Born in Fulda, Germany, in 1932, Joe Hess was six years old when the massive assault on German Jews and their property known as Kristallnacht (“Night of Broken Glass”) took place. Desperately, Jewish parents, including Joe’s, sought ways to protect their children. The United Kingdom responded to this crisis by agreeing to accept 10,000 refugee children, mainly from Germany, Austria, Poland, and Czechoslovakia, and in early 1939, Joe and his older sister were taken to Britain in the famous Kindertransport (“Children’s Transport”) evacuation. Joe lived out the war in England and after it ended, he immigrated to the U.S. He is now a frequent speaker at the Holocaust Museum in Los Angeles, as well as in area schools. His talk during Holocaust Memorial Week will focus on his early life in Fulda, his journey on the Kindertransport, and his wartime experiences as a refugee in Britain.
Presented by the College of Liberal Arts and the School of History, Philosophy and Religion at Oregon State University.
https://holocaust.oregonstate.edu/Note: This video has been auto-captioned. The captions may include errors.
