I was born in 1926 in Unna, Germany, where as one of only four Jewish children in my school, I faced increasing abuse from my Nazi teacher and former friends who joined Hitler Youth, forcing me to become a street fighter to protect myself. In 1938, I arrived in America through a Jewish-sponsored children’s transport, while my parents and younger brother perished in camps in 1942. After serving in the U.S. Army and becoming a General Surgeon, I retired to Santa Barbara in 1995, forever grateful to HIAS for saving my life, though America could have saved many more from the Holocaust. Come to Portraits of Survival to learn more.