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Elsie V. By: Paige Boyles The day the Nazi soldiers came for us will always be a memory I will never forget. I am Elsie, a Jew that was taken from my home to a concentration camp during World War II. We had to leave every thing we had with no preparation. Before I had to depart, I managed to write a note, " Bill go to Switzerland." The first place we were forced to go …

…part of the Allied Forces and was there to comfort me. After recognizing who I was, he helped me to independence. During two years spent in the hospital, I had to relearn everything, including eating and walking. I spent a few months in a sanitarium. Bill, the man I loved made arrangements for me to be a nurse in New York. After twelve long years and all we had been through, we were finally married.