stunned and confused as to what has just happened in his life. He looks through his photo album to make sense of it all. HIs parents are with him as well as his younger sister Erika who plays the violin.He flashes back to his 6th birthday and tells us what led up to this train ride, the start of his experience during the Holocaust. -
1944 Second Train Ride
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