- Summary
- Videotape testimony of William K., who was born in Cologne, Germany in 1912. He recalls participation in Zionist organizations as a youth; his parents' divorce; joining his mother and sister in Berlin; employment at a department store; declining a promotion for fear of provoking antisemitism; the public hitting of the store's owner on April 1, 1933; loss of own his job; attempts to leave for Palestine; meeting his future wife and their engagement; and embarkation for Shanghai in October 1938. He recounts assistance from the Japanese upon their arrival; organization of the Jewish community into Ashkenaz and Sephardim; the influx of Jewish refugees following Kristallnacht; marriage to his fiancee; ghettoization in Hongkew in 1943; worsening conditions; the community's emphasis on educating the children; Allied bombing of the ghetto; liberation by United States troops; learning his family had all been killed; and emigration to the United States in 1949.
- Author/Creator
- K., William, 1912-
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1989
- Interview Date
- September 10, 1989.
- Locale
- China
Shanghai
Germany
Cologne (Germany)
Berlin (Germany)
Shanghai (China)
Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China)
- Cite As
- William K. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1334). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Fishbein, Irvin, interviewer.
McPherson, Barbara, interviewer.
