) ▁by ▁the ▁French ▁V ich y ▁Government . ▁These ▁events ▁made ▁daily ▁life ▁even ▁more ▁prec ari ous ▁for ▁the ▁Jacob ▁family . ▁The ▁October ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁Stat ut ▁prepared ▁by ▁Rap ha ël ▁Ali bert ▁" emb rac ed ▁the ▁definition ▁of ▁a ▁Jew ▁established ▁in ▁the ▁N ure m berg ▁La ws ", ▁and ▁dep riv ed ▁Jewish ▁people ▁of ▁their ▁civil ▁rights , ▁including ▁the ▁right ▁to ▁work . ▁As ▁a ▁result , ▁And r è ▁Jacob ▁lost ▁his ▁job . ▁Six teen - year - old ▁Den ise ▁became ▁a ▁mathematics ▁t utor ▁to ▁help ▁support ▁her ▁family . ▁She ▁also ▁became ▁more ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁Girl ▁Sc outs , ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁freedom ▁and ▁hope ▁for ▁her ▁– ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁her ▁nick name , ▁" M i ark a ," ▁the ▁pseud onym ▁she ▁would ▁initially ▁use ▁as ▁a ▁cou rier ▁for ▁the ▁French ▁Res istance . ▁ ▁Our ▁mother ▁was ▁the ▁soul ▁of ▁the ▁house . ▁Family , ▁school ▁and ▁sc out ing ▁were ▁the ▁three ▁cent res ▁of ▁our ▁lives , ▁which ▁wer en ’ t ▁easy ▁but ▁so ▁full ▁of ▁tend ern ess , ▁friendship ▁and ▁different ▁activities . ▁The ▁war ▁broke ▁out ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 3 9 . ▁In ▁May ▁ 1 9 4 0 ▁came ▁the ▁German ▁invasion , ▁the ▁flow ▁of ▁refuge es , ▁the ▁rout ▁of ▁our ▁troops ▁even ▁though ▁some ▁of ▁them ▁were ▁val i antly ▁grouped ▁together ▁at ▁certain