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My grandad, Elias Zanker, resisted arrest, so the "police" took my 4yo mother, Eva, and held her out of their 3rd floor window, over the bonfire they'd made of the family's furniture/shop/toys until he came peacefully.
Was my mother's earliest, & always stone cold clear, memory. https://twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum/status/1325721157874671622
Was my mother's earliest, & always stone cold clear, memory. https://twitter.com/AuschwitzMuseum/status/1325721157874671622
and for anyone who finds the 30,000 arrests a difficult number to take in, I did, Elias was number 29,487. I never forget where I came from.
For a bit more realness - here's Elias, and dad in law Max, the year before, with my mum, Eva, and her little brother, Klaus (purposely Teutonic names to hide them). Trolling around being enemies of the state with their cot and lack of bikini tops.
That cot went on the bonfire.
That cot went on the bonfire.
When the family escaped, my gran, Herta, packed photo albums, silver, toys & not much else. She said all but the photographs were replaceable.
Also another point to raise when people ask why refugees have phones...
(This is my baby Mummy)
Also another point to raise when people ask why refugees have phones...
(This is my baby Mummy)
