Testimony of Aharon Herbert Skurnik, born in Darmstadt, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Darmstadt until 1939

Testimony of Aharon Herbert Skurnik, born in Darmstadt, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Darmstadt until 1939 His father is an immigrant from Kalisz, Poland; life in Germany before the Nazi rise to power; Jewish community; membership in Bnei Akiva. Nazi rise to power, 1933; displays of antisemitism; beatings by Hitler-Jugend members when he leaves the synagogue; Kristallnacht, November 1938; unsuccessful attempt to rescue a Torah scroll from a burning synagogue; detention of his father in Dachau; his sister meets with the Gestapo commander; release of his father; deportation of his brother to Auschwitz; knowledge concerning relatives who perished in Dachau; Bar Mitzvah celebration; aliya to Eretz Israel via Italy, 1939.