Restrictions, Restrictions

After a while my foster-mother Annie decided that it was becoming too dangerous for me to attend school. Several times I had been insulted on the way there because I was wearing a Star of David, Now I had to stay close to the house and I hoped I could practice ice-skating. The very next day I learned that I could no longer go ice-skating because the Germans had forbidden it – I was only allowed to stand at the edge of the canal and watch other children skimming past me. I asked Anni if I could go to a playground close to the school, but she told me that Jewish children were no longer allowed to play there. Papa “Is” and I went for a long walk – he told me that people who wore the yellow star were no longer permitted to use the sidewalk, so silently we walked together along the gutter – holding hands .

"For Jews vorbidden"

Signs like the one seen above "Forbidden for Jews"
could be seen everywhere.
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