We Were German Jews.

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FilmPublisher number: 6577922 | KanopyPublisher: Michael Blackwood Productions, 1981Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (59 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:

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Frau Mueller-Pilzweg, Herbert Strauss, Lotte Strauss, Miss Patterson, Rabbi of WuerzburgSummary: Herbert and Lotte Strauss fled Germany in 1943, escaping their near certain fate in a Nazi Concentration camp. The brave pair take us back through time, sharing the details of their trying and personal journey to the United States and the life that followed. Herbert and Lotte describe the urgency they felt to leave Germany for the sake of their daughter, who was born the year the couple immigrated to America. Still tormented by the loss of many family members and friends, The Strauss’s bravely return to Germany for a haunting confrontation of their past. This understated, very personal story adds significantly to the body of evidence that explores human behavior in the face of genocide and insists that we remember the past and learn from it.

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Frau Mueller-Pilzweg, Herbert Strauss, Lotte Strauss, Miss Patterson, Rabbi of Wuerzburg

Originally produced by Michael Blackwood Productions in 1981.

Herbert and Lotte Strauss fled Germany in 1943, escaping their near certain fate in a Nazi Concentration camp. The brave pair take us back through time, sharing the details of their trying and personal journey to the United States and the life that followed. Herbert and Lotte describe the urgency they felt to leave Germany for the sake of their daughter, who was born the year the couple immigrated to America. Still tormented by the loss of many family members and friends, The Strauss’s bravely return to Germany for a haunting confrontation of their past. This understated, very personal story adds significantly to the body of evidence that explores human behavior in the face of genocide and insists that we remember the past and learn from it.

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