Siegbert and Werner Wollstein interview and transcript, July 28, 1989

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Identifier: SJOH/1

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Wollsteins oral history interview

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From the Series:

Series is comprised of audiotapes and printed transcripts of the interviews.

Dates

July 28, 1989

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Biographical note

Siegbert and Werner Wollstein were born in Berlin in 1906 and 1908, respectively. Werner was arrested in June 1938 and sent to Buchenwald for three months. The two brothers, along with their younger brother Kurt, left for Shanghai in 1938. Their father was arrested during Kristallnacht; he and his wife sailed for Shanghai in 1939. In Shanghai, Siegbert and Werner sold printing, while their brother was a photographer. They left for the United States after the war, and settled in Duluth. Siegbert died on December 30, 1999, and Werner died on June 17, 2007.