Brandon's Oma

Yeah. You can hear it and you don't know where it hits. And one of them came pretty loud and we went into the doorway, you know, just covered ourselves. But we had to cross the field to get to the bunker. And the English were across the river already by then, you see. So they were shooting guns and everything. So we were crawling on the floor, on the ground, getting to the bunker, you know.

And they were shooting. I just... We made it somehow, and they already closed the bunker, you know, and we were banging on them steel doors, open the doors, we need to get in, you know. Finally, they decided it was us, you know, and we made it in. But that was really, really scary, really scary.

And they were shooting. I just... We made it somehow, and they already closed the bunker, you know, and we were banging on them steel doors, open the doors, we need to get in, you know. Finally, they decided it was us, you know, and we made it in. But that was really, really scary, really scary.

And they were shooting. I just... We made it somehow, and they already closed the bunker, you know, and we were banging on them steel doors, open the doors, we need to get in, you know. Finally, they decided it was us, you know, and we made it in. But that was really, really scary, really scary.

Telling you. So...

Telling you. So...

Telling you. So...

Oh, afterwards. Okay. When the British came across before they came across, they were right across the river, okay, when we went to the bunker, my dad and I. And my youngest brother, we didn't know that till afterwards, you know, he was always gone. The mayor from my city,

Oh, afterwards. Okay. When the British came across before they came across, they were right across the river, okay, when we went to the bunker, my dad and I. And my youngest brother, we didn't know that till afterwards, you know, he was always gone. The mayor from my city,

Oh, afterwards. Okay. When the British came across before they came across, they were right across the river, okay, when we went to the bunker, my dad and I. And my youngest brother, we didn't know that till afterwards, you know, he was always gone. The mayor from my city,

Two other gentlemen and my brother, for some reason, they went in the boat and they went across the river, two with the white flag, of course, to give the city to, I don't know, surrender. And my brother forgot he had a knife in his side pocket, you know. And just before he got all the way across, he realized that, so he grabbed the knife and let it go in the water.

Two other gentlemen and my brother, for some reason, they went in the boat and they went across the river, two with the white flag, of course, to give the city to, I don't know, surrender. And my brother forgot he had a knife in his side pocket, you know. And just before he got all the way across, he realized that, so he grabbed the knife and let it go in the water.

Two other gentlemen and my brother, for some reason, they went in the boat and they went across the river, two with the white flag, of course, to give the city to, I don't know, surrender. And my brother forgot he had a knife in his side pocket, you know. And just before he got all the way across, he realized that, so he grabbed the knife and let it go in the water.

That knife?

That knife?

That knife?

And the Germans, of course, they disappeared from the riverfront, of course, right? Or my mom would have been shipped out. But she was in a time... where she was just lucky, you know? I forgot to tell you the story. When I was back, I was maybe eight years old, something like this, where I thought, what is going on, you know? getting people out of their apartments.

And the Germans, of course, they disappeared from the riverfront, of course, right? Or my mom would have been shipped out. But she was in a time... where she was just lucky, you know? I forgot to tell you the story. When I was back, I was maybe eight years old, something like this, where I thought, what is going on, you know? getting people out of their apartments.

And the Germans, of course, they disappeared from the riverfront, of course, right? Or my mom would have been shipped out. But she was in a time... where she was just lucky, you know? I forgot to tell you the story. When I was back, I was maybe eight years old, something like this, where I thought, what is going on, you know? getting people out of their apartments.

And a lot of Jews had stores and everything. I said, what's going on? You know, we didn't know what was going on. So they told the people they're going to send the Jews to a new colony where all the Jews get together their own, you know,