Chapters 3 and 4 from Number the Stars

German signposts were appearing everywhere, the girls could not read them.

There was a new padlock on the door, and a sign. But the sign was in German. They couldn't read the words.

But it didn't seem to be the jacket that worried Mama. "Are you sure the sign was inGerman?"she asked. "Maybe you didn't look carefully."
"Mama, it had a swastika on it."