Language:
English
Pages:
112 pages :
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typescript; illustrated.
Year of publication:
1996
Keywords:
Adelsheim, Honey.
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Aldesheimer, Emma.
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Aldesheimer, Gustav,
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Aldesheimer, Paula,
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Bornebusch, Wolfgang.
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Eichmann, Johanna.
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Kann, Nathan.
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Silberman family.
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Silberman, Hanna,
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Silberman, Louis,
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Wagner, Gottfried.
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Weissmann Klein, Gerda.
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Zadek family.
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Zadek, Gerhard.
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Antisemitism.
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Cattle trade.
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Country life.
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Housekeepers.
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Jewish families Genealogy.
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Jews Persecution 1933-1945.
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Kristallnacht, 1938.
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Orthodox Judaism.
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Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust.
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Women authors.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Berlin (Germany)
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Lemförde (Germany)
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Schermbeck (Germany)
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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:
Description of the author's family history. Her parents, Hanna and Louis Silberman, married in 1918. Marga was the last child of four. Recollection of her father's sudden death in 1934 due to the shock of an announced arrest by the Gestapo. Her mother had to take a job as a housekeeper, and Marga was sent to Schermbeck to live with her mother's younger sister Paula and her grandparents in the countryside. Her maternal grandfather Gustav Adelsheimer was a cattle dealer and a respected member of the local Jewish community. Celebration of Jewish holidays. Disrupted education due to Nazi laws. Recollections of the terrors of Kristallnacht, when they were forced to leave their house and run for shelter in the woods. The family moved to stay with relatives in Berlin shortly thereafter. Difficult circumstances of life in Nazi Germany and increasing anti-Jewish regulations. Their immigration papers arrived in May 1941, and Marga and her mother were able to immigrate to USA via Lisbon. Arrival in New York. Difficult new beginnings. Marga's mother took a position as a housekeeper, and Marga was sent to live with a German-speaking foster family during the school year. Cultural and language differences. After two years her mother and sister had saved enough for an own apartment, and the family was reunited. Return to Schermbeck in 1981. Recollections of the family members who perished in the Holocaust. Reunion with her Gentile friend Irmgard in Schermbeck. Reconciliation with residents of Schermbeck. Return to Lemforde together with her sister Hilde in 1986. Reflections on her frequent reconciliation meetings in Germany and her effort to commemorate the Holocaust.
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