Jack Trumpeter's Injustices During World War II

During the Second World War, and unspeakable injustice occurred. Six million Jewish people were slaughtered solely based on their religion. Men, women, and children were plucked from their homes and taken under control of the Nazi 's. Their valuables were stolen. They were put to work in concentration camps where they were starved, beaten and tortured. Their identities were stolen, their names taken away, and identification tattoos were engraved in their bodies. Scientific experiments were preformed on these people with no anesthesia. Men and women alike were dragged to death pits where they were shot in the back of the head at point blank range, falling into mass graves while other were gassed in large chambers and tossed into the crematories.
Trumpeter was born in 1942, during the heat of Nazism, in Northern Holland. As soon as he was born his parents knew that they had to send him into hiding for if they didn 't, they knew that he may be one of the many males that were dragged out into the streets, laid on their backs, and beaten in the legs until the couldn 't walk. Trumpeters parents knew if the Nazi 's were capable of doing this, they were capable of doing anything. Trumpeter wasn 't given the name Jack at birth. Originally he had a very Jewish sounding name, so his parents knew that they must change it. They changed his name to Jack and sent him into hiding in central Holland. (Trumpeter had darker features, so central Holland would be safer where there was more of a Spanish population) By the time Trumpeter was only three years old, he was living with a new family with a new name. Not surprisingly, Trumpeter suffered from a nervous breakdown at this young age. Trumpeter, the family he lived with, and his parents all ended up moving to the United States. Shortly after, he suffered from yet another nervous breakdown. Trumpeter does not remember his childhood. Perhaps this is because he was able to block it all out. I know that if I was in his situation, I would. While I listened to Trumpeter talk, I just wanted to run up and give him a big hug. What a life this man has had! Having to change your name and parents when you are only three years old? This must have played a huge impact on who his is today. I wonder if it is still difficult for him, knowing that his name is actually not Jack? I personally don 't know how people were able to be strong enough to survive through such tough times, not only physically but also emotionally, mentally, and ever more so, religiously. To me, it is hard to learn about such a time when such hated took place. I cannot even begin to image how or WHY people can