SukritiDownward Spiral
In May 1940, when things finally started to settle down for the family, World War II hit Belgium. The Nazis took over the country and the streets that seemed so pleasing a day before were now filled with terror. Claire was just an 18-year-old when all this started and in the next two years, they saw everything worsened every day. Mass torture of the Belgian Jews was inhumane. Fear was in the air.