Robert Wagemann
Nació: 1937, en Mannheim, Alemania
Describe la huida de la clínica donde su madre temía que iba a ser sacrificado por eutanasia [Entrevista: 1994]
My mom and I were summoned to a, a part of the university clinic in Heidelberg, in Schlierheim, and there I was examined. And during the examination my mom was sitting on the outside of the room, and she overheard a conversation that the doctors would do away with me, uh, would ab...would abspritz me, which means that they would give me a needle and put me to sleep. My mom overheard the conversation and, uh, during lunch time, while the, uh, doctors were gone, she, uh, grabbed hold of me, we went down to the Neckar River into the high reeds and there she put my clothes on, and from there on we really went into hiding because now we knew that they really were after us. So, uh, we went to my father's father's house where we also stood until I started school.
My mom and I were summoned to a, a part of the university clinic in Heidelberg, in Schlierheim, and there I was examined. And during the examination my mom was sitting on the outside of the room, and she overheard a conversation that the doctors would do away with me, uh, would ab...would abspritz me, which means that they would give me a needle and put me to sleep. My mom overheard the conversation and, uh, during lunch time, while the, uh, doctors were gone, she, uh, grabbed hold of me, we went down to the Neckar River into the high reeds and there she put my clothes on, and from there on we really went into hiding because now we knew that they really were after us. So, uh, we went to my father's father's house where we also stood until I started school.
Robert y su familia eran testigos de Jehová. Los nazis consideraban a los testigos de Jehová como enemigos del estado por su negación a tomar un juramento de lealtad a Adolf Hitler o a servir en el ejército alemán. La familia de Robert continuó sus actividades religiosas a pesar de la persecución nazi. Poco antes de que naciera Robert, su madre fue encarcelada brevemente por distribuir materiales religiosos. La cadera de Robert fue dañada durante el parto, dejándolo incapacitado físicamente. Cuando Robert tenía cinco años, fue ordenado a presentarse para un reconocimiento medico en Schlierheim. Su madre oyó por casualidad comentarios de los empleados de "poner a dormir" a Robert. Temiendo que intentaban matarlo, la madre de Robert lo agarró y se fue corriendo de la clínica. Los médicos nazis habían empezado un asesinato sistemático de aquellos que consideraban incapacitados físicamente y mentalmente en el otoño de 1939.
— US Holocaust Memorial Museum - Collections
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