Testimony of Eliezer Hamerstein, born in Berlin, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Germany until March 1939

Testimony of Eliezer Hamerstein, born in Berlin, Germany, 1922, regarding his experiences in Germany until March 1939 From a traditional family; transportation strike initiated by the Nazi and Communist parties; walks to the voting place with his father, 1933; cancellation of tuition scholarships to Jews and leaving the local school; transfer to the Jewish Zionist Theodor Herzl school; establishment of a high school division in the school by Jewish philanthropists; improvement of treatment of the Jews during the Olympics, for appearances, 1936; fear following the Anschluss; life in an aliya training group on the farm of a German Nazi, 1938; families of friends leave Germany without saying good-bye; destruction of the store in which he worked on Kristallnacht; the sight of the synagogue burning. Aliya to Eretz Israel with his sister as part of Youth Aliya, March 1939; loss of contact with his parents, 1942.