Testimony of Benyamin Karl Levy, born in Pirmasens, Germany, 1915, regarding his experiences in Pirmasens, Teplice and Berlin until 1938

Testimony of Benyamin Karl Levy, born in Pirmasens, Germany, 1915, regarding his experiences in Pirmasens, Teplice and Berlin until 1938 Life in Germany before the Nazi rise to power; activities in the Hebrew Scouts. Nazi rise to power, 1933; separation of the Jews from their surroundings; terror on the streets; displays of antisemitism; deportation of non-citizens to Poland; confiscation of licenses from Jewish physicians and lawyers; threatening letters to the witness' father from the Nazi party; move to aliya training of the Hechalutz movement in Teplice; move to aliya training in Yugoslavia; death of his father, 1936; return to Pirmasens; move to Berlin; attempts to obtain a certificate for aliya to Eretz Israel; aliya to Eretz Israel, September 1938; cut off of contact through letters with his mother, 1943. Knowledge regarding the murder of his mother in Auschwitz.