Q1 Who was Helmuth and what happened with his father
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① In the spring of 1945, a little eleven-year-old German boy called Helmuth was lying in bed when he overheard his parents discussing something in serious tones.
② His father, a prominent physician, deliberated with his wife whether the time had come to kill the entire family, or if he should commit suicide alone.
③ His father spoke about his fear of revenge, saying, ‘Now the Allies will do to us what we did to the crippled and Jews.’
④ ’ The next day, he took Helmuth to the woods, where they spent their last happy time together, singing old children’s songs.
⑤ Later, Helmuth’s father shot himself in his office. Helmuth remembers that he saw his father’s bloody uniform being burnt in the family fireplace.
⑥ So traumatised was he by what he had overheard and what had happened, that he reacted by refusing to eat at home for the following nine years! He was afraid that his mother might poison him.
⑦ Although Helmuth may not have realised all that it meant, his father had been a Nazi and a supporter of Adolf Hitler.
⑧ Although Helmuth may not have realised all that it meant, his father had been a Nazi and a supporter of Adolf Hitler.
⑨ Because of Hitler’s determination to make Germany into a mighty power and his ambition of conquering all of Europe and how he killed Jews
⑩ Helmuth’s father along with other Nazi officials had condemned to death many Germans who were considered mentally or physically unfit.
The Conclusion- Helmuth Was a small kid when his father suicide in fear. His father was a Nazi Supporter so when the Nazi part fall down at that point his father knew that know he is going to be killed with his family or without his family so he thought that if he will kill himself then no one will harm his family.
Other Question Related To Helmuth-
Q- Imagine that you are Helmuth. You have had many Jewish friends in school and do not believe that Jews are bad. Write a paragraph on what you would say to your father.
Ans- I would Talk To my father that Jews are really very nice people and we shouldn’t commend them to death they have also feelings and there is no racial segregation and we all are same, we all are from a same community. We shouldn’t torture them and if we will continue all these things then we will never get success and it might harm you and our whole family. My All-Jewish Friends are really nice. We all are humans and there is no such thing that Pure blooded Nordic Aryans is the best form of race every blood is good!