Ethnic/racial identity

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Klepper, Manfred Escalating Nazi Terror
Manfred Klepper saw things get worse after 1939 [Annotator's Note: in Trier, Germany]. The police force had been...
Bodis-Wollner, Ivan Escape from Hungary
It was a relatively small crowd at the University [Annotator's Note: University of Szeged in Szeged, Hungary] when Ivan...
Cohn, Marthe Escape from Occupied France
Marthe Cohn decided she and her family needed to leave Poitiers, France and cross into unoccupied territory after a...
Rothenberg, Judith Escape to Barcelona
Judith Rothenberg [Annotator's Note: a Belgian Jewish child who escaped to the south of France with her parents and...
Goodkin, Vera Escape to Hungary
Vera Goodkin [Annotator's Note: née Herman] was sinking in mud and soaked by rain by the time she reached the end of...
Tomkiewicz, Micha Escapes and Deaths
Micha Tomkiewicz and his family were living in the ghetto in Warsaw, Poland. Because of his father's Polish Army...
Amram, Fred Escaping Germany
Fred Amram remembers seeing the words “only for Jews” on a bench at a park. The letter J was on the shops owned by Jews...
Somogyi, Peter Escaping Hungary and Reaching Israel
Peter Somogyi and his brother became involved with the Zionist movement. On 4 April 1949, they escaped Hungary. They...
Levy, Anne Escaping the Warsaw Ghetto and Being Liberated by the Russians
Anne Levy and her family needed three things to get out of the Warsaw Ghetto. They had to have papers saying they were...
Schaller, Henry Escorted Home by Tuskegee Airmen
A typical day for Henry Schaller would start with a briefing at four o'clock in the morning. If the target was to be...
Winnier, Lawrence Ethnic Identity and Issues
The Japanese were treated wrongly and were put into concentration camps [Annotator's Note: forced relocation and...
Inoshita, Masaji Evacuations to internment camps
[Annotators Note: Masaji Insohita served in the army as a Japanese translator and interrogator in the China-Burma-India...
Hayashi, Nobuo Events Leading Up to War
Nobuo Hayashi was born in April 1932 and was raised in Nishinomiya, Japan. Growing up in his early youth, he remembered...
Reilly, Joseph Experience with Death
Joseph Dean Reilly [Annotator's Note: with Headquarters, 3rd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st...
Welty, Orrin Experiences as a WWII Pilot
After graduation, Orrin Welty went home on a 14-day furlough [Annotator's Note: an authorized absence for a short...
Amore, Frederick Experiences in Africa
When he was overseas, Frederick Amore was servicing mostly C-46s [Annotator's Note: Curtiss C-46 Commando transport...
Woolf, Basil Experiences in Algiers
Basil Woolf recollects that the Jewish organization that recruited him as a landing craft engine room operator after...
Raby, Glynn Experiences in Brittany
[Annotator's Note: Glynn G. Raby, Jr. took part in the Battle of Brest, 7 August to 19 September 1944, Brest, France.]...
Rothenberg, Judith Experiencing Anti-Semitism
Judith Rothenberg was born in Antwerp [Annotator's Note: Antwerp, Belgium], and later moved to Brussels [Annotator's...
Schneider, Christa Experiencing Bombing Raids on Berlin
As a child, Christa Schneider said, living in the middle of the war zone was "terrifying." The roar of the airplanes...
Johnson, Alfred Experiencing Combat
The Allied campaign in Italy was cold and miserable. Alfred A. Johnson, Jr. fought with some Mexican-American troops....
Lewis, Noah Experiencing Racism on Guam
Noah Lewis remembers the people on Guam [Annotator's Note: Guam, Mariana Islands] were friendly towards black people....
Manasse, Fred Expressions in Art and Activism
As a sculptor, Fred Manasse worked on a piece of art for his sister, through which he meant to express the "horror of...
Woolf, Basil Extremist Jews
Basil Woolf used local labor to help clean parts of the landing craft engines. The local help was assigned to him....
Mineta, Norman Facing Internment
Norman Mineta grew up in California where the Alien Land Law existed. It stated that if one was not a citizen of the...
Goldstein, Rosette Familial Exodus
Rosette Goldstein was born in 1938 in Paris, France. Her parents were from Lodz, Poland. They later move to Berlin [...
Lazarus, Rachel Family Background
Rachel Lazarus was born in May 1939 in Amsterdam, Holland [Annotator's Notes: Amsterdam, Netherlands]. Her father's...
Weber, Norman Family Flees Poland
Norman Weber’s father received permission to bring his family to his duty station in Poland, in a town called Siemysl....
Martin, Robert Family Life
Robert Martin moved into New Orleans [Annotator's Note: New Orleans, Louisiana] on Saint Claude Street in a mixed-race...
Nathanson, Eva Family Relationships
Eva Nathanson was born in January 1941 in Budapest, Hungary. Her mother is from the Jewish elite. Her grandfather spoke...
Manasse, Fred Family Situation
After the Nuremburg edicts [Annotator's Note: the Nuremburg Laws] and Krystalnacht [Annotator's Note: the occasion of...
Goldstein, Rosette Farm Life and Liberation
For Rosette Goldstein, life on the farm continued until one day men with guns arrived. The Martin family hid Goldstein...
Albright, William Fate and Destiny
William Albright was liberated in May 1945. He never knew what was going to happen from one day to the next and that...
Leopold, Vernon Fear of Capture
Vernon Leopold feared being captured because he was German. He did not know of the death camps but he knew that the men...
Winnier, Lawrence Feelings About War
After Lawrence Winnier left the Argonne [Annotator's Note: USS Argonne (AS-10)], he was sent to Schumacher, California...

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