Herbert Gruenebaum lived with his family in Cologne, Germany on the first floor of a modern apartment building. As a small child he recalled two Nazi officers in his home and seeing a huge swastika hanging from the balcony above soldiers on horseback pulling cannons. Herbert and his family immigrated to the United States in 1936 when they joined family in Ohio.
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Testimonies may be used for individual research with proper citation. All other uses require written permission from MCHE. The above video testimony is edited from a full-length testimony that may be viewed onsite at the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education or at the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies at Yale University.
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