Testimony of Elaine Kofler, born in Berlin, Germany in 1927, regarding the rise of the nazis to power, life during the nazi regime and her emigration to the US in 1941.

Testimony of Elaine Kofler, born in Berlin,Germany in 1927, regarding the rise of the nazis to power, life during the nazi regime and her emigration to the US in 1941. Family background; Jewish mother from Germany,Jewish father from Poland; early childhood during the Weimar republic; rise of nazis to power,1933; "Nuremberg legislation"; "Kristallnacht events"; rumors regarding the deportation of Poles from Germany; father finds a hideout before deportation; outbreak of WWII; father's arrest by gestapoand deportation to Schsenhausen; family waiting for permission to leave and emigrate to the US; air-raids; expulsion of family from home and moving to smaller apartment; getting visa to the US,1941; getting by boat to New York,April 1941; life after war.