Language:
German
Pages:
144 pages.
Year of publication:
1927-1939
Keywords:
Mayer, Gerda (née Stein)
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Childbirth
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Families Children.
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Jews Persecutions
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Jews Persecutions
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Diaries
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Autobiographies
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Biographical sources
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Diaries.
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Autobiography.
Abstract:
“Babys Tagebuch” (Baby's Diary) started as a commercially available book about baby care [Moro-Drasch, Irene : Babys Tagebuch , Merkblaetter und die Grundzuege der Saeuglingspflege ; Graz 1925]. The book had empty pages to keep schedule of the baby’s development. Gerda Mayer's parents, Arnold and Erna Stein, made good use of it, and did not stop writing entries (with Arnold contributing to 50 pages in his rounded handwriting, and Erna contributing to 27 pages in her more formal hand). When their daughter grew older, the baby diary developed into a regular diary, in which they were addressing their daughter Gerda. They talk about their time together, their activities, but also the political events that affected the family, like anti-Semitism. The Steins kept a diary of their daughter Gerda from her birth in 1927 until her departure to England in 1939. There are also little drawings and scribbles by young Gerti.
Note:
The transcript of “Babys Tagebuch” is also microfilmed on MM 132.
URL:
http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1503155&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
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