- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Inge W., one of seven children, who was born in Gautzsch, Germany in 1920. She recalls her father's local importance as a physician; the Nazi boycott of Jewish businesses in April 1933, including her father's practice; the Nuremberg laws resulting in increasing hardships; participation in Jewish youth, sports and cultural activities; attending the 1936 Olympics; expulsion from school in 1937; attending a teacher training course in Stuttgart for one year; teaching at the Leipzig Jewish school until October 1938; Kristallnacht, which caused her family to attempt emigration; her boyfriend's emigration to the United States; and emigration with her family in 1939 to Bolivia. Mrs. W. recounts marrying her boyfriend during the ship's stop in Baltimore; working in La Paz; joining her husband in the United States in February 1940; his military service beginning in 1943; joining her husband in Germany as a translator for the United States military after the war; living in Vienna for five years; and working for HIAS after their return to the United States and to the present time. She shows German documents.
- Author/Creator
- W., Inge, 1920-
- Published
- Baltimore, Md. : Baltimore Jewish Council, 1990
- Interview Date
- March 11, 1990.
- Locale
- Germany
Gautzsch (Germany)
Leipzig (Germany)
La Paz (Bolivia)
Baltimore (Md.)
Vienna (Austria)
Stuttgart (Germany)
- Cite As
- Inge W. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-1465). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Hyman, Roslyn M., interviewer.
Cohen, Barry, interviewer.
