{"id":4358,"date":"2010-04-15T16:21:46","date_gmt":"2010-04-15T20:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=4358"},"modified":"2026-07-31T15:42:32","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T22:42:32","slug":"holocaust-remembrance-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/holocaust-remembrance-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Holocaust Remembrance 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LTRP Note:<\/strong> This week is Holocaust Remembrance 2010. The following is an excerpt from Lighthouse Trails author, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrails.com\/28-anita-dittman\">Anita Dittman&#8217;s<\/a> war memoir, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrails.com\/home\/57-trapped-in-hitler-s-hell.html\"><em>Trapped in Hitler&#8217;s Hell<\/em><\/a>. Anita was a young Christian Jewish girl in Germany when Hitler&#8217;s terror against the Jews began. Today, at 83 years old, Anita still shares her story with others in her home state of Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Trapped in Hitler&#8217;s Hell<\/em><br \/>\nChapter 5 &#8211; &#8220;Open Up&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It was hard to get my strength back even though I was living at home again. Food rations decreased almost weekly, until we ate only one meal a day. Everyone had to tighten his belt because so much food was being sent to the German soldiers on the front lines.<\/p>\n<p>Brown-shirted storm troopers were marching through the towns, terrorizing everyone and delighting in making life miserable for the Jews, whether by teasing and taunting or by acts of brutality. They ridiculed and beat Jews everywhere and randomly hauled off individuals or families to prison. Cattle cars were filled daily as trainloads of frightened Jews were shipped to secret destinations throughout the tranquil German countryside.<\/p>\n<p>Pastor Hornig said that some anonymous church member had paid for all my classes and books at the Konig Wilhelm Gymnasium* in Breslau. However, Mother and I were sure that it was the Hornigs themselves who had made the financial sacrifice. The tension was thick both at school and at home, for my three aunts bickered endlessly with one another.<\/p>\n<p>As I walked to the gymnasium, I saw bold signs proclaiming \u201cNo Jews Allowed\u201d on nearly every store. Other signs warned Germans to stay away from Jews, who had been banned from theaters, parks, and all recreational areas. Everywhere I looked, I saw anti-Jewish slogans and posters. Many of the posters had the photograph of a Jew who had just been arrested for some concocted crime. In sharp contrast, flashing neon signs illuminated Hitler\u2019s picture.<\/p>\n<p>The Nazi flag was hung proudly outside of most homes in Breslau. Inside, Germans were required to have a picture of the F\u00fchrer somewhere in the house. Hitler was pressing the Christian pastors to have his picture placed at the front of church altars.<br \/>\nWith so many German men on the battlefield, the women had taken over their jobs. The streets were strangely empty of most automobiles, for they all were being used for military purposes. As a result, streetcars were as packed as the railroad cars to concentration camps.<\/p>\n<p>Hitler\u2019s contorted and strained voice blasted hate propaganda from the radio almost daily; he frantically blamed \u201cinternational financial Jewry\u201c for the war and warned Germans that every living Jew was an archenemy of the Reich. Jews had absolutely no rights and weren\u2019t entitled to own property.<\/p>\n<p>More and more Jews trembled behind locked doors. We learned that a brother and a sister of Mother\u2019s had been picked up and taken to a camp. Another brother and his wife took their own lives rather than face a concentration camp ordeal. It was inevitable that the random confiscation of Jews should hit our house that winter.<\/p>\n<p>Mother tried to be a peacemaker for her three quarreling sisters. However, when she attempted to help them, they would gang up on her because of her growing love for Jesus, who Pastor Hornig had told her was the Jewish Messiah. Mother could no longer deny the power of Christ in our lives. She had to talk about Him; it was a natural overflow of love. But her sisters insisted that it was Jesus\u2019 followers who had hounded the Jews since the first century. They claimed the Nazis were all Christians on the basis of them being Gentiles and having attended Catholic or Lutheran churches. Many of those very churches had now sold out to the F\u00fchrer, allowing his picture to be on their church altars. It made no sense to my aunts to worship Jesus, a phony dead man in whose name millions of Jews had been persecuted, tortured, and killed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut those people aren\u2019t really Christians!\u201d I insisted, not fully grasping the accuracy of my statement. \u201cThey just give real Christians a bad name.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNonsense!\u201d insisted Aunt Elsbeth. \u201cAll Gentiles are Christians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They either couldn\u2019t or wouldn\u2019t understand. Nor would they believe Pastor Hornig when he told us that numerous Christians all over Europe were actually helping the Jews at the risk of their own lives. Ultimately, many of the believers went into concentration camps themselves just because they had aided a Jew somewhere in the Nazi world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou and your mother are traitors to our people!\u201d Aunt Friede said at least once a day. \u201cYou should be ashamed of yourselves.\u201d Finally Mother would be quiet, but every night her sisters saw her open her New Testament and read some more. They paced and muttered to themselves about the tragedy of their sister\u2019s \u201cblindness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since we shared the kitchen with so many others, we usually ate at about 9:00 P.M. As we sat down to our meal one night early that spring, we heard an abrupt knock on our door. Then came the familiar \u201cOpen up!\u201d that we had heard several times in our building. Two more forceful knocks followed.<\/p>\n<p>Mother went to the door, resigned to opening it and facing the Nazis. She looked into the cold eyes of two Gestapo agents, who greeted her with the familiar \u201cHeil Hitler!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mother didn\u2019t respond, but she opened the door to let them in. My aunts and I sat frozen in our chairs as the two Gestapo men marched in, proudly wearing their Nazi uniforms and swastikas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are here to arrest K\u00e4te Suessman. Which one of you is she?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is I,\u201d Aunt K\u00e4te replied. \u201cWhat have I done?\u201d Relief and horror were written on Mother\u2019s face. At least they didn\u2019t want me or her other two sisters, who were in poor health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDoes it matter what the reason is for a Jew\u2019s arrest?\u201d the self-appointed Gestapo spokesman answered. \u201cJews need only exist; that is reason enough for their arrest. You have five minutes to fill one bag with things and that is all. Hurry now.\u201d To read this entire chapter, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrails.com\/thhch5.pdf\">click here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>To order <em>Trapped in Hitler&#8217;s Hell<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrails.com\/home\/57-trapped-in-hitler-s-hell.html\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LTRP Note: This week is&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":93,"featured_media":13260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4358","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-remembering-the-holocaust","wpcat-13-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Holocaust Remembrance 2010 - From the Lighthouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/holocaust-remembrance-2010\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Holocaust Remembrance 2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"LTRP Note: This week is...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/holocaust-remembrance-2010\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"From the Lighthouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LighthouseTrailsResearch\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-04-15T20:21:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-07-31T22:42:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/jewish-family-e1785537746269.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"350\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"219\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Anita Dittman with Jan Markell\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@LTrails\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Anita Dittman with Jan Markell\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/holocaust-remembrance-2010\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/holocaust-remembrance-2010\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Anita Dittman with Jan Markell\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5031454da356c2a0a7f3c7a95ff7a0fd\"},\"headline\":\"Holocaust Remembrance 2010\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-04-15T20:21:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-31T22:42:32+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/holocaust-remembrance-2010\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1049,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/holocaust-remembrance-2010\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/jewish-family-e1786040545919.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Remembering the Holocaust\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/holocaust-remembrance-2010\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/holocaust-remembrance-2010\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\\\/blog\\\/holocaust-remembrance-2010\\\/\",\"name\":\"Holocaust Remembrance 2010 - 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