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DAVID GREENE, HOST:
And it's time now for StoryCorps. This is Holocaust1 Remembrance Week, and this morning, we have a story about resilience. After surviving the war, Judel and Pauline Schuster resettled in Buffalo2, N.Y., to start a family. At StoryCorps, two of their children, Abe and Esther, sat down to remember their parents, including a time they went head-to-head with Abe's math teacher.
ABE SCHUSTER: Dad said, so Mrs. Dinwoodie, how is mine Abey (ph) doing in the math class? And she said, well, he sleeps a lot in class. He stares out the window. He doesn't do his homework. And he doesn't seem to be paying attention very well. And Dad said, you know, Mrs. Dinwoodie, you should be ashamed3 of yourself. My Abey has jobs. He works4 after school. He knows a lot of friends and has fun in the evenings. So of course, he's going to be sleepy. And probably, you are boring him.
ESTHER SCHUSTER: We could do no wrong in their eyes. You know, I would be upset because I'd get an 89. And they'd go 89 - that's wonderful - you did the best you could. The other thing they would always say to us was the only thing that's important is you learn how to do something that you can make a living at because, really, they knew that that was survival5.
When did you first realize that we were kids of Holocaust survivors6?
A SCHUSTER: I knew they were from Europe. I knew they'd lost their family. But I think the first time, Esther, I really figured it out was in eighth grade. You know, in history class, we saw these movies - these Holocaust horror7 movies. And I think that's the first time I actually realized what happened to our grandparents and aunts and uncles.
E SCHUSTER: Part of it was even just our names. We knew we were named after people who died too soon, who there was a lot of pain about. You know, like, Mom always used to say, you're my mother. You're my mother. And I'm so glad to have you because you're my mother. I think that we had this vision8 of life and death that was maybe different from other kids our age. But they also taught us the pleasure in small things.
A SCHUSTER: They never were kids. They never played. So sometimes, you can make up for things later.
E SCHUSTER: I remember when we would go to Crystal9 Beach and there was that little store on the corner. And we would stop. We'd get an orange soda10.
A SCHUSTER: Absolutely.
E SCHUSTER: And, you know, Mom - you would've thought somebody bought her a diamond ring.
A SCHUSTER: And all the neighborhood kids who would go to the pool and swim in the summer - and dad went with me.
E SCHUSTER: Uh-huh.
A SCHUSTER: Smoking11 - big, old belly12.
E SCHUSTER: Yeah.
A SCHUSTER: And he climbed up and he went down the slide.
E SCHUSTER: (Laughter).
A SCHUSTER: And everybody is looking at him. And I'm like, yeah, that's my dad...
E SCHUSTER: (Laughter).
A SCHUSTER: ...And whatever. But that's how he was. He was like a kid.
E SCHUSTER: We were lucky. We were very lucky to have them as parents. Despite their suffering, despite their pain, they were able to teach those lessons of live now, love hard and appreciate everything.
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GREENE: Abe and Esther Schuster for StoryCorps in Birmingham, Ala. That interview will be archived along with hundreds of thousands of others at the Library of Congress14.
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n.大破坏;大屠杀 | |
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n.(北美)野牛;(亚洲)水牛 | |
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adj.感到惭愧,感到害臊,因为羞耻或勉强作某事 | |
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n.作品,著作;工厂,活动部件,机件 | |
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n.留住生命,生存,残存,幸存者 | |
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n.惊骇,恐怖,惨事,极端厌恶 | |
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n.视觉,先见之明,光景,视力,眼力,幻想,影像;vt.幻想 | |
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n.肚子,腹部;(像肚子一样)鼓起的部分,膛 | |
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n.卫星( satellite的名词复数 );人造卫星;卫星国;附庸国 | |
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