After a decade of humiliation, discrimination, slavery and fear of death, she now had a chance to survive. So, even as the bombs fell, my mother knew that she and her mother had just escaped certain death. Auschwitz had been liberated by the Soviet Army and rumors that the Allies were closing in on Dresden were rampant, but trains from other cities still left deporting Jews to the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
The following three months were the longest months of her life. She took shelter and hid in a room of an empty house, which she would never leave. Finally, the Soviet Army marched into Dresden on May 8, Then, immersed in joy about her mere survival, but mourning the loss of innocent lives and the destruction of her hometown, Henny Wolf was finally free. Since this is often a day that the entire family gets together to attend the same church services, it has since become a day to celebrate mothers as well.
It also became tradition for younger kids to pick wild flowers and give them to their mother on this day. Their aims were to raise money and help out mothers who could not afford medicine or medical attention for their families. When the Civil War commenced, Jarvis asked her club members to pledged neutrality in the conflict and helped soldiers from both sides take care of their families.
Despite authorities thinking it would erupt in violence, it was a great success and was held for several years afterwards. Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis died in , but her daughter took up the mantle of asking women to be more engaged in public affairs. Whether true or not, wanting a specific day to honor people like her mother — hard working, proud and rarely celebrated — she wrote thousands of letters to prominent Americans, including President Teddy Roosevelt and Mark Twain, asking for them to consider her idea.
The most avid supporter, however, was from former Postmaster General and department store mogul John Wanamaker. While the auditorium only sat five thousand people, fifteen thousand tried to gain admittance.
Jarvis herself spoke for 70 minutes, talking about her mother and what we must do as a nation to remember all mothers. Its whiteness is to symbolize the truth, purity and broad-charity of mother love; its fragrance, her memory, and her prayers. The carnation does not drop its petals, but hugs them to its heart as it dies, and so, too, mothers hug their children to their hearts, their mother love never dying. Though two older children from Alois' second marriage were part of the household, her son was the center of Klara's world.
Even when she had a daughter, Hitler remained Klara's top concern. As he grew older and failed to shine at school, Hitler was often disciplined by Alois. His father, a customs official, wanted his son to follow in his footsteps and enter the civil service, but Hitler wasn't so inclined.
Some accounts say he was frequently beaten, though he may simply have been subjected to the parental authority of the day. However physical the encounters were, his mother apparently did her best to shield and protect her son.
After Alois died in , Hitler didn't seem to miss his father. And from that point on, his desires took precedence in the family household in Linz, Austria. When her son didn't advance at school and said he was suffering from an illness, his mother allowed him to drop out in After that, Hitler's teen years were spent doing things like drawing, reading and going to the theater instead of learning a trade. Klara even got a piano for her son.
In , she gave her approval and support when Hitler wanted to go to Vienna so he could pursue his dream of becoming an artist. Hitler left for Vienna despite his mother being unwell while there, he failed his entrance exam for the Academy of Fine Arts. But he eventually returned home to take care of Klara, who'd been diagnosed with breast cancer. Hitler cooked his mother's favorite meals and even did some cleaning.
At the time he also restrained his temper and impatience while with his mother, which was unusual behavior for him.
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