Testimony of Arnold Kisch, born in Cologne, Germany, 1933, regarding his experiences in hiding in Cologne and his escape to the United States with his family, 1938
Testimony of Arnold Kisch, born in Cologne, Germany, 1933, regarding his experiences in hiding in Cologne and his escape to the United States with his family, 1938
Testimony
Testimony of Arnold Kisch, born in Cologne, Germany, 1933, regarding his experiences in hiding in Cologne and his escape to the United States with his family, 1938
His childhood in an Orthodox, religious family; life before the war; revocation of his father's work license as a physician, 1937; checking of possibilities for emigration from Germany to the United States; difficulties in obtaining a visa for the United States; receipt of a visa, 09 November 1938.
Search by the Gestapo for his father, who was not present; in hiding along with his two sisters while hidden by a non-Jewish acquaintance; escape to the United States, December 1938.
Life in the United States; aliya to Israel, 1992.
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item Id
6979179
First Name
Arnold
Last Name
Kisch
Date of Birth
23/09/1933
Place of Birth
Koeln, Germany
Type of material
Testimony
Language
English
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives