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01/12/92
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Eve Markowitz

Interview Summary
Videotape testimony of Peter A., who was born in Frankfurt, Germany in 1931. He recalls his father's prewar death; attending synagogue with his grandfather; expulsion from public school; attending the Philanthropin Jewish school; witnessing stormtrooper parades; his mother's reluctance to leave Germany because of the family business; being chased by Hitler Youth on Kristallnacht; and his mother selling the family business for one German mark after swastikas were painted on the windows. Mr. A. recounts difficulties obtaining visas for emigration; his brother joining relatives in England in August 1939; leaving with his mother for England immediately after; evacuation with other refugee children to the Winbourne School in Dorset when the war began; unpleasant conditions there; emigration with his family to the United States in 1940; and adjustment difficulties. He discusses his continuing dislike of police uniforms and doctors stemming from his experiences in Germany.

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