"A Life of Rebellion"

Identifier
irn50056
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 2013.33.1
Dates
1 Jan 2012 - 31 Dec 2012
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Extent and Medium

folder

1

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Vera Meyer

Vera Meyer donated her grandfather's memoir to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2013.

Scope and Content

Consists of one memoir, 181 pages, entitled "A Life of Rebellion," by Hans Apel, as told to Stefan G. Meyer. In the memoir, which was written based on extensive audio interviews with Mr. Apel (originally Appelbaum), Mr. Apel describes his childhood, antisemitism in Konitz, life in the German army in World War I, and the rise of Nazi influence in his brewery firm in Berlin in the late 1920s and early 1930s. In 1935, he and his family emigrated to the Netherlands, to England in 1936, and to the United States in 1937. During World War II, he taught German language and history to army officers and completed his PhD in Economics at Boston University. He describes his family life and life as a professor.

Conditions Governing Reproduction

Copyright Holder: Vera Meyer

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