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  • Call NumberBJHP_0203
  • SummaryPart two: Andrew gives an homage to his father Willy Fuchs. Willy was a guidance counselor, a teacher and an army captain. Andrew describes a man Jewish to his core although he didn't like religion, who often expressed himself in Yiddish. After his father's death a man named Sol, who had lost his whole family in the Shoah, told hime a story about his father. In 1945 after Sol was force marched from another camp to Dachau, he was liberated by the American Army, but they could not render any other assistance to his group. Willy assisted him, as well as other people, using his Yiddish. Later on, Willy helped Sol to come to America. Willy had never spoken to Andrew about what he did.
  • Date2021-03-11
  • Physical Description1 audio file (7 minutes) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorAndrew
  • CollectionBrooklyn Jewish History Project
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Jewish History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • Genreinterviews
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Audio interview conducted 2021 May 11, by Ariane Loeb. Collected through the Brooklyn Collection Jewish History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded by the David Berg Foundation.
  • SubjectJews--Identity ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview with Andrew, who speaks about his father Willy Fuchs, on March 11, 2021