Language:
Spanish
Pages:
16 + 16 pages :
,
bound typescript; illustrated (photocopy).
Year of publication:
2000
Keywords:
Seelenberger, Albert,
;
Seelenberger, Martha,
;
Dachau (Concentration camp)
;
Furniture industry and trade.
;
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives
;
Jews Persecution 1933-1945.
;
Kristallnacht, 1938.
;
Chile Emigration and immigration Nineteen thirties.
;
Grünstadt (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany)
;
Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
The memoirs contain recollections of the Nazi terror during the November pogrom night of 1938. The author's father Albert Seelenberger was the owner of a large furniture factory. After the take-over by the Nazis Albert and his wife Martha were detained for the first time in 1934 in order to force them to give up their property. Description of Nazi laws and anti-Jewish regulations. Impact of the Nuremberg laws on the Seelenberger family. Albert Seelenberger was arrested in the night of the November pogrom (Kristallnacht) and deported together with his son Gustav to Dachau concentration camp. Description of torture and abuse and the agonizing circumstances of life in the camp. After their release the family tried to organize exit visas. Gustav Seelenberger emigrated to Chile in June 1939. His parents, who were to follow shortly thereafter, were deported to Auschwitz and Majdanek, where they perished.
Note:
Available on microfilm
,
Spanish
URL:
http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=410511&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
