Eric L. Holocaust testimony

Videotape testimony of Eric L., who was born in O?hringen, Germany in 1916. He relates his family's history in Germany since the 17th century; moving in 1926 to Go?ppingen, where his father was rabbi, religious school teacher and cantor; friendly relationships with classmates; the shock of Hitler's appointment as Chancellor; people at school soon wearing swastika buttons; continued support from two Catholic classmates; students wearing brown uniforms and singing Nazi songs; and withdrawing from school due to antisemitism. He recounts the next four years at an orthodox teacher-training school in Wu?rzburg; the lifelong impact of his transition to orthodoxy there; feeling secure despite increasing antisemitic restrictions; strengthened faith; and finding a position upon graduation. Mr. L. tells of his mother obtaining emigration documents for him from a relative in the United States just before Passover in 1938; emigration in September 1938; employment in Baltimore; learning of Kristallnacht; his father's death and mother's emigration to Baltimore in 1941; marriage in 1948; and the fate of his relatives. He discusses the pivotal role the Wu?rzburg school played in his life, reunions of former students, and publication of a newsletter and the school's history.

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