And suddenly, they were gone.
They were not ill.
They didn’t read different books.
They didn’t do different mathematics.
They didn’t learn different geography or biology.
Suddenly, they were—just gone.
It started with the yellow stars. That singled them out as being different, but how could they be? They looked the same. They spoke the same language—drank the same tea and water. Sometimes they ate a slightly different prepared food, but they were not unique in this.
Then they were told they had to go to different schools, Schools only for Jews. In September 1941, they were no longer allowed in their regular schools, or to sit next to their classmates and best friends.
And suddenly they were gone.
First to a camp called Westerbork. Later on, the train journeyed east.
Suddenly they were gone.
Suddenly they were gone, murdered.
The photograph above is a class photo of the Jewish school in Jan van Eijckstraat, Amsterdam. I don’t know how many or if any survived. The likelihood is that very few survived. Gone forever, but not in the hearts of those who loved them.
Source
History of Sorts 
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