Overview
- Interview Summary
- Heinz Droβel (Drossel), born in 1916 in Berlin, Germany, describes his memories of when the Nazis came to power; participating with his parents in acts of civil disobedience against the Nazi policies; being drafted into the military in 1939 when it was discovered that he was not a member of any Nazi organizations; serving on the French and Russian fronts as an officer; witnessing on July 9, 1941 the aftermath of a mass shooting; continuing to help Jews when he could; saving a Jewish woman, whom he later married, from suicide; assisting a Jewish family in finding a hiding place in Berlin; and being named Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem in September 2001.
- Interviewee
- Heinz Drossel
- Date
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interview:
2006
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- Extent
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1 DVD.
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
Keywords & Subjects
- Topical Term
- Civil disobedience--Germany. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Germany--Personal narratives. Mass murder--Germany. Righteous Gentiles. Soldiers--Germany--Interviews. World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities. World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Western Front. World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Germany--Berlin. World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Germany. Men--Personal narratives.
- Geographic Name
- Berlin (Germany) Germany--Armed Forces.
- Personal Name
- Drossel, Heinz, 1916-2008.
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The United States Department of Energy provided a copy of the interview with Heinz Droβel to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on March 2, 2007. The Department of Energy received a copy of the interview from the University of Freiburg, which granted them written permission to send the interview to the Holocaust Museum and make it available there.
- Special Collection
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The Jeff and Toby Herr Oral History Archive
- Record last modified:
- 2022-07-28 18:11:24
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