https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu name of resistor en-us 2020-03-11 15:24:42 UTC 2025-10-17 16:32:43 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f60f.png drialson https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/461987473 2020-03-16 15:49:22 UTC https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/461987473 drialson https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/461988908 Rosa Marie Burger’s mother was an English citizen and her father was German. Her father was living in England when they met. They married and settled in England, where Rosa’s older brother, John, was born. Shortly after World War I, the family moved to southern Germany. ]]> 2020-03-16 15:50:29 UTC https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/461988908 drialson https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484364142 "I remember a lady who fled out the back door with her youngest boy when she heard the Nazis breaking into her home. She hid in the bushes all night, wearing only her nightgown. She caught pneumonia and died. ]]> 2020-03-31 13:17:13 UTC https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484364142 drialson https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484372087 'Much later, the rest of the Jews were rounded up, the women and children. It was on a Saturday morning—the Jewish Sabbath, a day when their religion prohibits them from work or travel. They were told to bring their clothes in bundles and report to the train station. I hid with a friend behind an electric pole near the train station to watch. It was very dangerous. The Nazis were looking carefully for anyone who came to say good-by."]]> 2020-03-31 13:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484372087 drialson https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484388889 After I got a job and began earning money, I decided to buy my mother a radio as a gift. Radios were not illegal, but after the start of war on September 1, 1939, listening to any foreign radio stations was a criminal offense and German courts could sentence people to prison or even death if they passed on what they heard. ]]> 2020-03-31 13:27:18 UTC https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484388889 drialson https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484389738 2020-03-31 13:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484389738 drialson https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484395596 2020-03-31 13:29:54 UTC https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484395596 drialson https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484410923 Despite this, my mother, being English, was very eager to listen to the British news reports. She would get up in the middle of the night and listen with her ear to the speaker. She would drape a big heavy cloth over her head to muffle any sounds. The news from the British was very different from the news the Germans were broadcasting. Despite the ban, my mother shared the news from the BBC with our Jewish neighbors and other people we trusted.]]> 2020-03-31 13:35:51 UTC https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484410923 drialson https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484419743 2020-03-31 13:39:05 UTC https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484419743 drialson https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484426806 I left Germany in 1948. I had married an American soldier who was stationed in Germany, and when he was transferred back to the United States, I went with him. We settled first in Battle Creek, Michigan, and then moved as he was transferred to other posts.]]> 2020-03-31 13:41:43 UTC https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484426806 drialson https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484428356 In some ways life in America was much easier. I was amazed the first time I saw a big store, fully stocked with aluminum pots and pans and all kinds of other merchandise. In other ways, though, it was difficult. I found it hard to fit in. I missed my mother, and I missed the village I had known all my life. Life in America was very different.]]> 2020-03-31 13:42:17 UTC https://padlet.com/drialson/gmmorwmm62tu/wish/484428356