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“She says she can finally breathe now. She feels freed by the privilege of relative racelessness. In 2009, Kingston's murder rate reached the highest ever on record, and my mom returned there so she could finally feel safe.”

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Book:If I Survive You
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“Ich habe meinem Sohn ein Erinnerungs-Schatz-Glas geschenkt, so nenne ich es, denn er ist noch zu klein für solche Worte. Darin liegen bisher eine getrocknete Zitrone, eine Muschel und ein Stein. Dinge, die er selbst gefunden hat und bestaunt. Ich habe sie aufgehoben. Oz soll den Wert von Erinnerungen lernen, das ist mir wichtig. Dass uns Menschen und Orte manchmal verloren gehen, aber mit den Erinnerungen tragen wir ihre Geschichten in uns. Für den Fall, dass wir irgendwann nicht mehr hier leben werden. Der Gedanke kam mir in diesem Jahr so oft. Ich habe meine Heimat hinter mir gelassen, Deutschland. Ich entschied, in Israel zu leben. Aber die Erinnerungen an meine Kindheit, mein Aufwachsen, mein erwachsenes Leben in Deutschland – sei es durch meinen alten Teddybären, den Bettbezug mit dem Tröpfchenmuster, meine orangefarbene Lieblingstasse – kann mir niemand nehmen. Es ist wichtig, sich zu erinnern. Viele Erinnerungen formen ein Leben. Wer sind wir ohne sie? Mein Schwiegervater erzählt stolz, er lösche Erinnerungen, die er nicht mehr brauche. Er mag das Gefühl, im Jetzt zu stehen, es sei das Einzige, was zähle. Er löscht sie aber nicht wirklich. Er verdrängt sie, bis er sie irgendwann vergisst. Was er wohl erlebt hat, das er am liebsten löschen will? «Alles nicht wichtig», sagt er. Aber wenn alles nicht wichtig ist – wozu war es dann überhaupt?”

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