Pages:
66 + 7
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typescript.
Keywords:
Kriegsfeld, family.
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Dachau (Concentration camp)
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Kaerntner Heimatschutz.
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Vaterländische Front (Austria)
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Jews
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Jews Persecution 1933-1945.
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Kristallnacht, 1938.
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Merchants.
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Rabbis.
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World War, 1914-1918.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Austria History 1867-1918.
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Austria History 1918-1938.
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Austria History Anschluss, 1938.
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Klagenfurt (Austria)
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United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945.
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Memoirs
Abstract:
Brief account of the years growing up in Klagenfurt. His parents had spent some years prior to his birth in the United States, where his sister was born. Due to his father's ill health they returned to Klagenfurt. His mother operated a clothing store. Recollections of the border dispute in the aftermath of World War One and the author's proud support for the "Kaerntner Heimatschutz". In 1930 Max Kriegsfield moved to his sister in Vienna, where he started to work in a manufacturing business. He became a member of a literary and social club and took leading parts in an amateur theater. Outings to Vienna woods. Rise of National Socialism in Austria. Max joined the youth auxiliary of a paramilitary group commemorating Jewish veterans of World War One. Encounters with illegal Nazi groups. Recollections of the "Anschluss" to Nazi Germany in 1938. Precautions due to his activities in the Jewish veteran organization. Preparations to emigrate to the United States. Due to his sister's American birth cerificate the parents of Max received preferential quota numbers. In order to escape arrest and possible deportation Max Kriegsfield ventured an illegal entry into Belgium via Germany. Arrival in Brussels and life as a refugee. Position as a registrar at the Jewish Aid Comittee. Brief imprisonment. Illegal trip to see his parents in Paris. Max Kriegsfield finally received his visa and left for the United States in December 1939. Arrival in Hoboken and reunition with his family.
Abstract:
Second part of the memoirs (German): Account of family history. The author's parents were born in Czernowitz, Bukowina and emigrated to the United States, where they got married in 1902. Their daughter was born in 1904 in Newark, New Jersey. They returned to Czernowitz and settled in Klagenfurt in 1909. Recollections of the author's childhood during World War One. Description of the Klagenfurt Jewish community, where his father Nathan Kriegsfeld served as a president. Jewish life and history in Klagenfurt and Kaernten. Encounters of antisemitism. Fate of the Klagenfurt Jewish community during National Socialism.
Abstract:
The following names are mentioned:
Abstract:
Babad, Josef; Blitz, Margot; Kalinsky, Jan; Kriegsfeld, Nathan; Kriegsfield, Max; Lewitt, Albert.
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The following places are mentioned:
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Aachen; Austria; Belgium; Brussels; Bukowina; Cologne; Czernowitz; Hoboken; Krumpendorf; New York; Paris; Vienna.
Description / Table of Contents:
Part 1: Escape into fear.
Description / Table of Contents:
Part 2: Ein Schicksal ohne Tragoedie. Die Geschichte einer Klagenfurter juedischen Familie
Note:
Available on microfilm
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English and German
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Synopsis in file
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