Language:
English
Pages:
27 pages :
,
typescript.
Year of publication:
2004
Keywords:
David, Bernhard.
;
Great Britain.
;
Sachsenhausen (Concentration camp)
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Fasts and feasts Judaism.
;
Jewish families 20th century.
;
Jewish way of life
;
Jews Persecution 1933-1945.
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Kristallnacht, 1938.
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Orthodox Judaism.
;
Women authors.
;
Women Education.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Zionism.
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Colchester (England)
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England Emigration and immigration.
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Hamburg (Germany)
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Palestine Emigration and immigration.
;
Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
The memoir starts with childhood memories - religious life in the synagogue, Marianne Geernaert's father's (Bernhard David) role in the Jewish community in Hamburg, her school life, going to summer camp with her Zionist youth organization, recollections of the rise of Nazism. Her father was appointed to oversee the clearing of a Jewish cemetery. She describes Kristallnacht when she was at a Jewish camp on the country side. Her father was arrested and taken to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. She describes the obstacles to overcome for obtaining permission to emigrate. Brief description of their stay in Amsterdam, then the trip to Palestine, farm life in Palestine. She joined the Royal Air Force in 1943. She married her husband John, then a British army officer, shortly after the war. Soon thereafter they moved to his home town Colchester, England. Many family and personal photographs are included following the biographical information in the text.
Note:
English
URL:
http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=423377&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
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