Day: April 6, 2023

Clay/Pennies For Hitler

In room 8 we recreated a tragic scene from a book called Pennies For Hitler by Jackie French.  My group chose the scene where the main character Georg had to try and fit into a suitcase, he had to go to his Aunt Miriam and stay with her for a while because he was a German citizen that was a Jew. During those days Germans believed that Jews were bad people, they made up rumors that Jews were poisoning their food and all other stuff.  Our rationale for choosing this scene is it was the first thing that came to mind probably because it was so shocking It must have been hard for Georg separating from his  family. The part I enjoyed was when I got to paint the work that my group made.

Georg/Diary/ After Elizabeth Dies

It feels like I am watching the whole world tear down, everyone in London hiding with fear and frustration trying to survive.

As I am watching people suffer and die falling to the floor with blood flowing like a stream out of their body, I am trying to find my Aunt Miriam. I don’t know whether she is alive or dead, captured or executed by the Germans, everything is just going wrong I am all alone in this big place that looks like a train wreck. Bombs flying down like a plane about to crash and people running around like little ants when humans try to squish them into little tiny watery bits of black pieces. 

 

I have worn the same clothes for almost 2 days, people that I go past look so emaciated. I feel my skin going tight with blood that is slowly drying on my skin and clothes. I can still feel the guilt of not being able to help her as she was bleeding. She felt cold and looked as pale as a ghost, her lips as blue as the sky, and her eyes looking as black as night.   I am walking through this fog of speckled dust, people screaming for help and weeping as I walk past. I feel like giving up, but I know I have to be strong for my family.