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Oral history interview with Walter Steinfurth

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1992.A.0124.56 | RG Number: RG-50.028.0056

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    Oral history interview with Walter Steinfurth

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    Interview Summary
    Walter Steinfurth, born in 1919 in Stralsund in East Germany, discusses his family, which came from a Protestant background; his mother’s death when he was thee years old; being baptized as a Jehovah’s Witness (JW) in 1942; being called in for military service in the Air Force in 1936, and working in a uniform shop; getting married in 1941; requesting conscientious objector status in 1943 when his unit was about to be moved to the Eastern Front; subsequently being arrested and put into solitary confinement; spending six months in prisons in Spandau (Berlin) and Torgau; being moved later to Milowics concentration camp near Prague; the failed attempt by Czechs of the area to supply the inmates with weapons on July 20, 1944; being transported in 1945 to Frankfurt an der Oder; being liberated by Russian troops; returning to Berlin and his family; becoming a JW overseer in East Germany until the JW were banned in 1951; being arrested and imprisoned; being released in 1960 and moving to West Germany with his family; and working as a JW overseer in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
    Interviewee
    Walter Steinfurth
    Interviewer
    Robert Buckley
    Date
    interview:  1991 July 01

    Physical Details

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

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    Provenance
    The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Oral History Branch, in cooperation with Watchtower Bible and Tract Society, Inc. produced the interview with Walter Steinfurth on July 1, 1991.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 07:59:36
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