My Canary Yellow Star by Eva Wiseman

Author:Eva Wiseman [Wiseman, Eva]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-1-77049-053-6
Publisher: Tundra
Published: 2001-08-17T04:00:00+00:00

Mama was waiting at the window when I returned home the next day. First she hugged me, then she started yelling at me.

“Thank God you’re all right! How could you do this to me, Marta? You must have known I’d be frantic. And you’re not wearing your star!”

“I’m sorry, Mama, but I had no choice.” I stopped her torrent of words by taking her Schutz-Pass out of my purse and giving it to her. I handed around the others as well. Mama and Aunt Miriam wept. Ervin and Gabor whooped for joy.

“So honorable, good men do still exist in our world,” Grandmama said.

“How did you get these Schutz-Passes?” Ervin asked. His voice was laced with envy.

I told them all about Sam’s visit, and how we had gone to a safe house and met Goldberg and Wallenberg.

“Thank God your grandfather had business dealings with Sweden,” Mama said.

The relief left us exhausted. The others slept, but I let myself out and knocked on Judit’s door. I showed her and her mother my Schutz-Pass.

“Let me take you there. They’ll help you. They were so kind.”

“It’s useless for Judit to go,” Mrs. Grof said. “Our family never had any connection with Sweden.”

“Please, Mother, let me go with Marta,” Judit cried. “Perhaps they’ll be able to do something for us anyway. Marta doesn’t even have to wear a yellow star any more.”

“We could tell them that our grandfathers were business partners, that both of them imported lumber from Sweden,” I suggested.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea,” Mrs. Grof said. “They’ll probably check what you tell them. Then we might be in worse trouble than before.”

No matter how hard Judit and I tried, we could not change her mother’s mind.

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