While I was standing next to my mother a man started to bother her physically. I lowered my head and ran forcefully into his groin. A policeman who saw the incident immediately grabbed me and took me into custody — followed by jail. That is where I found my father. The next morning, both of us — including all of the Jewish men of this town — were transported by railroad to the Oranienburg concentration camp. I was sent home in a few days but my father spent six weeks there.