Language:
German
Pages:
40 pages :
,
incomplete typescript.
Year of publication:
1967
Keywords:
Sternberger family.
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Antisemitism.
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Education, Higher 1870-1918.
;
Jewish families 19th century.
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Jewish refugees
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Jews Persecution 1933-1945.
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Orthodox Judaism
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Textile industry.
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Tobacco industry.
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World War, 1939-1945.
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Zionism and Judaism.
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Munich (Germany)
;
Palestine Emigration and immigration.
;
Autobiographies
;
Biographical sources
;
Memoirs
Abstract:
Description of the author’s family background. His paternal family owned a tobacco and cigarres business in Ulm, which was transferred to Munich in 1888. The maternal family in Frankfurt am Main had a textile export business. Recollections of his schooldays at the Catholic St. Anna Schule. Antisemitic encounters at the local Gymnasium. Description of life in the 19th century. Reverence for the local royalties. The family was involved in the Zionist movement, as were most of the members of their local synagoge.
Abstract:
Missing pages. Jump to 1930 and the rising Nazi movement. Economic crisis, which did not effect their business much. Nazi take-over in January of 1933. Decision to emigrate. Sudden death of his mother during the Passover holidays. Harry accepted a position at a textile plant with his brother-in-law in Luxemburg. He left Germany in autumn of 1933. Interventions for illegal Jewish refugees to Luxemburg together with the sponsor Alfred Levy. Journey to Palestine in 1939. Return to Europe, which was shortly before the war. Outbreak of World War Two in September of 1939. Emigration to Palestine in January of 1940. Dangerous journey. Plans to go into the agricultural business. Marrige with Lilli Kahn in 1942.
Note:
German
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