Olga Levy Drucker

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Olga Levy Drucker was a very brave, smart, kind and loving person. Olga was born in 1927. She had a Mother, Father, brother Hans and a Grandpa, Maximilian. Her older brother, Hans was always getting in trouble by his mother and was always making a mess, but they still loved him. One winter day, Olga and her family were planning on moving.

When Olga officially moved, she had to start a new school. This was when Hitler became the new leader of Germany. She liked school at first, but when the teacher she really liked retired, she had to get an new teacher in the middle of the school year. She and her friend were the only Jewish kids at the school. All of the other kids accepted Hitler, but she and her friend did not. All Hitler was trying to do was kill all Jewish people. The new teacher was very strict and he demanded that all kids had to say "Hail Hitler." Olga and her friend would not do it. The teacher asked again, hoping they would all do it this time. Olga still did not do it, but her friend did. Olga was never forced to do it again.

When Olga got used to being treated this way, her father got taken away by Hitler's army. He did not return until a couple of months later. Later, when her father returned, his hair was barely there and it was very thin. Her Father was also very thin when he arrived, from all the torture and work. He was not allowed to talk about anything that happened. This was because they believed people could hear, even when outside of the house. Olga asked why her father could not talk about it. Her mother replied, "Walls have ears too you know."

Knowing Olga's father was in trouble, Olga and her family needed to make a decision. Her brother was already in England for school. Her mother read about something called the Kindertransport. "A place where Jewish kids can go to be safe from Hitler." This was also in England where Hans was staying. "Mama and I climbed aboard. I waved to Papa until he was only a tiny speck in the distance. The train turned a curve, and he was gone." This was a quote by Olga that is in her memoir. This train ride was when Olga was first getting ready to go to the Kindertransport. There were multiple train rides to get to England. But, her mother could only go on one of them with Olga. As her mother walked off the train, Olga was crying, along with all of the other kids on the train. As the train started moving again, Olga was still very sad that she had to say her last goodbyes to her Mom.

Olga eventually got to move in with another family in England. When she saw her new family, they were very poor and did not have many things. The owner of the house's daughter gave her a really mean look, and stared her down, right when Olga first arrived at the house. When she stepped into the house, her daughter gave Olga a pinch. She suffered going through this every day. It was just like how she was living in Germany, suffering from Hitler. Luckily, to escape things, Olga had another family take her to their house and live there. When she first looked at her new house, she was amazed. It was very large and it looked like a mansion. When Olga got to her new bed it was neat and the house was very tidy. Olga did not even have sheets in the old house, so she was very lucky to live there. She also had a "Sister", but instead of her pinching Olga, she would be very kind. Olga really appreciated this new family and how they treated her.

Olga stayed there for a while and she also went to school. As Olga got older, she started to understand what really happened to her and why she moved to different families. She was 11 years-old when this happened, but she did it all by herself and without her family.

Years after she left Germany with the Kindertransport, she was now on her journey to New York from London. She traveled by air this time, since the technology improved. If you were wondering about her family, Hans became part of the army, and her parents survived the Holocaust. Her parents died from old age.

Olga Levy Drucker is a hero because she inspired me and she definitely inspired other people, especially children. She is very kind, loving and she was passionate to stay safe and protect herself and others. She was very brave to travel across the world without her family and without any adult to support her as she was going through this. She inspired me to do the right thing for my safety and other kids and adult's safety. Olga Levy was a Holocaust survivor and she is also my hero.