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Testimony of Ruth (Prager) Levin, born in Glatz, Germany, 1929, regarding her experiences under the Nazi regime and with Kindertransport to Glasgow, Scotland

Testimony
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Testimony of Ruth (Prager) Levin, born in Glatz, Germany, 1929, regarding her experiences under the Nazi regime and with Kindertransport to Glasgow, Scotland Life under the Nazi regime in 1933; Aryanization of her father's business in 1935; the Kristallnacht riots; arrest of her father in 1938 and his release in the same year; expulsion from school and transfer to a Jewish school in Breslau in 1938; death of her father in 1939; transfer with a group of children via Berlin to London, England with Kindertransport in 1939; transfer to an adoptive family, Harry and Elizabeth Goldberg, in Glasgow, Scotland in 1939; transfer to Oostende, Belgium in 1939; reunion with her mother in 1939; journey on the German ship "Leipzig" to Guayaquil, Ecuador in 1939; travel via Valparaiso, Chile to Santiago, Chile in 1939; life in Chile; marriage and starting a family; aliya to Israel in 1971; absorption.
item Id
10583227
First Name
Rut
Last Name
Levin
Maiden Name
Parger
Date of Birth
20/01/1929
Place of Birth
Glatz, Germany
Type of material
Testimony
Language
English
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
22/08/2013
Date of Creation - latest
22/08/2013
Name of Submitter
לוין רות
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection