Dear all,
I would like to share and add my thanks to Alfred for letting us read this
personal letter to your son.
This contact within our small community brings so many memories to life and
it's so great to be able to share them here. I am always grateful for it.
It is so strange to read Mimi's and Alfred's reaction to the yellow star. I
must have been a "dafke" (how can one translate this into English?
revolutionary? unconventional? -nothing seems right - ) person all my life.
I come from a non-Zionist home and during the Russian occupation 1940-41 I
joined an extreme Zionist movement the Betar so, when the yellow star was
forced upon us I thought of it as a medal, I was chosen to be different,
distinguished from all others and, as I shared my me memories - which I had
written for my children and grand-children - with you, my star (because I
looked like a Goyte) was larger than required. I never thought that the
Germans had the right to take away my dignity.
Please, don't misunderstand me, I comprehend that feeling and share it with
you, I just added MY reaction to the star. It seems like million years
later, when I worked as a ground hostess for El Al, I wore a yellow Star of
David on white wings on my jacket and hat and I walked down the Bahnhof Str.
in Zurich....NONE WAS MY EQUAL!!
By the way those who wore the yellow star hidden were called Taschlers
(hiding it behind a bag) or Reveristen (those hiding it behind the collar of
their coats). The funniest thing was that those who looked most Jewish
played this game. Life is often a come-tragedy.
I hope I didn't tread on any one's toes,
anny
On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 4:29 PM, Gaby & Mira Rinzler <grinzler_at_gru.net>wrote:
> Dear Fred,
> Mira and I read your moving letter to George.It recalled bad memories but
> also
> a satisfaction that we survived them "of tzeluches"
> Our best to Tosia.
> Gaby
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