Mathei Jackel: How Did He Notice Things Were Changing?

The Holocaust is really important to learn about, and I certainly believe that as well. But, the Holocaust isn't the only thing we need to learn about to understand it. We also need to know what happened before. Like, how did they realize that their lives would change forever? Always in the blue, let's ask -

Q and A With Ignor Anne-T!

When did Mathei Jackel first have an incident with *antisemitism?

Uh... when the Nazis started to be mean to them?

No! Before that! And you can't just say things so SIMPLY about the Nazis! This is serious!

Then... when PEOPLE were mean to him??

No!! You have to be more specific, Anne!

Oh... I don't know.

Looks like its time for the...

ANSWER STORY

Mathei Jackel was walking home from school one day, and he first realized something was wrong, when old friends, as well as older boys who had never given him a problem, asked him to join them in a muddy pond, but instead said nasty things to him, and dunked him under the water, and kicked and scratched him. Poor 7 year old Mathei. Obviously he knew something was up.

*Antisemitism-discrimination against or prejudice or hostility toward Jews

This definition was not made up, it was taken from www.dictionary.com

This information on Mathei Jackel, in the Answer Story was taken from a book on Jewish Holocaust survivors. It is also not made up.

Happy Holocaust Memorial Day!

Hey!! Sorry I've been ignoring the site, I forgot about it, but now I'm remembering! I'm also going to make this site a lot more fun!!! I'm going to stop writing in history report form, and make it funner to read! :-D
Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, perfect to think about what happened to Mathei Jackel!! Now It's Time For...

Q and A With Ignor Anne-T (Ignorant)!!!!

How did Mathei Jackel Survive the war?

Um..... he shot all the Nazis???

No!!!!!! Then don't you think we would know his name better????

Oh... then... he used his amazing super powers and like... zapped free and stuff

Do YOU even believe that, Anne?

Okay, I give up. WHAT?

Here's the:

ANSWER STORY

Mathei Jackel survived the war by being saved- and later joining the *Partisans (yayay)!! (I wonder if I would go with someone who was just like "We're against the war, Come with us," but then again, that's a story for another day) By joining the Partisans, he was protected, and survived the war by staying and traveling with them, and avoided being put into a **concentration camp.

*Partisan-an adherent or supporter of a person, group, party, or cause, esp. a person who shows a biased, emotional allegiance

**Concentration Camp-A camp where civilians, enemy aliens, political prisoners, and sometimes prisoners of war are detained and confined, typically under harsh conditions

I'd Like to acknowledge that these definitions are from Dictionary.com, I did not make them up. For more info on the two words or any other, please go to www.dictionary.com THANK YOU!!!

Frienemies...

Mathei Jackel had many christian friends. One day when he was walking home from school, some of his friends dared him to jump into a pond with them. Seeing no danger, he agreed. He regretted it when he jumped in. His friends said, "Nice job, Dirty Jew. You'll never come out alive!" They punched him, kicked him scratched, and dunked him under the water.
Luckily, 7 year old Mathei managed to escape free, and limped home, bloody and bruised. After that, his parents transferred him to an all jewish school. (Book lost again. Name of school later) That didn't stop them from calling him a dirty jew.
WORD OF THE DAY- Dirty Jew- A bad name for jewish kids, given to any jew, whether they were clean or not.

Early Life And Other Information

Mathei Jackel grew up in Timisoara, Romania. His parent's names were Bernhard, a traveling salesman, and his mother, Josefine, a stay-at-home mom. Mathei knew three languages. German, Hungarian, and Romanian. He spoke German at home, Hungarian outside, and Romanian during school.
He had many friends, although they became nasty when the war started, details later. By the way, I found the book. YAY! Oh, and there are no WORD OF THE DAYS, because I didn't use any hard to know words! I will tell the story of his friends turned bad another day.

His Family

Mathei's family included his little brother and sister, and his mom and dad. When the war started, he was separated from them, when his brother and himself had to leave the house to protect themselves from an aktzia. (I might have spelled that word wrong, and if so I'll correct it later.)
During the war, his father was killed in Auschvitz. (Might be spelled wrong also.) The rest of his family survived, but he didn't see them again until they joined him in Israel, about 30 years after the war.

WORDS OF THE DAY- Aktzia- An attack on a certain group of people, like little boys, or old women, etc. During WORLD WAR II.
Auschvitz- A concentration camp (killing camp) in Poland that is famous for how badly it treated the Jews.

"I Am A Partisan Now!"

These words were said by Mathei Jackel, when an old German soldier rescued him, who was a partisan. He then stayed with the partisans for the rest of the war after that. He set off explosives, lived in the forest, at only 10 years old!
Once, he was even put to a test to kill a Nazi sympathizer, but he was frightened to do so. He held the gun up, closed his eyes, and pulled the trigger. With the boom ringing in his ears, he ran out.

WORDS OF THE DAY- Partisan- Old German soldiers or other men who resembled each others hatred for the Nazis who came together as a group destroying the Nazi territories, and taking food and such from Nazi sympathizers.
Sympathizers- People who favored groups of people, or voted or helped those people.