Alfred Caro Summary Buehler

Alfred Caro

He was born in a small village outside of Berlin and later moved to Berlin. Mainly because the village was annexed into Poland. His father name was Sally and he was a nice man a butcher he also owned a butcher stored. His mothers name was Freida and she was a stay at home mom. He had three brothers and three sisters. Alfred was very close with all of this family. The Jewish community in Berlin was very active and progressive. Their was a good relation between normal Berliners and the Jewish people was good. While in public schools Alfred was one of the only Jewish kids. He didn't really have a favorite thing in school but he liked school. Alfred was falsely accused as a political opponent so he turned himself. Hoping his actions would help protects his brothers form the Nazis. He was sent to Schsenhausen concentration camp. He had to do hard labor in terrible conditions. He saw the the arrival of more transports. Alfred also received brutal treatment form the Nazis during his time in the camp.
After six weeks of appealing to the police in Berlin his mother Freida some how appealed for Alfred's release form the camp in July of 1938. A aid organization helped Alfred get a visa to immigrate to France where he lived in Paris. Till he was given permission to move to Colombia. The ship he took was call the Cuba and it took 2 weeks for him to get there. He had no money so he took a job in the gold mined in Colombia. He worked in the mined till he had enough money to move America and start up his own restaurant. The restaurant is called Cora’s restaurant and is in Alabama.  

Anton Mason Summary Buehler

Anton Mason

Summary

Anton Mason was born Anton Msisner on April 21,1927. His farther Maximilian was a Fur trader and his mother Sarah was stay at home mom. He attended the same school Ad Elie Wiesel. The school he was going to was taken over by a Catholic order in 1940. This put quotas on the number of jewish students allowed at the school. However this did not stop Anton form getting his education. He noticed in 1942 the the Hungarian government pass the anti-Jewish laws. Misaximilian his father lost his fur business because of this. The government also confiscated all of the Jewish peoples radios including Anton’s families radio as well. At the start of 1944 the Nazis occupied Hungary. This made his living conditions terrible. They were forced to wear a yellow star, obbey a curfew and were not even allowed to travel anywhere at all.

In March of 1944 he and this family was forced into a ghetto. This ghetto was known as Te Sighet ghetto. This whole family was foced to leave their home and move into a large room with eight other people. In May of 1944 the Ghetto was ended and everyone was sent to Aushwitz-Birkenau. As soon as he got there his family was seperated and Anton's monther and younger brother were taken to the gas chamber because the could not work because the mom was too old and brother was too young. A few days after that his dad and Anton were picked to be in forced labor and transferred to Aushwitz I.

Him and this father were later transferred to Auschwitz III-Monowitz then they did more hard labor. Then they were sent on a death march in 1945 when the war was coming to the end. His farther died during the march to Burchenwald. The camp was later liberated buy the United States Army. He now lives in Florda with his wife Leslie.

A Film Unfinished - Ben Bowden

“A Film Unfinished” is a documentary based off of certain parts of the Holocaust in which this film was never meant to be revealed to anyone. And right after the war was lost for Germany, this video was pieced together.

The film itself was made up of the average life in the ghettos, the only difference between the actual ghetto and what was filmed was the simple fact that there were plays and acts put together in order for the film crew to obtain certain scenes, even though most of these scenes were staged.

The people in the ghettos, the Jews, had been either placed in a certain part of a town with walls around it or they were already living in a town where walls were built up around their current living quarters. IN such places, the laws were strict with little to no health care whatsoever and jobs were as few and far between as finding somewhere to do personal hygiene. People died daily, just passing out in the street due to hunger and what not. One of the jobs that some Jewish members did was to literally go around and pick up the dead bodies wherever they found them with a cart, haul them back to the dead house, and then go back out for more picking up of dead people.

Going back to having strict laws, if someone was found smuggling food, they were shot in front of everyone. And not just those laws, but some of the practices such as a mass of people had to watch a play and laugh whenever they were told to laugh and also they could not relieve themselves of any bodily functions that a normal person could. One such strange event took place whenever there were a couple of healthier men and women chosen to go in and take a bath to wash themselves as they thought, shortly after washing themselves, they were all shoot to death in the frigid water.

