The Secret Holocaust Diaries: The Untold Story of Nonna Bannister by Nonna Bannister & Denise George & Carolyn Ross Tomlin

Author:Nonna Bannister & Denise George & Carolyn Ross Tomlin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Historical, Kosti︠a︡ntynivka (Donet︠s︡ʹka oblastʹ; Ukraine), Holocaust; Jewish (1939-1945) - Ukraine, Holocaust; Jewish (1939-1945), World war; 1939-1945 - Women - Ukraine - Kost'iantynivka (Done\FA\tska oblast), Women, Ukraine, Holocaust, Personal Memoirs, Kostiantynivka (Donetska oblast), Military, Kost'iantynivka (Done'tska oblast; Ukraine), History, World war; 1939-1945 - Children - Ukraine - Kost'iantynivka (Done'tska oblast), World War II, World War; 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons; German, World War; 1939-1945, World war; 1939-1945 - Women - Ukraine - Kost'iantynivka (Done'tska oblast), Prisoners and prisons; German, Children, Biography & Autobiography, Religious, Bannister; Nonna, Biography
ISBN: 9781414325460
Publisher: Tyndale House Publishers
Published: 2009-03-23T23:00:00+00:00

26: Papa Is Found in Hiding

One day a man from Grandmother’s neighborhood came looking for Mama and told her that she needed to go back home because her husband had been hurt very badly. He didn’t tell Mama how he was hurt or how badly but told her that she should go immediately because my grandmother needed her. Mama was really concerned and told me that she must go and check on things at home. She told me that I could stay with the farmer and his family. With that, she took me to the farmer’s house and asked the lady if I could stay with her while she went to check on things at home. The lady quickly agreed and asked Mama if she needed any help. Mama told her no and left immediately. I was scared and felt very lonely and uncomfortable being left alone with strangers. The children seemed so different from me, and they would look at me in funny ways. I didn’t sleep that night, but rather lay there crying and wondering what was going on with Papa and Grandmother.

The next day, Mama and Grandmother came back pulling a telega, with Papa inside the telega all covered with blankets. When I ran out to see him, I was horrified at what I saw. Papa was lying there with both eyes missing, and his head was so swollen that I hardly recognized him. The farmer’s wife was telling my mother to bring Papa into their house and for us to stay there, and she would help us with Papa. Mama agreed to accept her offer, and we took Papa inside the house where the lady prepared a bed for him. However, Papa was conscious, and he called me over to his bed. Even though he could not see me, he told me not to worry, that he was going to be all right now that he had Mama and me with him. I knew he must have been in awful pain. But he tried not to show how much pain he was having.

The next few days were just a blur for me. I didn’t want to leave Papa’s side, and my little heart was broken.

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