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Nonetheless we found a way to stay cheerful and in a good mood – you know, a Jew may look miserable but his spirits are always high. We relied on religion. We believed that God wouldn’t punish us but he did very many times. We believed that the Englishmen would support us, that the Americans would intervene because there were a lot of rich Jews in the USA and they were respected there. Yes, we believed, but what happened: six million Jews perished. And one more example: we were to be interned on 10th March 1943. We were on the deportation list. We were gathered in the school but in the afternoon they told us it had been canceled. I can’t remember any protests from the population of Pazardzhik.
That was a strange feeling. You don’t think I realized they were gathering us to kill us, do you? There wasn’t anything like that. We knew we were being sent to Poland to work but we wouldn’t be killed in Poland, how was it possible to kill us. We had the feeling this all was happening to someone else.
The men were in labor camps, most of the women were alone and it’s a hard job to look after children alone. Thank God we are able to forget. Otherwise there would be only burning coal in our souls.
That was a strange feeling. You don’t think I realized they were gathering us to kill us, do you? There wasn’t anything like that. We knew we were being sent to Poland to work but we wouldn’t be killed in Poland, how was it possible to kill us. We had the feeling this all was happening to someone else.
The men were in labor camps, most of the women were alone and it’s a hard job to look after children alone. Thank God we are able to forget. Otherwise there would be only burning coal in our souls.
Period
Year
1943
Location
Pazardzhik
Bulgaria
Interview
Sofi Eshua Danon-Moshe