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Kristallnacht
The night of November the ninth had started out normal even though everyone had been on edge with Herr Goebbels' speech of extermination. It was a regular occurrence by then to hear of the Nazis' anger, but many had places to flee to and were preparing to go.
Crying and clutching Jill tight to her chest Sydney tries to calm her breaths so as not to attract attention. As soon as Jackie, Eddie and Angeline's mother, had seen the uniforms marching down the street she'd gathered her children and sent them to the designated hiding place before alerting Sydney and Adrian's family. It was how, ten minutes later, they were huddled in the basement and listening to a whispered prayer.
Jill's shuddering breaths quieted and turned into silent tears. Sydney was unsure what to do about that until Adrian, Sydney's husband and Jill's brother, sidled up to them and scooped Jill into his arms. After murmuring a few words to Jill her tears slow and she gives Adrian a glare. "We could die and you are making a joke?"
"What else am I supposed to do? Let them have me?" They get hushed by several people and Adrian lowers his voice.–"Joking is better than the alternative." Sydney leans in.
"He would joke to the face of a firing squad." Adrian hands off Jill to his mom as she finishes praying and instead pulls Sydney to him. Shouted orders cause the group to flinch and suddenly a sound akin to thousands of mirrors shattering can be heard. Everyone presses harder into the person beside them as if it can shield them from the sound of damage above.
While it had started out as just breaking glass it now sounded like branches were snapping in half. The smell of smoke quickly permeates the air and sends Jill into another fit of shuddering sobs. Her mother strokes her hair gently and takes up her previous prayer.
Banging at the door sends everyone to the feet and scrambling for something sharp or heavy. A menorah is the only thing anyone can find that's remotely heavy. More banging. "Open up! It's me! Marcus. Wir müssen uns beeilen." Carly opens the door a crack and peers out. Adrian cusses under his breath as the door opens wider to reveal Marcus. Marcus had been family friends with them since before the Reich and after he was drafted had promised to get them out if they were in direct danger.
"Marcus! What happened?" Carly shut the door tightly behind him.
"The Nazis came through and burned all places of Jewish worship. They destroyed everything else and are evacuating every Jew to concentration camps or the ghettos. You want to leave? Then we have to go jetzt!" That got everyone moving and soon the group was filing out the door two at a time. Marcus and Jackie, Danielle and Jill, Carly and her mom, Eddie and Angeline, and Sydney and Adrian.
With the breaking dawn the group could see the damage that had been committed last night. As they shuffled way from their home and towards their escape they wondered how everything had gotten this bad, and if it would ever get better.
Wir müssen uns beeilen: we have to hurry
Jetzt: now
Alright, this one was more depressing. Kristallnacht or the 'Night of Broken Glass' is a real event that occurred on November 9th, 1938. This is in memory of all that were imprisoned or killed under the Nazi's control.
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