Autobiographical interviews of Jews born in German speaking countries ("Yekkes") - 50/60 years after their immigration to Israel

Born 12/16/12, Frankfurt. 10 years in school, Talmud-Torah-School and private trade school. Worked in father's clothing factory. Emigration to Palestine 1934. Waiter in parents' restaurant, director of a road construction company, finance officer at municipal administration, Undersecretary of State for municipal self-administration within the Ministry of Interior Afairs. Interview: Family: mother born 1897 in Galicia, in Germany since 1906. Siblings. Father: was supposed to become a rabbi, commercial career. Clothing company in Frankfurt. 1933 flight to London. Emigration: 1934 with craftsman's certificate to Palestine. Wanted to become a lawyer. Professional career. Languages: does not speak Hebrew very well. Episode: French class in school. Parents: Austrian attitude. After the war Polish, always felt as foreigners. No assimilation to Germany. Spoke German, grandmother Yiddish. Mother: lost father early, worked early, lived in a small village, originally from Krakow; from a religious family. Active in social life, contacts to Hirsch school. Childhood memories: German culture, Jewish classes. Planned his emigration. 1927/28 he wanted to travel through all eastern European countries to get to know Jewish life there. Profession, education, school. Curriculum Vitae of his brother: studied Philosophy in Frankfurt. 1933 emigration. Studied Archeology, published books about Sinai. His religious outlook on the world. Religion and every day life. Religion and technology. About ; religious laws. About the meaning of life. The principal of brotherly love. Political situation: Member of the Agudat Israel. After his arrival one of the founders of Po'ale Agudat Israel. Stands for extreme Judaism. Beginnings in Israel: Parents had a vegetarian restaurant in Tel Aviv and rented rooms. He worked there as a waiter. Voluntary work within the party. Other jobs. 1937 move to Bnei-Brak. About his wife. Children and grandchildren; all of them are religious, influenced by Samson Raffael Hirsch. Further professional career and political development. Work as Undersecretary and representative of the Minister in the Knesseth. Political point of view. About Ben Jehuda. Family. The Jewish religion and its laws. Differences between Judaism and other religions. The meaning of laws. Judaism and laws. The survival of Judaism. Anti-Jewish propaganda. About institutions in formation of public opinion and manipulation. The media. Life in Germany: hardly contacts with Non-Jews. Little experiences with Anti-Semitism. Relationship to Zionism. His world view.