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In the meantime, when I was getting ready to go to the military, conditions had changed against Hitler. Because Russia had switched, a leader like Churchill had arrived in England. He had said ‘’I cannot promise you anything but blood and tears, for now’’ to his public. A big front shaped up against the Germans. Terrible massacres had taken place in Italy against the Jews. It was the time of Mussolini.
Some of the German Jewish professors in Europe immigrated to Turkey. They found acceptance in the universities here.. Of course there were those who could not escape too. European Jews were not very religious. Even though they were Jewish, they were German. We had a neighbor who had come from Poland, they came to Turkey before the war. They immigrated to Israel, before it was founded, by various means.
World War II had shown its great effects on our economy too. Some basic staples like bread and sugar were rationed for a long time.
Some of the German Jewish professors in Europe immigrated to Turkey. They found acceptance in the universities here.. Of course there were those who could not escape too. European Jews were not very religious. Even though they were Jewish, they were German. We had a neighbor who had come from Poland, they came to Turkey before the war. They immigrated to Israel, before it was founded, by various means.
World War II had shown its great effects on our economy too. Some basic staples like bread and sugar were rationed for a long time.
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Nesim Levi