This was only some of the harshness that happened to the Jewish people in the ghettos.

Holocaust Video

Jeremy Leonard
Mr.Neubuger
Eng. 101-104
19 March2013

                                                                        Opinion Essay
Holocaust Video
                             

The video was a distrubing video about the gettos during World War Two and in my opinion the video was a propangda video. To give the world false hope about how the Jews were being treated.The video showed lyes and truths about how they was really treated. What distrubed me the most is that the Jews look like cattle in the sell barn. Another thing that really bothered me is that the human spirt couldn't be seen in the video at all even the scences that so the people clapping and laughing appeared to be hollow and empty.The only funny part in the holew video was the few scences that you would a passer by glair into the camra with the look of,"What the hell are these German film makers  doing here?" 

I understand now thar acording to the Bible that the Jews were to be punished for turning their backs on God it could be so. For one man to do so much damage must be the fate of God so many would say. The sad thing is if we don't rember the past we will make the same mistakes again. 

A film Unfinished - Tri Ha

At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film was discovered intact in an East German archive. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May 1942, and labeled simply "Das Ghetto," this footage quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. In 1998, another reel was discovered that radically complicated the scholarly interpretation of “Das Ghetto.” The footage, in which glimpses of the Nazi filmmakers can be seen when they accidentally step into each others’ shots, makes clear the great extent to which the Reich’s propagandists staged the scenes in the unfinished film that came to be known as “Das Ghetto.” A Film Unfinished presents the raw footage of the latter reel in its entirety, carefully noting fictionalized sequences (including a staged dinner party) falsely showing "the good life" enjoyed by Jewish urbanites. We also glimpse the filmmakers forcing some of the more prosperous Jewish inhabitants to ignore the corpses lying in the streets. Without forcing any conclusions about what the object of the propaganda film, director Yael Hersonski offers insight into how what we believe to be definitive and historical is not always what it appears to be. The video itself is quite fascinating, which leads to the question, "why were they there in the first place"? Why did Hitler send them there? In my opinion, the purpose of them being there can only be one thing - proof. Hitler wanted to show the world what Jews was about. But, thats just an opinion. The video was amazing regardless of its purpose.

A Film Unfinished-Thien Tran

The “A Film Unfinished” is made bases on documents that the German filmed during the anti-Semitic time. The German made the film with the purpose of creating evidences about the reason why they killed thousands of Jews, and increased the anti-Semitic movement. However, their shady conduct had ended in failure along with the collapse of the Nazi.

The Jews were forced to live in the ghettos where were full of restrictions, laws and poor quality; they were only allowed to go out at specific time. When thee German filmed, they asked the Jews to walk around on the street, and had to pay no attention to the hungers; which would be used as an evidence of the Jews did not care for the poor. The German brought foods to the market and started filming to prove the Jews lived in good condition, but most of people there could not afford to buy those foods. However, Jews who were able to live in a better condition tried not to give up their humanity; some people who were caught in the act of smuggling food would be shot, therefore, smuggling food had decreased through time.

The German ordered people to come to the theater to cheer for the actors, audiences had to fake their laugh and bravo. When the German narrowed the Ghettos, they expelled the Jews from their home; they only had two days to find a new placed to live. The Jews were tired and exhausted from the living condition, so people just trashed their garbage through the windows. Some people even ate food from those piles of garbage. The Jews had nothing to eat; they walked on the street like a moving skeleton. Dead body lied everywhere on the street, so they piled the dead bodies up and buried them with many layers. Even though the Holocaust survived testimonies had experienced all of that, they still cannot stand when they watch the film. It shows how horrible the German had done to the Jews at that time.

The cameramen had never known what the purpose of the film was. It is impossible that how could someone did something they did not even know.

