my namei was born on december the second, 1942 in hamburg germany. >> did you have any brothers or sisters>> i had one brother, and his name was hans juergen. he was one year and nine months older than i was. >> what was your father's occupation? jerry von halle: he was an architect, specializing in building department stores in hamburg. >> to tell me a little bit about your childhood while you are in hamburg? jerry von halle: it was a very pleasant time. my father was doing rather well as an architect. we lived in an upper middle-class neighborhood in hamburg. we went to public schools there and life was pretty nice. i understand what i was a baby, we are talking about 1923, it was at the end of world war i and the inflation, and understand from my mother, they bought a bottle of milk for one million marks. i do not remember that. we went to public school. we went to what they called a junior high school. and then hitler, well of course in 1930 and 31931 and 1932, hitler became more popular and things became more difficult for the jews although i'm still a young child and not quite aware