Search below to view digital records and find material that you can access at our library and at the Shapell Center. Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts. No results match this search term. Check spelling and try again. King Christian and his Jewish doctor, Dr.
Kaufman ; seeing American planes over Copenhagen; the story of a rabbi who received a tip-off and was able to thwart a Nazi round-up of Danish Jews Dr. Bamberger refers to the events of the evening as "Rosh Hashanah Night" ; the Danish Jews who were sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp; a non-Jewish family hiding the Bamberger family; being transferred to a farm, joining Jews hiding in a hayloft; former Nazi Georg Duckwitz facilitating Jews in a fishing boat to transfer to Swedish torpedo boats and ultimately be received as "Guests of Swedish state"; receiving a pension from Sweden for teaching children during his time as refugee; how, thanks to King Christian intervention, the majority of Theresienstadt Danes survived the war; his reintegration into Denmark; reclaiming their home, which was untouched, as well as their antique shop; and his family archival photographs.
Jutka Strauss, born on October 19, , discusses growing up in pre-war Satu Mare, Hungary present day Romania ; attending public school; enjoying a quiet life in her Hasidic family; her father's disapproval of his wife and daughters reading books; her father's hat store; the deportation of two of her brothers into forced labor in Ukraine; one of her brothers being shot during an attempted escape; being imprisoned with her sister for 10 months after their failed escape to Romania; life in imprisonment; being transferred by cattle car to a ghetto, where they lived for four weeks; arriving in Auschwitz and being stunned by the number of S.
He shows personal photographs at the end of the interview. She shares photographs from her post-war life. He shows artifacts from his boyhood illness, the cupping set, as well as family photographs. The oral testimony closes with family photographs, including his aunt, who was killed at Auschwitz.
She shows objects and photographs at the end of the interview. She shows family and school photographs, including photos from where children are smiling. At the end of the interview Helene sings the melody to a song. These additional online resources from the U. Holocaust Memorial Museum will help you learn more about the Holocaust and research your family history. The Holocaust Encyclopedia provides an overview of the Holocaust using text, photographs, maps, artifacts, and personal histories.
