This week we immersed ourselves in some of the experiences of our interviewees during the November Pogrom (Kristallnacht):
We were also struck by Walter Kammerling's memory:
And saddened by Margaret Simmon's experience of separation from her son and divorce from her non-Jewish husband:
And we enjoyed seeing Father Francis Wahle's father's moustache disguise:
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