The Red Cross Saved Me, So I Saved As Many As I Could

friday, january 13, 2023

Holocaust survivor, Paul Adler was born January, 1941. His family was from Gleiwitz, Germany. On Krystalnacht, his father was apprehended in Breslau, Germany and taken to Buchenwald where he spent 6 weeks before his mother was able to receive all communications and papers which came via the Red Cross in Lisbon. The papers came just in time, as Paul’s mother was successful in bribing a Gestapo official to escort her by train to Buchenwald and have Paul’s dad released. They boarded the Watussi (ocean liner) which was destined for Mozambique. Upon arrival they were transported to Swaziland.