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Oral history interview with Walda Beckman

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1992.A.0124.4 | RG Number: RG-50.028.0004

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    Oral history interview with Walda Beckman

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Walda Beckmann, born December 11, 1914 in Isensee, Germany, discusses how in 1932 she became a Jehovah's Witness (JW) and also converted members of her family; living in Hamburg, Germany in 1933 when the congregation of JW was prohibited; continuing to secretly meet with other JW members in the countryside; how between 1933 and 1945 she was imprisoned several times for varying lengths of time due to her activities as a JW; printing "Der Wachturm" (the watchtower) whenever possible and organizing secret meetings; always living under the close scrutiny of the Gestapo; how in 1937 she was sent to a camp in Fuhlsbüttel after the Gestapo had discovered her activities; how she was once deported to Harburg for two months and, at one point, sent to the Hütten concentration camp; how when she returned to Germany in 1947, she was forced to undergo an "Entnazifizierungsprozess"(denazification process) at a camp set up by the British and Americans in Stanemünde near Paderborn; continuing to serve as a pioneer after the war; and working as a bookkeeper in Hamburg until she moved to Stuttgart, Germany in 1960.
    Interviewee
    Walda Beckman
    Interviewer
    Robert Buckley
    Date
    interview:  1988 October 22

    Physical Details

    Language
    German
    Extent
    1 videocassette (VHS) : sound, color ; 1/2 in..

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Beckman, Walda, 1914-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History Branch, in cooperation with Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc. produced the interview with Walda Beckman on October 22, 1988.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 07:59:19
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