![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Helmut Bates (né Kurt Helmut Bachwitz) describes his long family history in Germany his childhood in Berlin, Germany his experiences with antisemitism under the Nazi regime the events of Kristallnacht and how those frightening events caused his family to decide to leave Germany his family's attempt to immigrate to Australia or Palestine and their successful immigration to Kobe, Japan in April 1939 his experiences in Kobe the conditions for the Jewish community, which were mostly benign his family's immigration to the United States in December 1940 being drafted to serve in the US Army Signal Corps participating in the round up and internment of Japanese aliens and Japanese-American citizens and his service in Africa guarding German prisoners of war the difficulties of his father in adjusting to life in the United States, the family changing its name from Bauchwitz to Bates, and the antisemitism and anti-German sentiments the family experienced his marriage to a Jewish woman from Shanghai, China and his life and career in California. ![]()
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