Childhood experiences growing up in Munich after 1933; experiences of antisemitism at school; emigration to Switzerland in 1938; life in Lucerne, boarding school in Champery; internment in Swiss camp after outbreak of war; emigration to Dominican Republic in 1940; fate of family in Germany during war; life in Dominican Republic; immigration to USA in 1946.Addenda: Book II: Refugee 1938-1946[Book I]: Munich 1933-1938Book II: Refugee 1938-1946Ernest B. Hofeller was born in Munich and emigrated to Switzerland in 1938; emigrated to Dominican Republic in 1940; immigrated to USA in 1946.Synopsis in fileBanks and bankingBavariaChampery (Switzerland)Education; primary and secondary; 1933-1945Internment of aliensPuerto PlataSanto DomingoSynagogue