Leaving Memel: Refugees from the Reich
Fred Finkelstein – Leaving Memel: Refugees from the Reich
Friday, May 21, 2021
Oakland-based filmmaker, Fred Finkelstein
Oakland-based filmmaker, Fred Finkelstein started working in video production in 1972 in New York, taught video in various schools in New York, South Carolina and in California. He also taught English as a Second Language in Richmond, CA for nearly twenty years, was a DJ and Arts Producer with KALX Radio in Berkeley for many years.
Photos courtesy of Fred Finkelstein
Still from the film, Leaving Memel
Judith Golden owned and ran a small hotel and her husband, Leo Fleischmann had a successful textile business in Memel, Lithuania. Being Jewish was not a liability in this port City on the Baltic Sea, yet Adolf Hitler had ambitions beyond what anyone could know when he ascended power in 1933.
Leaving Memel - Refugees from the Reich tells the story of Judith Golden’s family and what they experienced when the times changed and Hitler began demonizing Jews, homosexuals and Romani in Europe.
If you would like to view our archive video of the presentation, contact Dr. Marion Gerlind for access.
