Monday, August 31, 2009

The Hiding Place


1942.
Betsie and I took many risks in hiding all of our friends. We had many procedures also. Our resources said that our house wasn't safe enough, so then we made renovations at the beje. I moved to Tante Jans room and that is where we built our secret room. We made a hole in the wall and put accomadations in there. We covered it up with a cabinet and brick wall. We also had a safety drill where we would press a button and a buzzard would sound. We ran this drill over and over so that all of the Jews could improve their time to get up to the secret room. It was very important that they all got up as quickly as possible because it wouldn't be long until the soldiers would search for the room or the people (if they came, that is).

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