Arrival in Waco in 1938

ID: 1422 ~ Source: Levy, Otto and Hilde, interviewed by Rebecca M. Sharpless, August 25, 1993, in Waco, Texas. Baylor University Institute for Oral History, Waco, TX. View the full interview
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Hilde Levy describes how welcoming the citizens of Waco were to her and her husband, Otto, when they arrived in August of 1938.

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By Coleman Hampton & Amanda Sawyer
During World War II, Waco provided a place of refuge and hope of starting anew for many seeking refuge from persecution, such as Otto and Hilde Levy. As tensions escalated throughout Germany as a result of Nazi discrimination, Otto Levy and Hilde…