Language:
English
Pages:
17 pages :
,
typescript.
Year of publication:
1986
Keywords:
Bettman family.
;
Rosenthal family.
;
Scheuer family.
;
Jews Persecution 1933-1945.
;
Journalists.
;
Synagogues
;
Visas
;
Portland (Or.)
;
United States Emigration and immigration.
;
Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
Follow-up to "The story of the immigration of the Scheuer family to the United States of America" (ME 1344)
Abstract:
The memoir includes the stories about several members of the family and their struggle to leave Germany. Fred, the son of Celia (sister of Sally Scheuer) arrived in Portland in December 1936 to live with the Scheuer family. He left Germany with a children’s transport. He died in an accident 1938. In December 1937 Bea, sister of Fred, arrived in Portland to live with the family. In 1938 Manfred Rosenthal, the brother of Hedwig arrived in the US with his family. Jack Rosenthal, son of Manfred, later became a successful journalist and won a Pulitzer prize for his work at the “New York Times”.
Abstract:
In 1939 the Scheuer family tried to get the Bettman family out of Germany. With the help of Anselm Boskowitz, who had also helped the Scheuer and the Rosenthal family, they succeeded. In spring 1940 Celia Scheuer arrived in the USA. The Scheuer family also tried to get Sophie Rothschild, another sister of Sally Scheuer, and her family out of Germany, but wasn’t successful. The Rothschilds perished in a concentration camp.
Abstract:
The memoir ends with a page about the synagogue the Scheuers were members of, the Ahavi Sholom Synagouge in Portland. Sally Scheuer was named the “Gabbai” of the synagogue, the one who designates who should be called to the Torah. Both he and Hedwig Scheuer were members of several societes.
Note:
English
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