The Way of Burden
Original report by Adolf Frankl
On September 28th 1944,
in the night of Yom Kippur, the long fasting day, we scared up. We heard steps
of nailed boots and then immediately the rifle butts banging against the door of
our apartment. My wife cried out: "They are coming! They are coming!" I rushed
to the door and saw a few Slovakian fascist guards and soldiers in German
uniforms with guns in their hands. They ordered us to take our children and
follow them without any luggage because, as they said: "you are coming back
soon". In the haste I grabbed a piece of salami and a pack of cigarettes from
the kitchen table. The children were already asleep. We were not allowed to
dress them, so they came along us in their pyjamas and coats. We were led
through the nightly Pressburg into the centre of the Jewish community.
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