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For the Mathias Fa
mily, the Night of
Broken Glass
was a tragedy they
will never forget.
On the evening of
November 9, 1938
, Sid Mathias’
father, Ernest, was
arrested by Nazi G
estapo Agents
in Germany. He w
as sent to the Buche
nwald
concentration camp.
Through the exhaus
tive efforts of Sid’s
mother and
uncle, they were ab
le to secure safe pa
ssage for Ernest
to America. Ernest
escaped Germany on
the last ship
crossing the Atlanti
c before the start of
World War II.
Unfortunately, the
rest of Sid’s family
was murdered.
d worked
n
a
a
c
i
r
e
m
ame to A
c
r
e
g enough
h
n
t
i
a
n
f
r
a
e
,
s
Sid’s
stockyard
o
g
a
ol and
c
o
i
h
h
c
C
s
e
w
h
a
t
l
d
in
ollege an
c
o
t
d
d
i
S
f duty an
to send
o
e
s
n
e
s
in him a
ed him.
v
a
s
t
instilling
a
h
t
e country
h
t
o
t
e
c
i
serv
Sid has
fulfilled
that pled
serving
ge by gi
with hon
ving bac
or and c
k to the
the valu
ourage
commun
es of gra
and inst
ity,
t
i
t
illing in
ude and
father in
his own
service
stilled in
sons
to the co
h
i
m
. And, Si
m
serves o
m
u
n
i
d helped
ty that h
n the Ill
is
inois Ho
to establ
to help p
locaust
i
s
h
a
n
d
revent su
and Gen
now
ch atroc
o
c
i
d
e
C
ities from
ommiss
ion
recurrin
g to any
one.
Sid with h
is wife Rit
a
and their
children
Courage. Streng
th. Character.
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