Soldier Monolgue pt 1

Question 1

My life has always been simple

Answer 1

Me and my family, in lovely but small house, yes we‘re German, but we always worked hard for what we had.
We were friends with everyone in our area, no matter who they were and nothing ever bothered us about that, we respected people, and they respected us.

Question 2

And then things started to change

Answer 2

This man, Hitler, came in power and things were okay for a while, and then they went a bit.. weird.
Things started happening to my friends and as I was growing up, more things became apparent, I could sense the tension, that things weren’t seeming very well, for our family anyway.
Some of my friends who were also German, said that they didn’t mind what was happening, and in fact thought they were getting better.

Question 3

But still, I didn’t quite like it, it felt wrong

Answer 3

Then this man, Hitler, his top people came to our house and I was told to stay out of the way, so I did but I could still hear everything.
My parents came in, all solemn and said that I had to go work for this man, no choice, even if I didn’t want to.

Question 4

I could tell this would be bad, but I had no choice, I had to make the best of what I was doing.

Answer 4

Then this night happened and I knew things were bad, they were more than bad and it didn’t look like I could do anything. There was fire and glass and danger everywhere and I couldn’t do a thing to help my friends,

Question 5

I had to stand there and watch or I’d be punished and I didn’t know what that’d be.

Answer 5

I was scared but I felt like I wasn’t allowed because I was safer because I am ayran