Messy History

A Jew Who Stood Guard for Hitler


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We discuss the experiences of Edward Adler, a Jewish man in 1930's Germany, as he describes growing anti-semitism, being forced to build one of the first extermination camps, and his narrow escape after Kristallnacht. And that one time he was a kid and joined the Nazis - before they found out he was a Jew.

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Germany - a sign on a Jewish store: Protect Yourselves, Germans, Do Not Buy From Jews.
Yad Vashem Archives
Archival Signature: 3116/50

Sources
RG Number: RG-50.042.0003 Interview with Edward Adler.  United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505557



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Messy HistoryBy Thad & Robyn