It was a cold, eerie night in Berlin. Abby knew change was coming, she could feel it in the air. She said good night to Abe and made sure he was safely asleep in his bed. What had gotten in to him lately? He hadn't been telling her things like he used to. Were they drifting away? Abby quickly brushed this thought from her mind and decided to go to bed. She had a busy day at the bakery tomorrow and she needed to get some sleep. Abby laid down and instantly went into a deep slumber.
It was the middle of the night when Abe heard the knock on the door. He thought he was hearing things so he laid back down. Quickly after he heard three more frantic knocks. He decided to go wake up his mom, because he new how deeply she slept. Abe ran to his mother's room and woke her up. Abby heard the knocking and grabbed her bathrobe. Who could it be? Abby quickly ran to the window to get a good look at who was knocking on her door at such an early hour. Abby looked out the window and saw a young couple in their twenties she guessed, the wife clearly pregnant. Abby had to open the door, they looked soaked to the bone. Abby went to open the door and hurried the young couple in so they were out of the rain. The young man thanked her and proceeded in the door holding his wife close. The young man introduced himself as did his wife, David Levinson and Suzanne Levinson. The couple had heard that the Nazis were coming to Berlin the next morning and had to escape there house on the west side of Berlin. Abby had said they had come to the right place. David had looked so relieved. David and Suzanne told Abby that they had know Abby's old friend Renada and that she had given them the address. Abby had told Renada to do that if she new any Jews that would have to leave or hide. Abby thought about that time, good old Renada. Abby quickly brought the young couple fresh clean clothes and gave them food. She told them to go down to the basement and she would be down there in a few minutes with mattresses and sheets. Abby told Abe everything and he agreed that hiding this couple was the right thing to do.
Abby and Abe had been hiding the couple for two months and everything had been going well. They had been quiet and very grateful for everything. Abby's business had been doing well and Abe and her were still very close. Abe had been out late lately though. She was worried about his possible involvement in the Hitler youth. She had told him once about how Hitler was a crazy horrible man and she remembered how he had reacted, getting all twitchy and not agreeing with her. She was so worried that he would slip and say that they were hiding Jews. Abby new that what she was doing was right and that God would watch over her, Abe, and David and Suzanne. Abby couldn't have any of her or Abe's friends over anymore and the war was getting worse.
The Nazis had announced that house checks would be starting soon. Abby had told David and Suzanne and they became worried. Suzanne was now seven months pregnant and she was getting bigger by the day it seemed. Abby remembered the place where Abe used to hide from her when he would get mad when he was younger. She new that David and Suzanne could fit. The day came when the Nazis had come to check Abby's house. David and Suzanne were already hidden thanks to an instinct that Abby had had. Abby and Abe had hid the extra mattresses and put the bedding away. They both put on a calm expression and opened the door. The Nazi guards checked out the house and everything was fine it seemed.
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