:04:11
There was my mother, father...
:04:13
...and my sister,
who was four years younger than me.
:04:15
We had a very happy, carefree childhood.
:04:20
My father was aIways busy
during the week...
:04:22
...but when he was home,
he often took me for waIks.
:04:26
By the river mostly.
And we talked about everything.
:04:31
That brought us probabIy cIoser.
:04:35
l always felt that my father and l
were protecting my mother and sister.
:04:40
I don´t know
what we were protecting them from.
:04:52
I was about 8 years oId...
:04:54
...when HitIer came to power.
:05:05
l had got some school friends...
:05:07
...and my mother tried to make
a birthday party for us.
:05:12
The tabIe was set.
:05:14
I was very excited.
:05:16
Nobody came.
:05:18
Not a singIe chiId
came to this birthday party.
:05:24
That was the first...
:05:27
...terribIe bIow to me.
:05:28
I know it sounds triviaI...
:05:30
...but it was the first
sort of comprehension for a chiId...
:05:33
...to understand that you´re ostracized.
:05:36
That there´s something different about you.
:05:46
For Jewish children...
:05:48
...life under Hitler became increasingly
isolated and threatening.
:05:52
While the Nazis stripped their parents
of their jobs and citizenship...
:05:55
...the children were gradually barred
from schools...
:05:58
...parks, theaters, and swimming pools.