Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: VaNazi vakanga vatora simba pakuvamba muna 1933 uye vakakurumidza kuchinja Germany kuva udzvinyiriri hwebato rimwe. Kurwisana nevaJudha kwakabatanidzwa muzvirongwa zvevoruzhinji uye kwakaramba kuchiwedzera kudzvinyirira vaya vaibatanidzwa. Mushure mokunge
Kristallnacht pogrom muna November 1938 Isidor Pinkus akarasikirwa nevatengi vake. Zuva rakatevera kuparadzwa kwacho akapiwa tsamba pachikoro yainyorerwa baba vake kubva kumukuru weguta reBerlin umo baba vaEllen vakakumbirwa kuti vamubvise pachikoro. Mumwe mudzidzisi akamudana parutivi ndokumuzevezera kuti aimukumbira "zvakanakisisa", nepo vamwe vadzidzisi nevamwe vadzidzi vakamutarisa. Nokuda kwavadzidzi vechiJudha, kubviswa pachikoro kwakava kusingagumi. Haana kumbowana mukana wokupinda bvunzo dzokupedzisira dzechikoro chake ("Abitur"), uye pasinei nokuedza kwaakazoita kuti awane zvaakanga awana pashure pokunge abva kuGermany, haana kuzombobudirira kupedza chikoro chake.