An Unfinished Film - Summary

This film was created for a purpose that no one knows. It has no audio, just footage from inside the Warsaw Ghetto, filmed by the Nazis. From what we know about it, it was a propaganda video. It made me feel sick watching how they treated them during the video. The Nazis wanted to show the comparison of the high class Jews inside the Ghetto that could afford to go to nice dinners, have a wonderful wedding, even extravagant funeral possessions. On the side of the video, they get the beggars, starved, and poor. They capture little kids begging in the streets for food, money, water, ect. In the video, it showed how they staged each scene and even showed the multiple times they had to redo them to get the perfect shot. Sometimes, you would be able to catch an SS officer, and one was identified, Willy Wist. He was tracked down and asked to do an interview for the video. One of the hardest parts of watching A Film Unfinished would most likely be seeing the survivors come back and watch the footage for the first time. Some of them were able to identify family, neighbors, and close friends. Not knowing if any of them survived the whole thing would absolutely kill me on the inside. The film makers also captured how the other Jews would get rid of the corpses on the side of the roads. When someone in a family would pass, from either starvation or a disease, the family would lay them on the side of the road, in hopes someone would come pick up their bodies. Once someone would come to pick up the bodies, they would be taken to a massive grave and laid there. They would all get buried there together. It broke my heart seeing how the Jews were treated, especially the young ones who had no idea what their future was going to be. They had no idea. The older generation knew what was happening and did not want to make it easy for the Nazis. 

A film unfinished-quang vu

As i watch the movie was show where a ton of cameramen are sent to film scenes of day to-day life and horrific moments of depression and death. Jewish people were kicked out of their homes, mistreated and even killed, but no one should have to live a life such as this. Hersonski comprises interviews in this film with five survivors of the ghetto, who talk about what is captured on film and their lives under the Nazis. A female survivor being interviewed states, Jewish families weren’t aloud to live in more than one room. One room to a whole family is not right and no family should have to obey by these guidelines that the Nazis set out. The Nazis invade Poland and start rounding up Jews. They send them to ghettos in Poland. There are about many people in the ghetto of Warsaw.
at the Wan see Conference, the Nazis decide the final solution to the Jewish question. They decided to kill all of the Jewish people regardless the age or gender. For most Jews, this is the last time they will see their mother, father, or siblings. The Nazis killed thousands of Jews a day creating new techniques and killing methods to eliminate these Jews more rapidly. One technique is to take several Jews out in a mobile gas van and just wait for them to die from the gas. These vans are also known as hell vans. Adolf Hitler want to kill all Jew without any food and drink. This man and his sadistic secret diary believe that all Jews should be annihilated and people are following his orders. This period of time is very tragic and devastating. They had corpses laid out on the sidewalks. Jews were told to walk past them with their chins held high. The Jewish people never deserved to have gone through this gruesome punishment and mistreatment.

Film Summary

The film unfinished was about the Nazis recording the life of the Jews in the Warsaw Ghettos in Poland. In the movie you would think that the Jews got treated like the Germans by how they showed the rich Jews, but then you get more into the movie and realize that the Jews were treated terribly. In the movie it showed how they would bring food to the Ghettos where only the rich could afford it, and then it showed the people starving because they have no food to eat. It showed the Jews that were dying and that had died on the sides. They said that people didn’t even realize how the people looked when they died because they never looked down. I couldn’t imagine having to walk through there with all of them dead. They eventually started picking the corpse up and taking them to a shed outside of the cemetery where they would eventually be buried. They dug a huge hole and piled them in there on top of each other. They always showed the prettiest waitresses lining up outside the restaurant and they had the children walk in front of them with their hands out, but got nothing which proved that even the other Jewish people weren’t willing to share with them and though they were the same as them. It’s really sad to think that they weren’t willing to help each other even a little, because even the littlest thing could have helped some. It amazes me that it seemed like some didn’t care if someone died, and they didn’t seem to feel guilty that they could have done something but they just keep to their selves. They also showed the ritual bath that both men and women used at one point which they were extremely terrified off because they had never used it before, and they weren’t sure if it was going to kill them or what it would do to them if they got in it, but they ended up getting into it anyways because they knew they would die one way or another. 

Response to “The Film Unfinished”

This film was supposed to let everyone see a big lie. The Germans played it out like the Jews were living a life that people wanted. When in all truth it was nothing like that. People starving to death, dying of disease, and living in filth, which none of them asked for, is absolutely mind boggling. It was all a cover up so no one knew what was really happening.  How could anyone in his or her right mind stand back and not do anything while this was going on? I just do not understand it. The Jews were not there because they wanted to be there, they were there only because they were Jews. They had no choice in the matter. As I watched this film, I felt a deep sadness. The film brought to my attention how blessed we are today. The pain and suffering that the people went through during the holocaust is too hard to imagine. The inhumanity that went on was unbearable to watch and to think that people could do this kind of thing to others is horrible. I couldn’t imagine seeing people treated like that, especially the children. Little innocent lives being taken in such a manner is barbaric! It was hard for me to watch the survivors’ reactions to the film. It was as if they had to relive it all over again.

