Out of Chaos: Hidden Children Remember the Holocaust

A Child’s Confusion

170 A Child’s Confusion Judith Levy Straus Mother always said: It’s very important to be neat and clean. Yet Mother says now: It really does not matter very much. Mother always said: Don’t shove; never push those ahead of you. Mother says now: Make sure you don’t end up last in the soup line. Mother always said: Never take what does not belong to you. Mother says now: It’s all right to take potatoes. Mother always said: Good friends never hurt each other. Mother says now: Your friend stole your bread because she is hungry. Mother always said: Tell the truth, never tell a lie. Mother says now: Tell them you are ill, Then we won’t go on transport. So many changes. What happened to Mother? What will happen to us all? ...