Larry Brenner - December 13, 1981
Religious Observances
I'm sorry to interrupt this, but were there any other religious observances? Did people observe uh, uh, did they, did they daven at night or in the morning?
In the morning, individual.
They didn't...
I had my tefillin with me all the time.
So, that even...
Even there, yes, because if you woke up in the morning earlier. Because we're among Jews. The Germans did not tell you that you're not supposed to, didn't say go ahead and do it. But it was not, it was very few percentage anyway because most of the people did not observe anything. And the observance for me, the Pesach was perhaps afraid from God, also saying that in my mind I've been good God, you know uh, don't hurt me as such.
And Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur you were...
I was not... Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, let's see, let's go back there. No, no, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur we did not keep, because it was in Budapest and uh, we didn't go to shul if that's what you...
No, I mean did, did... Were there services did people hold services in secret while they were...
No, no, it's individual. It wasn't... If we could hold it I don't think they would because we're under, we are, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, that is in the fall, okay. We were still in Hungary then.
Yeah.
We're still in Hungary there. I don't recall what happened there. I don't recall what happened. But I definitely remember I tried not to eat bread...
On Pesach.
...on Pesach.
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