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PROLOGUE

WORLD WAR II... THE NAZIS... THE HOLOCAUST... THE
DEATH CAMPS.. . THE PAIN.. . THE SUFFERING. .. ADOL F HITLER...
HE SAID HE WAS TRYING TO MAKE A SUPERIOR RACE. HE SAID THAT
HE WOULD BE A GOOD CHANCELLOR... HE SAID HE WOULD MAKE
THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE- FOR EVERYONE.... HE LIED... ADOLF
HITLER CAUSED IT ALL... HE INVADED COUNTRIES... HE TOOK
CONTROL OF EVERYONE... HE STARTED THE WORLD WAR... HE
KILLED ALL THOSE INNOCENT PEOPLE, MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF
PEOPLE, INCLUDING MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY... THE GERMANS
SAID WHAT THEY WERE DOING WAS RIGHT... THERE’S ALWAYS TWO
SIDES TO EVERY STORY- WELL HERE’S MINE...
I WAS BORN ELIZABETH ANNE BARRETT ON MAY 9TH 1929
TO A JEWISH MOTHER AND AN AMERICAN FATHER- MARY AND
DANIEL BARRETT. MY FATHER HAD LOST HIS FIRST AMERICAN WIFE
TO TYPHUS A MONTH AFTER ARRIVING IN COPENHAGEN. HE GOT A
JOB TEACHING IN THE SCHOOL MY MOTHER WORKED IN. HE
REMARRIED WITH MY MOTHER, AND HE AND HIS 18 YEAR OLD SON
CARTER BARRETT JOINED THE FAMILY. ON JULY 22ND 1935 WE
WERE GIVEN MY LITTLE SISTER JULANNE. WE LIVED IN A SMALL 2-
STORY HOUSE IN COPENHAGEN THAT WAS A BLOCK AWAY FROM
THE SCHOOL WHERE MY PARENTS WORK. IT WAS A COZY LITTLE
PLACE IN A PEACEFUL, FRIENDLY ENVIRONMENT- UNTIL THAT APRIL
9TH 1942...