My Immigration to US

My Immigration to US

My name is Adalrich Foerster and I’m Jewish. I’m come from Hamburg City north of Germany. Now I’m ninety five years old and live in New York city, NY. In September 1939, Adolf Hitler and his Nazis Party conquered Poland, World War II started. At that time, Jewish people were discriminated against every where that Adolf Hitler conquered. When my parents and I heard the news that Hitler would captured Jewish people and put them in concentration camps, we realized we would be treated badly if they got us. In order to stay away from Nazis, my parents contacted their best friend (they were my parents best friend since Germany was still in peace) to get us out of Germany. They were able to help one of us out of Germany. we went by fishing ship, because the Nazis police checked every fishing ship that left Germany.Because of that, my parents chose me to be the one that left Germany to immigrate to New York City, US, . When I heard that news, I felt half happy and half sad. I had to say good bye to my parents, relatives, and my friends. I wondered when I will meet them again. I was happy because I’ll be safer and can study in a US university to continue my atomic scientist dream, and help Allies develop their weapon to defeat the Axis power.

The day I left, I cried a lot and said good bye to my parents, relatives, and friends. On the fishing ship, I thought about my external migration. The trip from Europe to America, was very long . I’m still upset with push factors in Germany at that time, they moved me away my homeland. Those are political changes which took place in Germany. Democracy caused conflict and lead to World War II. Persecution is also important factor that pushed me way from my homeland because I’m Jewish. People said that Adolf Hitler hated Jewish people because he thought that we caused Germany’s defeat in World War I. I also thought about the pull factors that pulled me to New York City, things like economic opportunities. After I finished college in US, I made some money working for the Atomic Science Institute in NYC, and then I joined scientist group in US military. External migration to New York City also had positive affect on me and United States. I had better opportunities to live on free land which doesn’t discriminate against people because of their religions. United States was positively affected because of my immigration, I worked for them and developed their atomic bombs that helped them end World War II. Negative effects were that I still couldn’t find my parents, friends, and relatives, I think I lost them. I felt sorry for the negative effects on Nazi Germany, because of my immigration, they lost an atomic scientist like me. If I worked for Nazis, I could have help them develop the atomic bomb or even help them build it.