a project by luigi toscano

ERNEST FRUEHAUF

ERNEST FRUEHAUF

WÜRZBURG / GERMANY 1929

LOSS OF THE FAMILY CAFÉ. INCARCERATION OF FATHER IN DACHAU. ESCAPE THROUGHOUT EUROPE.

“Kristallnacht” in 1938: germans stormed his father’s café. Afterwards his father was incarcerated in Dachau for four weeks. German man bought the café.

Family was told to wait two more years for visa to the US, due to the quota system. Via Lisbon and Casablanca, the family came to the us.

Lest We Forget Chicago 07-16-2018