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Testimony of Peter Tawer, born in 1925 in Dresden, Germany, about his experiences in Dresden, his escape to the Netherlands in the Kindertransport operation, his escape to Spain with assistance from the Westerweel resistance; internment in a camp for German prisoners in Jamaica, etc.

Life before the war in Dresden; Nazis rise to power in January 1933; antisemitism in school; anti-Jewish legislation; publication of Nazi propaganda; expelled from school in 1937; transferred to a Jewish school; grandmother, holder of Polish nationality, brutally deported; father sent to Buchenwald; activity with Hashomer Hatzair for those deported to Poland; captured and arrested; liberated; confiscation of property; Kristallnacht in November 1938; escaped to the Netherlands in the Kindertransp...
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item Id
9083650
First Name
Peter
Last Name
Tawer
Date of Birth
1925
Place of Birth
Dresden, Germany
Type of material
Testimony
File Number
13593
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
22/06/2010
Date of Creation - latest
22/06/2010
Name of Submitter
טאור פטר
Original
YES
No. of pages/frames
48
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Form of Testimony
Video