mily and me saw Moshe as part of the family and he was invited to any kind of family reunion that we had. He was like my blood brother, the one I always wanted.In 1922 we were both twelve and Moshe started studying for his Bar mitzvah for the following year. I didnt understand what was the bar mitzvah. My mother explained me that there are many religions and that we are not all Christians. She also explained that one of the other religions is the Jewish, and that Moshe happened to be Jewish. She also told me that there is nothing wrong of being Jewish. Also that and there is a Jewish tradition and a custom called, Bar Mitzvah. This happens when male Jewish children turned thirteen and they are ready to take responsibility for his own acts in the eye of God. I rapidly understood the explanation and I kind of liked the idea, I also wanted to do a Bar Mitzvah like Moshe but I quickly understand that Christians dont do Bar mitzvahs. In September 12 1923 The Hirsh invited me to the big day Moshes Bar Mitzvah. I was very exited to go and Moshe was very happy for the event and for having me there. That day many questions came up to my mind because the entire paring was in Hebrew and Yiddish. All this got clear when the ceremony was over and Moshes father explain me what was all about, very simply and detailed.A few years later in 1938, June 16 I turned eighteen and was ready to enter the famous Technische Universitat Berlin. The campus was immense and I didnt recognize any of the faces. I was not alone, as always Moshe was with me. We even register for the same classes. We both wanted to become civil engineers. Since the day I entered the university everything started to move very rapidly in my education. The university was hard and demanding I couldnt keep with all the hard work and I planed to drop out. But as always Moshe was there for me, he convince me of not doing so and he spend extra time with me every day after school to help me ou...