                The bodies lying in the street is an image I cannot get out of my head and the shot when they were sliding the dead into the deep graves layer upon layer was something I wish I had never seen. The poor men that had to stack the bodies on top of each other must have had nightmares for a long time. I am glad that I had chance to see this film because I didn’t really understand the extent of what happened in the ghettos until now. I am very thankful for the life I have because it could be much worse. 

Film Summary

Warsaw was the largest ghetto in occupied Poland. Decade’s later German Propaganda films of the ghetto in Warsaw were discovered in an underground bunker. On viewing these films the most hardened person could cry. The “life” that the Jews had to endure is beyond all comprehension. I cannot understand how something like this could be done by another human being. The suffering to adults is heart wrenching to see, but to see those poor innocent children and babies is too much. To know that babies were thrown in the air and used as target practice, bashed into walls, and or starved to death or near death is more than the soul can endure. It’s no wonder people shut down not only to survive what they were witnessing but, for preservation of themselves. I was extremely curious at what the “actors” felt doing these films, and the Jewish police, how they felt doing that to their own people. Let’s not forget the Film Makers how in blue hades did they sleep at night. Even if they did not agree with what was being done, how could you see it and do nothing. If we take nothing more away from this film and these assignments, we are all human beings and deserve at least the respect of that. Last but not least, like my Momma always said if you can’t say something nice or be nice take yourself to your room. Maybe Hitler’s mother should have taught him that.

Jennifer Carlson- A Film Unfinished

This film was very difficult to watch. To see the pain and suffering that the Jewish people went through was almost unbearable for me. The conditions they lived in, in the Ghettos, was despicable. Not even dogs should live that way. The filming of the Jewish people living in luxury, was a sick joke and just another way to torture and torment them. It's hard to believe something like this happening just because of your religion. How can human beings treat other human beings like they are lower than animals? Do they not have a conscience? I felt sad for the old ladies in the theater watching this for the first time since it happened. It had to have been really hard for them. It was hard for me to see the people skin and bones, starving and ill. I couldn't imagine walking down the street or sidewalk and seeing corpses laying all around wondering if I was next. What must have been going through their mind when they saw them? I was surprised that the Jewish didn't take better care of their people. It was as if they had no compassion when someone died. They just through them up on the carts and hauled them off like rag dolls. Of course the Germans probably forced them to do it. The way that they buried the Jews was just horrible and disrespectful. They just slid them down into a massive hole one on top of the other. They could have at least left their clothes on them. Hadn't they embarrassed them enough? It was also heartbreaking seeing the innocent little children starving and not understanding what was going on. Maybe it was a good thing that they didn't understand. No child should ever have to learn such evil. I don't really understand what the Germans thought they would gain by killing all the Jews. I think it makes them look like cowards. What did the Jews ever do to them? I feel saddened by all the lives lost during the Holocaust, but I hope that this tragedy brought forth some good.

"The Film Unfinished"-Veronica Willbanks

The film unfinished was a propaganda film recorded by the Nazis to make it seem like the Jewish communities were living a normal life but in reality that was not the case. The Jews were being made to act like everything was normal. I just can't figure out how people can be so cruel. They were throwing bodies into huge graves and burring them. They had no respect for them it was disgusting. The corpses lay on the sidewalk and the other Jews had to walk by them. When they picked up the corpses they did not do so with care they showed them falling off the cart that they put them on. They also just through the bodies around. It was very heat wrenching for me to watch. The ladies watching I felt it was really hard to see them watching the film and how emotional it was for them. To make people strip down and bath in front of a camera is just disrespectful. The Nazis would make them heard together so to speak like they were running from something just to film it. They tried to make the ghettos look better than they really were. It was heart breaking to watch how malnourished the Jews were and how they were treated. To me they were treated like animals. No one deserves to be treated that way just because of their religion. My question would be were the cameramen Jews to or were they Nazis? That’s the one thing I wasn’t sure about. Because the one they were interviewing in the film to me acted more like a Jew then a Nazi either that or he just felt really bad about what he had done to them. I am glad that the film was found because of the people that say the holocaust never happened there is proof. I am also glad that there are survivors to tell their story to let the world know about all the terrible stuff the Nazis did to the Jews. I am sorry for all their pain and suffering that they had to endure.

