- Summary
- Videotape testimony of George M. who was born in Köslin, Germany (now Koszalin, Poland) in 1914. He recalls the small number of Jews in the town; non-Jewish classmates defending him from an antisemitic schoolmate; the first appearance of brown shirts around 1927; increasing antisemitism; being beaten on the street; the family's move to Berlin in 1933; a boycott against Jewish stores; joining the Jewish scouts through which he met Herbert and Marianne Baum; joining a Zionist organization; his arrest in March 1935; imprisonment in Moabit; frequent beatings during interrogations; his refusal to name others in the Baum Gruppe; his release after signing a statement he had been treated well; and arrival in Palestine in 1938 via Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia with help from Zionist organizations. Mr. M. describes Hitler's 1932 visit to Köslin; activities of the Baum Gruppe; and learning of his family' deportation and deaths. He shows pictures of his family and the Baum Gruppe.
- Author/Creator
- M., George, 1914-
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1989
- Interview Date
- December 17, 1989.
- Locale
- Germany
Koszalin (Poland)
Berlin (Germany)
- Cite As
- George M. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1355). Fortunoff Vidoe Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Block, Frania, interviewer.
Glaser, Susanne, interviewer.
