Abelard's Diary Entry Essay: The Second World War

Courage It was January 2nd 1940, in a town called Berlin. The second World War has just started, and both sides were ready to fight. My family and i were hidden in sturdy attic tucked away from the Nazis, who were attacking us because we were jews The man who is letting us stay here is a “non-jew”, he seems very stern, but is actually quite nice. He was kind of a double agent. He pretends to be with the Nazis, but actually hides families like mine to keep them safe. My family and i are grateful, we know he is risking his life to protect ours. My family had to be very careful of what we did, because anything we did might cause us to be found. My little sister didn't quite understand the careful thing, and would make so much noise that the man, Abelard, would often come complain. Abelard
“ Bats must have got in through the upstairs window, I’ll go check it out”, we heard Abelard say, trying to keep us a secret. “Are you sure those dirty Jews didn't get in?”, a Nazi said,as a joke, and we heard Abelard nervously laugh. Abelard rushed in with a wooden bat, with the most frightened look on his face. He told us to get in the corner behind a small closet door, but by the time my little sister had made it, it was too late.The dreaded German soldiers had already barged into the room. They grabbed Abelard, and he had a look of defeat on his face. They shot both my mother and father. I fell, my heart feeling like an elephant was on top of it. One of the soldiers came and hit me with his gun. I remember seeing Abelard jump out of the soldiers grip trying to block them from shooting my little sister, so they shot him. Abelard was the bravest man i know. He rimily. He saved me and my sister. Even though our lives were not good after that, at least we were alive. We got to live so much longer than so many other jews.
Abelard saved us and i will forever be in his