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Now think back.
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Do you remember anything unusual...
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that happened to you and your family
in 1933...
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before the Nazis came to power?
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I mean, anything of a violent nature.
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Yeah.
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How old were you at the time?
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Nineteen.
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Would you please tell the court
what happened?
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Some SA men broke into our house...
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and they broke the windows and the door...
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and they called us traitors...
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and they tried to beat up my father.
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What happened then?
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My brothers and I, we went to help him.
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And there was a fight...
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and finally we got them outside
in the street...
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and we beat them up...
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and turned them over to the police.
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Did the police do anything about it?
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- No.
- Why not?
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It was then...
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at the time of the national elections.
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You mean the time the National Socialists
came to power?
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Yeah.
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What happened after 1933...
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after the Nazis came to power?
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I got a job on a farm...
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but for the work,
to drive a truck was necessary.
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I went to the city building
to apply for a license.
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And what happened there?
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They took me to an official.
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Did you ever have any dealings
with this official before?
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He was one of the men...
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who broke into our house that night.