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.