Tag #124480 - Interview #87368 (Miriam Bercovici )

Immediately after 6th September 1940 – it was during Antonescu’s [3] dictatorship, under the Sima [4]-Antonescu legionary government – while I was in the 7th grade, as a result of the numerus clauses [in Romania] [5] we were only three Jews left in my grade. The selection was made based on the parents, whether they were heroes of World War I, and on the achievements at school. I was allowed to stay because I had very good grades. They put the three of us at the same desk, which previously was used for the weak students; it was very hard for me to accept this role and after three days I stopped going to school. Several weeks later, when the numerus nullus [in Hungary] [6] was adopted, I wasn’t allowed to go to school any more, so I returned to Campulung.