Language:
English
Pages:
170 pages :
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handwritten manuscript; illustrated.
Keywords:
Ungar, Ann.
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Ungar family.
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Ungar, Frederick.
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American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee.
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Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, New York (1885- )
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Antisemitism.
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Cooking, Austrian.
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Dental technology.
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German language Dialects
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
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Jewelers.
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Pharmacists.
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Socialism in Austria.
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World War, 1914-1918.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Italy History 1922-1945.
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Saint Gall (Switzerland)
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Shanghai (China) Emigration and immigration 1933-1945.
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United States Emigration and immigration.
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Vienna (Austria)
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Memoirs
Abstract:
The handwritten memoir was written in the United States in the late 1980s. It contains reproductions of photos and includes Viennese cooking recipes. Recollections of the author's childhood in Vienna. His father was the head of the Jewish Children's Bureau at the Vienna Jewish community who organized children's exchanges to Holland and Switzerland after World War One. Frederick was sent for recuperation to St. Gallen, Switzerland, where he stayed with an orthodox Jewish foster family for a year. After his return his parents got divorced. His mother started working at the Rothschild hospital. Frederick was sent to a boarding school. Apprenticeship as a druggist. Social life and five-o'clock tea dances in Vienna. Boxing at the "Maccabi" sports club. Activities in the youth sections of the Social democrats. Summers at the Danube. Position in the gem-stone business at a family friend in Italy. Marriage with his long-time girlfriend Ann. Move to Terni, Italy. After the rising fascist movement in Europe and Hitler's rise to power Ann and Frederick Ungar moved to Milan and prepared their emigration to Shanghai. Journey with a boat from Marseille via Port Said and the Suez Canal in 1939. Impressions of Indochina, India, Ceylon and Japan. Life of Jewish refugees in Shanghai. Cultural differences. Help from the local Jewish community and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. Difficulties in getting a job. Position as a pharmacy assistant. Ann Unger found work as a dental technician with a Japanese physician. Life under Japanese occupation. Birth of their daughter Eva. Frederick got a position at the statistical analysis of the "Joint" office.
Abstract:
Return to Vienna after the end of the war. Reflections on experiences with anti-Semitism in post-war Europe. Decision to immigrate to the United States. Life in Cleveland. Frederick worked as a bookseller and pharmacist. Observations during occasional visits to Austria after the war. Reflections on life in Europe compared to the United States.
Note:
Available on microfilm
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English
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Synopsis in file
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