A Film Unfinished

The film, "A film unfinished",is based off of clips shot by a German propaganda filming crew. It was meant to ease the minds of people who had rising suspisions of poor conditions in the Warsaw ghetto (and other ghettoes). The camera men would set up different "skits" where Jewish people would act out scenarios that you would see in every day life. For anyone watching the film, you would get the impression that the Jews were able to have a normal and happy life. The first part of movie showed scenes of the wealthier Jews in the Warsaw ghetto There was a coctail party where Jewish woman wore beautiful dresses and they were seen dancing with handsome-healthy Jewish men. They laughed, danced, and drank what looked like champagne. There were then shots of the many poor and malnourished Jews. One scene that stuck in my mind was the woman who was screaming on the streets holding a child in her arms. The second half shows the "skits" and then real life un-edited versions of what really happened in the ghetto. There were weddings, funerals, parties, and gatherings shown. The woman commentating said that Jewish didn't bury their dead in coffins, which was shown in the funeral skit. Near the end, there was film which showed Jewish people just walking around the corpses on the streets without even looking. They made it seem like the Jewish people had to pity on the poor, when in actuality they did. I was incredibly disturbed by this movie. It infuriated me watching the Jewish being forced to play dress up and look happy. Conditions were terrible and people were so unhappy. Watching the dead bodies being slid down a wooden slide into a giant hole is an image that I will never be able to get out of my mind. I don't understand how something so horrific was able to happen with the world just standing by. The movie was interesting, but I will never feel the same about the Holocaust again.

A Film Unfinished Summary - Jessica Sidebottom

“A Film Unfinished” shows the unedited scenes from a German propaganda film of the Warsaw Ghetto. Watching this documentation you can easily see the intentions behind the film. The Nazis wanted to ease the tension of growing suspicion by showing a film of what life in the Ghetto looked like or what they wanted people to believe. They depicted the Ghetto as a place where the Jews could live in luxury and maintain ordinary lives. The first part of the film shows the contrast between the staged scenes of rich Jews and the real scenes of poor Jews. Whereas the second half focuses on the contrast between the all-out staged scenes with actors and actresses compared to the unedited sections capturing real life in the Ghetto. They staged scenes of weddings, funerals, theater, and casual meetings, most of these were exaggerated. In one scene they asked the prettiest and healthiest waitresses at a restaurant to line up outside the front door and the Nazis pulled children and beggars off the street and forced them to walk up to the waitresses with open hands, but nothing was to be placed in those hands. This was an attempt to show how stiff-necked the Jewish people were, and how they didn’t even care for their own poor.

            I can’t imagine what the reporters and cameramen felt being in the ghetto, seeing and filming every aspect of Jewish life and character, not knowing why they were doing this and only having an inkling of the purpose for it all. How could you not be haunted by those images and the treatment with which these people endured by the Nazis.

            I would say the hardest part for me was watching all the hurt, tortured, intelligent faces of so many malnourished people staring at the camera wondering what would come next. Some of them looked like terrified animals about to be beaten. The tragic reality hits hard when you see the unedited scenes, especially the corpses. They would wheel around handcarts picking up the skeletal corpses lying on the streets and take the bodies to the graveyard, where they would have mass burials to account for all the dying people.  All this really happened and it’s heartbreaking and very disturbing what these people had to go through. 

