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Testimony of Gabriel Goldschmidt, born in Hamburg, Germany, 1927

Testimony
Testimony of Gabriel Goldschmidt, born in Hamburg, Germany, 1927 His childhood and family background in Hamburg; (approximately 11 generations in Germany); attends a Talmud Torah; religious life; deterioration of the situation; absorbing Jewish students from German schools; Kristallnacht; changing his name to Israel (in accordance with the law), 1939. Emigration to his aunt in London as part of the Kindertransport; acclimatization in England; aliya to Eretz Israel as part of Machal, 1948; absorption; relations with Germany.
item Id
7741542
First Name
Gabriel
Last Name
Goldschmidt
Date of Birth
1927
Place of Birth
Hamburg, Germany
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
23/03/09
Date of Creation - latest
23/03/09
Name of Submitter
Goldshmidt Gabriel
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video
Dedication
Moshal Repository, Yad Vashem Archival Collection