Page 62 - Anne Blufarb's Second World War

ISSUE : Issue 72

Published by Ronald Caplan on 1997/6/1

mother, "I'll let you go in with your oth? er kids, but we won't let her in because she makes everybody nervous." So in the middle of when they went to a hiding, I went out.... If it was in the daytime I could go to the gate and use the pass. But if it was nighttime, nobody was going to work. I knew the city around where it was barbed wire and I used to lift the barbed wire one on the top of the other so I could have enough space to crawl under? neath. And I disappeared. And I went no matter if it was night or very early in the morning. And we're not supposed to walk in that time of day. It was forbid? den. I used to have a prescription from a I doctor, and I'd say if any policeman stopped me, I'd say I'm going to the drug store for medication, or something like that. Excuses. YOUNG'S... POWER EQUIPMENT SALES'SERVICE'PARTS STIHL & JONSERED CHAIN SAWS BRIGGS &STRAnON; MURRAY-TECUMSEH ARIENS SNOW BLOWERS & ROTO TILLERS LAWN TRACTORS - GENERATORS SELF-PROPELLED MOWERS SAFETY CLOTHING AND ACCESSORIES 674-2008 MILLVILLE, BOULARDERIE Now, it would depend on where I was working. Some? times when I worked in a shed, we were pickling. I would go back to that place where I knew and hide under? neath some stairs. Or if I worked in a private place--I used to help some people feed the cows and the small geese and whatever. Wash the dishes, help in the house. Even the dog knew me. So when I went at nighttime the dog didn't bark. So I went into the barn. There were the cows, and on the top they kept hay, straw. So, I'd crawl through that hay far, far. Sometimes, way deep I went and I slept all night-- if I could sleep. Sometimes I heard the shooting in the ghetto. (The pass would let you go out, and come back in. But why did you come back in?) To see if my mother sur? vived, and my sister survived. To bring them some food. Be? cause I couldn't live--nobody would let me live with them. They were afraid to keep Jewish people. So when I went out, I used to hide. Each time I hid in different places. MacNEILS MOTEL coTT'ortable accommodations • REASONABLE RATES • E113V/4>ii'ligKVii'l'lil']MMdiiliM Trans-Canada Highway 105, Bras d'Or, Cape Breton BOC IBO 17 UNITS COLOUR CABLE T.V. ELECTRIC HEAT • some with microwaves & refrigerators • Overlooking the Bras d*Or Lakes (902)736-9106 ?? (902)736-2692 HILLTOP TRAILER SERVICES and AUTO GLASS • complete line of RV parts & accessories • service to all makes & models of trailers • canvas repair & replacement, boat tops, etc. • windshield repair & replacement • specializing in new & used awnings WE DO rr ALL AND ??Sf9!f999 Trans-Canada Highway WE DO IT ainnTi ?tCi;S'iyWJ BRAS D'OR | The monument to the mass murders at Petrikov, in the forest near Tarnopol Early in the morning I got up and I cleaned myself off from all the straw and hay and I went out like I was going back to work. So sometimes I would hide in those attics. Sometimes I'd go to the people who lived around in the houses. And I'd probably bring them something. Women, they were very much like sleep goat for scarves or things that. One woman let me with her goat. She had a and a little house where DELICIOUS HOMEMADE HAND-ROLLED CONES Udder Delight Ice Cream Caboose 18 FLAVOURS of Old FASHIONED ICE CREAM • yogurt blended with fresh fruit Slush Cones • SOFT-SERVE CONES > BEAUTIFUL. RELAXING VIEW • VX)ld General Storel at Bras d'Or Come visit... a Working Old Country Store Established in 1907 in a Beautiful Atmosphere • FRUITS .VEGGIES -BAKING .GIFTS L.DELI . HOME DECORATING ITEMS .CRAFTS il Something for everyone • and the feel of yesterday. j Bras d'Or: A Cape Breton Island Centre

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