response to film-katie pittman

 The film we watched in class really showed me what it was like to live in that time period. My heart goes out to everyone that had to endure the pain, suffering, torture, and evil wrath of Hitler. It makes me so sad to know that something so terrible actually took place. I don't know if I would have been able to survive if I was a Jewish lady back then. Nobody should be treated the way the Jews were treated. Especially because there was absolutely no reason at all it. All of those deaths were so unfair. They didn't do anything at all to deserve to be treated that way. Not even an animal should have to endure that kind of pain and suffering. What I don't understand however, is how the rest of the world could  allow this to happen? I do believe that everything happens for a reason, though. The only good that I feel that came out of this horrific event is that hopefully as a society we learn from our mistakes and nothing even close to this happens ever again. The part of the film that really affected me the most was when they were showing all of those super skinny dead bodies laying on the sidewalks. The old lady that was being interviewed closed her eyes and started crying and said that she couldn't watch that part beacsue she was now human and could cry, but before she was emotionless. I couldn't imagine walking down the street and just seeing dead body after body. I was thinking why doesn't one of the Jewish people do something and get rid of the corpses? And just as that though crossed my mind, the film showed two men scooping up dead bodies and putting them on a wheel barrow type thing and transporting them to get buried, I suppose. The Holocaust was definitely a tragedy and this film broke my heart.

Testimony of Malka Klin Baran

Malka Baran’s maiden name is Klin. She was born on January 30, 1927. Malka was born in Warsaw Poland. She had a brother that was two years younger than she was. Malka and her brother did not get along that well. He was very mischievous and she always tried to do what was right. Her family wasn’t a very religious family. They would celebrate holidays but not to the extent, that many other Jewish families would. They lived in a non-kosher home. However, Malka had a strong connection with God. 1939 was when Malka said it started to get tough. The schools were closed and the teachers started to disappear. There were German officers all over and the Jews were made to wear yellow bands.

                Malka celebrated her 15^th birthday with her family and that was the very last birthday they celebrated together. Her parents gave her a little gold heart shaped locket. One early morning they were all rushed out of their apartment onto the streets. At gunpoint, they were separated to the right and left. Her father, her brother, and she were on one side and her mother and a family friend on the other. She never saw her mother again. Malka had severed memory loss after this morning. They were marched off to a work camp where her brother and father were later killed.

                At this work camp, a little boy about 2 years old was found and hid in the barracks. She talked and sang to this little boy every day. She said that he is the one that kept her alive. One day while she was working the german officers left and didn’t come back. Someone finally came running in saying they were liberated they could go. Malka ended up in Israel and met the man she would marry. She got married when she was 25 years old and moved to the United States. There she had 2 daughters. Her oldest daughter lives in Israel and her youngest lives in PA with her.

“There is always hope and there is always the possibility for change.” ~ Malka Baran   

“I still have faith in people” ~Malka Baran 

The testimony of Joseph Morton

      

         Joseph Morton was born as Joseph Mortkowitz. He was born on July 24, 1924. His place of birth was Lodz, Poland. Joseph had four brothers and one sister. They were all about 2-3 years apart. The Mortkowitz family lived in a one-bedroom apartment in Lodz Poland. Joseph’s mother stayed at home as a homemaker while his dad worked to support the family. They lived in an all-Jewish neighborhood, which later became a ghetto since it was already concentrated with all the Jews. The children all went to a public school. Joseph only got to the 7^th grade before the war started. They enclosed the ghetto in 1940. After that is when Joseph started to see trouble happening. Starvation was a major issue. People were very malnourished and starving on the streets. He noticed that the Germans were taking people away and they never returned.

                After a while, his family was loaded onto a cattle train. They were packed into it like animals. No one knew where they were going. They were only told that they were going to a place to work.  The Jews were on their way to Auschwitz Poland, which was a death camp. When they finally reached their destination they were rushed out and separated from each other. His father, brother Abe, and his cousin Jacob along with himself were together but the rest were taken elsewhere. Later on, he found out that his mother, sister and aunts were all killed as soon as they were taken away. The men were all put in striped uniforms and placed in huge barracks, which were very crowded. Each Jew had a number given to them. Joseph’s number was 71324-VII-13526. It was too late in the war to have them tattooed on their arm so it was on their uniform. Him and his brother and cousin were shipped off to Germany to work only after arriving in Auschwitz for 2weeks. Shortly after they got to Germany, they were liberated. From there he moved to Canada and 3 months later moved to the States . In Canada he met his now wife and they have children together.

