On September 15th 1935, after being woken up by my daughters, I walk down the stairs to see my husband.
“Good morning Eva.” Adok says giving me a kiss on the cheek.
“And good morning to you!” I say turning the kettle on to make my tea. Adok grabs the morning newspaper and sits down.
“Anything good today?” I ask. He stays quiet for a minute before he can speak our daughters run into the kitchen a grab some toast and begin eating. After we eat, the girls start doing the dishes. I follow Adok to our room he throws the newspaper on the bed, and sits down beside it. I close the door behind me, and sit on the bed. The headline on today’s paper reads “The Nuremberg Laws Introduced.”
“Intimate relationships between Germans and Jews are prohibited.” He says pointing at the space between us. Adok is a Jew and I am German, we have been married for 9 years now, and we have a family together. Ever since the war begin it’s put stress on our family and relationship. We had known something like this was going to happen, but we have no clue how we are going to handle it.
“I don’t want this law to come between us. If they don’t know that you are Jewish, they won’t take you… Right? We have a family, they can’t just separate us.”
“People can rat us out or they can find lists with my name. I don’t want you or the girls to be hurt because of me,” he says pulling out a bag and begins to pack, “I think it’s best if I leave the country.”
“No? No! You can’ leave we have a family think of the girls, I think of me! I can’t support the girls with one income!” I scream and begin to cry.
“I am thinking of you that’s why I’m leaving!” He finishes packing his bag, and walks down the stairs. Gives his last goodbyes and leaves. He leaves me standing there with our 2 daughters. Leaves me standing there wondering if I’ll ever see him again.
The creative writing piece above is a fictional account to show the struggle and hardship of pre-existing relationships between Germans and Jews during the Holocaust. The story is written in first person, however the perspective is written as a German women who is married to a Jewish man. The struggle is this story is how the relationship has been under stress from the war and “The Nuremberg Laws,” which prohibit relationships between Germans and Jews. Although no one knew Adok was a Jew, he was stressed because he didn’t want his family to be effected if anything happened. Eva struggle is learning how to raise 2 young girls on one income, and she doesn’t know if her husband will ever come back.
(The Nuremberg Laws determining if one is Jewish or German.)
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