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Image of Page 7, with drawing of Erika's face on chamber pot
Erwin's sister, Erika Tichauer, sometimes joined Erwin, Manfred and Gad for some friendly coffee talk whenever their work schedules permitted it. The bourgeois setting of cafes was now strongly forbidden for Jews, a mere memory. Here, Manfred makes a joke by drawing Erika's face on a chamber pot.
About Erika Tichauer
English Translation Page 7 reads...We must remember Erika, and all the times we sat together.
In January, 1942 the Nazis held the secret Wannsee Conference near Berlin. Its purpose was to coordinate the murder of the Jews of Europe.
About Wannsee Conference
By 1942, deportations had further decreased the size of Berlin's Jewish community. The He-halutz group reacted by becoming more political. This created conflicts between the generation. Gad's father, for example, was totally against Zionism. Other parents thought the group was OK, as long as its focus was play, not politics.