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Testimony of Hedy Tower

Oral History | Digitized | Accession Number: 1997.A.0441.873 | RG Number: RG-50.462.0873

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    Testimony of Hedy Tower

    Overview

    Interview Summary
    Hedy Tower (née Kaufman), born March 11, 1913, discusses her upbringing in Bayreuth, Germany; the synagogue and kosher lifestyle; German nationalism; how she and her sister were the only Jews in class; becoming aware of Hitler’s influence in 1934; the growing antisemitism in Germany; joining the Jewish Theatre of Culture in Berlin, Germany; Kristallnacht in 1938; going home to find her parents in prison; the local Germans taking the family property and possessions; the racial laws against Jews; immigrating to the United States in 1941; and adjusting to the United States.
    [Note: The recording is a reading of Hedy Tower's written testimony. The reader is Margaret Freimark.]
    Date
    interview:  1988 December
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive

    Physical Details

    Language
    English
    Extent
    1 sound recording : WAV.

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    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Tower, Hedy, 1913-

    Administrative Notes

    Provenance
    The Gratz College Holocaust Oral History Archive donated the testimony to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017. The recording is part of Project Kabed which was produced by Jerry M. Freimark between 1997-2012 and donated to Gratz College.
    Record last modified:
    2023-11-16 08:41:16
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