My Mom wasn't fleeing Nazi's but the USA helped defeat the Japanese who wanted Australia.
I have met (lived among) a population of people who fled the Nazi's and had the scars from bullets and torture, some had a numbered tattoo, all in different parts of the world, at different times in my life.
The folks who fought and escaped the Nazi's were Slav's and I was a child. We communicated using gestures and a few words as they didn't speak English. They told me their stories and showed me the scars. They were wonderful, hard working people who had no children. Two brothers, a sister and a nephew...all that was left of their family.
People can be unbelievably cruel, even to children. People in my fathers family, including my grandfather never accepted my Mother because she was a foreigner...their words. I wonder how they think everyone in America, who isn't Native American, got here
I used to be proud to be an American but not anymore sad to say. I know how hard it is to fit in with a new area so I go out of my way to try to make new people feel welcome and I enjoy learning from people with different cultural experiences from my own.
I'm so glad your Mom escaped and gave you to us BMUS....
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