Livia Bitton-Jackson 

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“I weep and weep. I weep for my classroom, which is no longer my classroom. For the school that will never be my school again. I weep for my life, which will never be the same.” Only 3 short months away from graduating school, Elli’s school is closed. She is told to go home. Her hope of getting into a prep school in Budapest is put off forever.

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The liquidation process begins in Elli’s hometown of Somorja. The Jews in Somorja are required to register at the town hall and deliver all of their valuables, Elli’s most valuable possession being her new yellow schwinn bicycle.

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