Gallery
"A rich collection of mementos came my way as I researched this book. Aside from photos that brought people to life, I received physical objects that tied me to my grandparents. One German woman gave me a yo-yo stamped with the name of our family store, Kaufhaus Schönwald. In Jerusalem, I found a Gestapo record of my grandparents’ transport to a Polish labor camp. I unearthed a letter, written by my father’s cousin, enabling my father to gain admission to the United States."
Kenneth Wald
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Present
Curt and Regina’s afterlife in Großröhrsdorf
Speaker
Ken Wald’s talk and presentation at Eastside High School about the Holocaust – November 6, 2024
Videos
Henry and Gretl talk about life under the Nazis
Henry 1 – German Jews didn’t take Hitler seriously in the 1920s
Henry 2 – German Jews felt immune to Hitler
Henry 4 – Kristallnacht – arrest and imprisonment
Henry 5 – Buchenwald
Henry 6B – Henry says his parents were murdered (very short but powerful)
Gretl 1 – Hitler Comes to Power
Gretl 2 – Did the Family Survive?
Gretl 3 – Louis is Arrested
