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The Merriam-Websters Dictionary defines scud as to move or run swiftly especially as if driven forward. This definition belies the danger and immediacy of Hannas forced drive forward to survive and eventually create a new life.
Hanna Kalter was a typical teenager when the Nazis came to power in Germany. But on Kristallnacht, when mobs destroyed the synagogue and Jewish property, and ransacked her home, Hannas parents shipped her and her sister Ruth off to safety in free Holland on the Kindertransport.
Thus began her long sojourn as a refugee, living briefly with Dutch Jewish families and for years in childrens homes. Hanna hated the humility of being a refugee and then things got much worse when the Nazis conquered Holland and the Gestapo moved in next door.
Through all this, Hanna tried to live her life to get an education, learn a skill, make friends, find a boyfriend. She didnt lose her cool, even when she and her sister were deported to a concentration camp.
And she was always waiting
waiting for her parents to send for her
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