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The Demarcation line was a way for Jewish families to travel from Germany to France. This was shut down, making it illegal to travel across. People who did, and were caught, were arrested.
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Ruth's father and uncle both joined the Legion to protect their families. Her uncle had left the Legion a year earlier than her father, and she wondered when he would return. Finally, one day, she saw him returning and she got to really meet her dad.
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Soon after learning about <ahref='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippe_P%C3%A9tain' >Marshal Philippe Pétain</a> in school, he comes to Toulouse. Everyone in Ruth's class is invited to see him. See begs her dad to take him, and he agrees.
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Ruth and her family are told by a man that the police are coming. They pack up a few belonging and leave as fast as they can. They run all the way to the train station, where they take the last train out of the station.
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Ruth and her family must stay at her uncle's house. After a short amount of time, police find the house and raid it. Ruth and her family hide as the house is searched.
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Ruth's parents decide that she would be safer with someone else. They leave her with a French farm family, and they keep her safe. She stays with them for about a year.
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Ruth is finally reunited with her parents. This is about a year after they left her. She is very happy to be back with her parents.
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The first major concentration camp in Ploand was liberated. It was liberated by the Soviet Army. Things were finally looking better.
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The Germans finally give up and surrender. Ruth and the other Jewish people are able to stop hiding. Life is safer for them than it has been in years.
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Ruth's parents decide to leave Arthés. Liberation is coming to an end, and it is safe to travel. Ruth and her family went to Paris.