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.