:53:07
Will you please tell the court your full name
and place of residence?
:53:12
Rudolph Petersen.
Frankfurt am Main, Gratweg Nummer 7.
:53:17
When were you born, Mr. Petersen?
:53:20
May 20, 1914.
:53:23
And what is your occupation?
:53:26
I'm a baker's helper.
:53:29
Are your parents living?
:53:33
No.
:53:35
What were the causes of their deaths?
:53:41
Mr. Petersen, did they die of natural causes?
:53:45
Yeah, natural.
:53:51
What political party
did your father belong to?
:53:54
The Communist Party.
:54:01
Now think back.
:54:03
Do you remember anything unusual...
:54:06
that happened to you and your family
in 1933...
:54:09
before the Nazis came to power?
:54:12
I mean, anything of a violent nature.
:54:16
Yeah.
:54:18
How old were you at the time?
:54:20
Nineteen.
:54:22
Would you please tell the court
what happened?
:54:29
Some SA men broke into our house...
:54:35
and they broke the windows and the door...
:54:38
and they called us traitors...
:54:41
and they tried to beat up my father.
:54:47
What happened then?
:54:49
My brothers and I, we went to help him.
:54:53
And there was a fight...
:54:56
and finally we got them outside
in the street...