What’s the Secret to Getting to 99?
I have been asked that question numerous times, now that I’ve had my 99th birthday. Well, it is no secret, but many factors are involved.
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Arriving in America
We were now together in New York and had escaped from Germany, but our problems were not over.
A Kind Gesture
On a Friday afternoon in September, I started coughing. I thought it was no big deal.
Growing Tomatoes
Remembering my childhood, specifically my second grade class in Germany, each student was allocated a small lot and instructed to plant vegetables—lettuce, radishes, beans, and tomatoes. I thought, now, why can’t I do that on my otherwise useless lot?
Three Words That Saved Two Lives
A few years ago, I donated a German passport to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, along with a description explaining the meaning of each entry.
Ellen
In the spring of 1945, the US Army was closing in on Cologne. I was an intelligence agent, a member of Interrogator Prisoner of War Team no.66, a part of an intelligence unit called T-Force, 12th Army Group, with a mission to follow the infantry into large cities as they were liberated.
The Chosen People
It all had started in Germany. With hate, the Nazis got tough. We Jews were placed in jeopardy. That should have been enough!
Fruits of the Season
Going back to my childhood in Germany, my mother always had a bowl of fresh fruit sitting on our dinner table. Fruit was just one thing that was always available, so no big deal. But things changed drastically when I fled with my parents to the United States at age 13.
Have I Changed Over Time?
My best remembered early days were unfortunately my years in Nazi Germany.
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