Scientific Jew Hatred

Born in Boston in a predominately Jewish area (1938) to a very Polish Jewish family, I remember my father's attempts at locating his sister and her young family in southeastern Poland in 1945. In that my father; a multi-ethnic music teacher and performer (arrived USA 1934); worked for all of the different European immigrants, he had friends in the Polish Catholic clergy among others. Through these connections, he learned of the date (March 1, 1940) and method (machine-gunned into freshly dug pits outside of town) of the deaths of his sister and family along with all of the other Jewish people in the area. I remember watching closely as he related this information to my mother. It was as if anyone who watched could tell that he became a type of zombie for many years thereafter....

My family came from Pommerania in the 1830s. They settled in Wisconsin, and kept the language and custome in their Homes. The common knowledge was that you had to 'be careful' around Jews, although no adult would tell a child exactly why. My parents moved to Skokie, IL, where my father worked. I was often on my own after school and on the weekends. After school I would bicycle downtown and see older men sitting outside Coffee Shops, drinking coffee and eating sweet baked goods. Being a child (and hungry) I would greet them in my best "German" as i thought that was what they were speaking. They would respond and then ignore me. I finally asked to bit with them, and ovet time they began to accept me. They would laugh at some of the things I said (probably from pronunciation) but, the Cubs were playing well, and discussions became liveley. My vocabulary grew, and then one Sunday I asked a question that silenced all of then - "Whydo you have a tattoo of numbers on your arm? My Uncle has the Marine Shield." 'Uncle Phillip' told me that the numbers came from a bad time, and I should ask my father.
Monday he accompinedme to the Coffeee SHop and was humble and apologetic for his 'foolish' son (I was offended by being sallce foolish.) The men went into a High German rapid discussion that I could not follow and then Dad said "I'll expalin the numbers tonight, at home."
Years later, this insight and an Uncle's story of liberating a Death camp, I had some respect for what happened. The entire experience enlightened me, and made more open to the desires of others and a willingness to permit, if not accept them.
Continue the story, tell the truth, and none may call you liar before the Lord.

COMING FROM A RACIST FAMILY WHO DISOWNED ME WHEN I STARTED GOING TO SHUL SOME 14 YEARS AGO, I HAVE SEEN THE ENVY AND HATE SHOWN TOWARDS THE JEWISH PEOPLE .I LOVE THE JEWISH WAY OF THINKING THE TORAH WAY IS THE RIGHT WAY, THE ONLY WAY.I STILL FEEL MANY DONT UNDERSTAND THE GOYEM ARE FICKLE AND IT COULD ALL HAPPEN AGAIN .BE PROUD TO BE A JEW SPEAK OUT TEACH US GOYEM AS YOU ARE COMMANDED , PLEASE.IF GENTILE WERE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT JEWS REALLY BELIEVE IT WOULD CHANGE THE WORLD . MY LATE FATHER IN LAW WAS A GUEST OF GERMAN HOSPITALITY FOR 4.5 YEARS HE SHOOK WHEN EVER HE EVEN SAW A GERMAN .WHAT IF SOME JEWISH PERSON HAD OF REACHED OUT TO THE GERMAN PEOPLE .WOULD THE SHOAH STILL HAVE HAPPENED ?

Being jewish and my grandmother a survivor it warms my heart to see people letting the world the know what happened.

I've met Roman's daughter and her brilliant husband. lived with them for a while and saw many pictures he took in those days and read text from people fortunate to escape and others who survived Holocaust trying to locate family menbers thru bits of info she could provide them. incredible stories