I woke up one night, and there was a lot of noise,
like the breaking of glass.
And I looked out-- I looked through the blinds,
and I saw that there were people throwing stones...
through the windows that I knew Jewish people lived there.
And they were throwing stones through all the windows-- bricks and all kinds of things--
through those windows, and I realized that they are breaking all the windows of the Jews.
And that is what became the infamous Kristallnacht-- Crystal Night.
So I dressed myself warm, and I run out of the house.
I was afraid. I was always afraid to stay in the house since I was deported.
And I run out of the house, and I run down-- I run to the next block,
and there was-- someplace nearby was this synagogue, Preuer Synagogue,
spelled P-R-E-U-E-R.
And that synagogue was in flames,
and there were young people standing there throwing stones...
through these beautiful windows.
It was a gorgeous synagogue. It was well known. Beautiful.
And it was up in flames, and I was standing there at the corner in awe.
The synagogue was something-- We went to the synagogue even the recent Friday,
the recent Sabbath, and now the synagogue is in flames.
I couldn't get over that. But I realized very quickly...
that I can't push my luck, and I kept on running.
I thought this was just taking place on our street,
and I just kept on running and running anyplace,
just to get away from this chaos.
And then I realized that they were still throwing bricks in many other windows.
And I went to this main street where we had the store,
and all the-- and all the windows were broken,
and they had "Jude" written in big letters-- "Jude."
And I went-- And I run back again. I didn't know where to run.
I always thought that it was just-- There must be a place where they didn't throw these--
But wherever I run, they were throwing bricks, and I decided to--
I had a little money from the things-- I decided to run to the railway station,
because my sister-- my second sister, Mary-- was still in Munich.
And I thought, "I'll go to Munich, because this way, I'll go away from here,"
and that's what I did.
I got to the railway station, and I got to a train.
And I went-- The train took me to Munich,
and I thought, "Oh, I'm glad I'm getting away from that chaos."
But when I got to Munich, the same thing was happening there.