"Yes, I still lived with my family at the time. My father, my mother, and my younger sister. Father and I were allowed to carry books back and forth to the camps. Horrid business, but it gave us a way to communicate with the prisoners." She sighed and shook her head.

"Women were supposed to stay in the home and raise children, but with all the men gone to war, that made it difficult for some of us. Still, we found ways to amuse ourselves."