Her Star of David: Chapter 1 by Hannuka1, literature
Literature
Her Star of David: Chapter 1
Chapter 1. Charles
"Charles? Charles! Charles Haswell, have you been listening to a word that I have just said to you?" The rude and irritating noise seemed to pierce my eardrums and it pulled me out of dreamland with a forceful and by no means friendly yank. I sat up in my seat and turned to look at my teacher, Mrs. Goldstein. She stood before me in her usual way: perfect posture, her hair tightly packed in a bun; she was wearing a trim and finely pressed black dress that laced up to her thin neck. The Star of David sewn into her dress stood out strongly, contrasting sharply with her black dress. Her thin glasses were held on the very edge
Her Star of David: Prologue by Hannuka1, literature
Literature
Her Star of David: Prologue
Prologue
The year had been 1939, during the hot dog days of summer, when my family had to leave Berlin for Amsterdam. My parents had come to believe that things in Germany would get much worse than they already were, so they decided to move. One month later, the war started. Leaving Germany had been one of the hardest things I have ever had to do in my life; I had to leave all of my friends, relatives, and my home. We had to leave behind most of our furniture, our German culture, and nearly everything else we had set up for ourselves in Berlin. When we had arrived in Holland, we moved into a small apartment on the third floor of a building n