Language:
English
Pages:
13 + 4 pages :
,
typescript (photocopy) +
Additional Material:
clipping
Year of publication:
1977
Former Title:
Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben
Keywords:
Strauss, Fanny (née Schwab)
;
Strauss, Isaac.
;
Country life.
;
Jewish families 19th century.
;
Jewish merchants.
;
Jewish way of life 19th century.
;
Orthodox Judaism
;
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
;
Offenbach am Main (Germany)
;
Uehlfeld (Germany)
;
Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
The English translation of Josef Schwab’s short autobiography about his childhood in the rural Jewish community of Uehlfeld and his life as a merchant in Frankfurt and in Offenbach is accompanied by an account of the lives of Schwab’s daughter Fanny and her husband, Rabbi Isaac Strauss. Also included are German transcripts of Hebrew gravestone inscriptions for Josef Schwab and his wife Mile; an article in "Frankfurter Zeitung" (Oct. 12, 1900) on occasion of Schwab’s 100th birthday; and a transcript of Schwab’s autobiography in the original German.
Note:
Available on microfilm
,
English
URL:
http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=555328&custom_att_2=simple_viewer
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