Edith Hahn Beer Quotes

When Frieda, Trude, Lucy, and I walked to work, the German children hooted at us: “Jewish swine!” In town, the shopkeepers would not even sell us a beer. I wrote to Mama that Osterburg was a friendly town.

Edith Hahn Beer

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  Edith Hahn Beer
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  • German
  • Jewish