                “… Do the best you can, enjoy it and live it up. “   ~Joseph Morton

                “they made us wear yellow bands to tell us apart from the rest” ~Joseph Morton

Henry Laurant-Quang Vu

Henry Laurant was born on May 28, 1924 in Koenigsberg, province of East Russia. Henry had two children, Alexander and Nicholas. Father is Walter Levy, mother is Irna Levy- Barant,and sister is Analise who is 2 yrs older, born July 1922. he grew up in an apartment around a lake and his father is a doctor and had his own medical practice. who he described as an intellectual. Although Henry had some memories of his childhood of discrimination and anti-Semitism, At school the discrimination and violence worsened. He recalled fending off attacks from Hitler Youth and being subjected to a barrage of antisemitic classroom lessons. therefore he turned to strengthen to his Jewish identity. As the result, he developed his sense of identity and religious traditions through family friends

 After Kristallnacht, he was temporary separation with his parent to go to England and in contact with them weekly but after the war began, their messages via the Red Cross were less frequent and more guarded.

In 1943, Henry’s parents went into hiding for several months before being caught trying to illegally cross the Swiss border. Although Henry sensed the worst had happened, he did not know until many years later that his sister was murdered in Riga and that his parents perished at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

After being turned down by the British Army, over the next three years Henry performed war agricultural work while attending evening classes to obtain his high school certificate. later he was accepted into the U.S. Intelligence Corps and sent to Germany.

quotes :

“Religion would be a part of one's identify"

“He recalled fending off attacks from Hitler Youth and being subjected to a barrage of antisemitic classroom lessons".

Holocaust survived testimony- 2 Thien tran

Original name of Herman Cohn is Hermann Cohn; he was born on September 8 1921 in Essen Germany, and he is one of the Holocaust survived testimony. Early memory of his childhood was the death of his mother. She died on child of birth, and he believed she bled to dead; her doctor was out of town at the time of birth. His Father’s mother lived in the house at that time.

His parents’ marriage was in Vienna after the war. He went to Jewish school at first or second grade, and went to German high school. Stepmother had a little boy and died at 5 years old, so he had a very hard childhood with stepmother, however, he had a good relationship with his brother. He had good time with his grandma.  After Germany occupied, his grandmother was killed in the camp. He had witness some of the fights, and went through all the concerns; when the Nazi came to power, in 1933, the German population followed Hitler. The Jews were beaten on the street, and the anti-Semitism was increase. At school, music teacher separated students in class, and fail all the Jewish students. His father’s business went down because he is a Jew and people did not want to do business with him. He felt the harassment and there were more and more laws against the Jews; they could not go to the swimming pool, buy grocery, or go to the park. On Hitler’s birthday, he heard a horrify song about blood spread the Jews. One day, when he came to work, his boss said he should not stay in the office; the German come to arrest him. He got out and walked away. His mother called him and told him to come home immediately; his dad disappeared.

His dad came to see if he could help his brother. When he got there, he saw the house was on fired, so he tried to return to his car. The place was surrounded by the SS. They saw and chased him but he got escape. When he came back, his car was gone.

His parents tried to get him out of the country because he was 17 years of age, and they were picking boy at that age and they never came back. The immigration law of the USA was extremely difficult; his family needed to wait a year before their names were called. However, He was able to go to Holland; it was available for all children under the age of 18. To be able to get a visa, he had to get the release paid tax, Social Security Number, and other documents. He went to the SS office, and met a friend in high school who was working in there. His friend asked if the Synagogue was burn down. He said everyone knows about that, and the fired department did not come until the Synagogue burned to the ground. After a while, the boss wanted to meet him. He followed his friend to the second floor; there was a man sat behind the desk. He was the head of the building. The man said they were going to teach him how to tell the truth and lie. Men with black boots beat him up; he thought he would never ever come out alive. Someone came and said they could not keep him, so they gave him three minutes to get out of the building. He left the country after one or two days. His parents waited until they got their visas. He lived in a small furnish apartment in Chicago. His stepmother wanted him go to college, but he wanted to become a tailor. His brother went to high school in the USA. His mother worked in a flower store, after a while, his dad and aunt opened their own flower store. He has come back to Germany to kill the chairman when he was in the army, but no one can find the man.

“There are some type of people have power over other, and they try to keep that.”

“I have no problems with the younger Germans.”