OUT MONO RUBIO (BLOND
MONKEY)
The Eichman trial marked my path. Adolf Eichman was one of the most pivotal actors in the implementation of the “Final Solution”. His 1961
trial in Jerusalem, Israel, sparked international interest and awareness of the crimes of the Holocaust. As we were explained facts about him, I realized that there were places to escape from persecution. I sensed that to save myself, I had to flee to an imaginary Argentina, a refuge for Nazis and Jews.
The final point would come with the Bar Mitzvah or the confirmation of thirteen years, which turned one into an adult.
By that time, I was tired of the abuse at Ken. I had better luck at the Hebrew School because moréh Koplovich left the country and in the East sector of San José, the schedule for girls was opposite to that of La Sabana19. This was a relief: I had classes with my female classmates. In an all-female classroom, the harassment disappeared.
The Bar Mitzvah involved reading a part of the Bible in Hebrew in the synagogue. Since my command of the language was poor, a moréh (teacher) had 19 La Sabana here means the Jews who lived in West of San José close to the synagogue.