United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Fred Ederer was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1926. Fred emigrated from Austria with his parents and brother to the United States in 1939. In 1944 he enlisted with the United States Navy. Fred later married Hilda Tomar.
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The memoir describes Fred Ederer's memories of Kristallnacht in Vienna and his family's encounters with Nazis who confiscated their property and threatened to deport his father.
Fred Ederer account of Kristallnacht in Vienna