“I think in 1933 there were still at least five or six Jewish families living in Quakenbrück… Many of the Jews living there considered themselves German first before they thought of themselves as Jews.”
Ursula Rosenfeld
“The synagogue opposite was burning and all the belongings of the family who lived there had been thrown out. Their toys and everything were thrown into the flames. A Torah scroll decorated with bells on the top had been removed and they were dancing with it in the street…When they saw me, they said, ‘There’s a Jew! Let’s throw her on the fire too.’”
Ursula Rosenfeld
“I wish our parents could have known, in spite of their suffering, that their family lives on.”
Ursula Rosenfeld