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Gratiarum Actio : Remembering A Good Life. (1995)

Alexander, Eleanor, 1913- ; Alexander, Paul Julius,

Berkeley :[publisher not identified],

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Language: English

Pages: 7 + 7 + 2 , typescript; illustrated.

Year of publication: 1995

Keywords: Mann, Thomas, ; Hobart College. ; University of California, Berkeley. ; Historians. ; Women authors. ; Berkeley (Calif.) ; Paris (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: Memoir by Eleanor Alexander including description of her time in Paris and London, her emigration to the United States, information on her husband Paul and his career as a historian; foreword by Paul Alexander; addendum by their son.

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A Tribute to my Mother Hedwig Eyck (1888-1971). (1995)

Alexander, Eleanor, 1913-

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Language: English

Pages: 6 pages (doublespace) : , Typescript.

Year of publication: 1995

Keywords: Eyck, Erich, ; Eyck, Hedwig. ; Deutsche Demokratische Partei. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Woman authors. ; Women Political activity. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Lawyers

Abstract: Memoir by Eleanor Alexander, née Eyck, born in Berlin in 1913, on her mother Hedwig Eyck including information on her involvement in the Democratic Party and her philanthropic and cultural activities, description of life in Nazi Germany, of her emigration to England, and of her experiences there.

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Dora Gross Moszkowski - Life Story : [1901-1987]. (1987)

Gross Moszkowski, Dora.

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Language: English

Pages: 66 pages : , typescript.

Year of publication: 1987

Keywords: Moszkowski, Arthur. ; Knight, Max. ; Smolka, Maria. ; Thon, Osias. ; Wizo. ; Antisemitism. ; College teachers. ; Household employees 20th century. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Hasidism. ; Jews ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Universities and colleges. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Zionism. ; Kraków (Poland) ; Vienna (Austria) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1945- ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: The memoir was written in California in 1987. Description of the Jewish history in Poland in the 18th and 19th century. Childhood recollections in Cracow. Her father was an insurance broker. Her mother came from a famous family of rabbis. Childhood friends and introduction into their Hasidic life style. Wish to continue with high school (Gymnasium) met with difficulties due to the implied tuition fees for girls. Outbreak of World War One and move to Vienna. In 1916 the Russian invasion of Cracow diminished and the family returned to Poland. Her father was called to the military. With her mother's help the family found the means to enroll Dora in the Gymnasium, where she became a full-fledged student. Engaging in the Zionist movement. Speech about the role of Jewish women in society and engaging in campaigns for equal education for girls. Graduation and applying for medical school. Being a girl and Jewish she was not accepted since there was a Jewish quota at university. Death of her mother. Application at medical schools in Berlin and Leipzig. In 1920 Dora moved to Vienna where she lived with a widowed cousin and took care of his children. Difficulties to be accepted at medical school as a foreigner. Taking classes at university as an extern. Position as a Polish language tutor. Business school in order to earn a living. Outings with friends. Cultural activities and the Viennese Burgtheater. Return to Cracow and position in a export business. Acquaintance and courtship with Arthur Moszkowski, an engineer from a well-to-do family. Return to university and studies of German and Polish. Political and Zionist activities in the WIZO (Women's International Zionist Organization). Graduation from university in 1925 and work on her Ph.D. with a thesis on Ibsen. Position as a German teacher and initial difficulties with the government due to her being Jewish. In 1928 her Ph.D. was accepted.

Abstract: Official engagement with Arthur Moszkowski. Trip to the Baltic Sea and wedding in 1929. Honeymoon in Austria. Pregnancy during the time her husband lost his position due to the growing antisemitism in Poland. Birth of their daughter Dunia. Difficulties in married life due to her new duties as a housewife and mother which did not fulfill her. Renewed political engagement. Lectures and speeches. Opening of a Montessori preschool in her apartment. Dora became the chairwoman of WIZO in Katovice. Awareness of political changes due to rising National Socialism in neighboring Germany. Temporary financial difficulties. Birth of their second daughter Zosia in 1937. Influx of German Jewish refugees and relief organizations. Outbreak of World War Two. Capture of Czortkow by the Russian military and life under Russian rule. Deportation to Siberia in 1940, which in the end saved them from being taken to German extermination camps. Labor camp in Sverdlovsk. The family was set free and could travel to Uzbekistan in west central Asia. Her husband, among many Polish refugees, contracted typhus and survived through the help of a befriended physician. He was able to obtain a position in Iran and Africa with the Polish military. Affidavit for the United States from a cousin in California. Arrival in New York in 1950. Move to Berkeley and difficulties in adapting to the culture and start of a new life. Master degree in child development and work with retarded children.

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Erinnerungen : Aus meinem Leben [1867-1948]. (1948)

Fränkl, Bela.

Dornach :[publisher not identified],

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Language: German

Pages: 225 pages : , handwritten manuscript (photocopy) partially almost illegible.

Year of publication: 1948

Keywords: Fränkl, Bela, ; Fränkl, Ella (née Gabriel) ; Fränkl, Leopold, ; Fränkl family. ; Education, Secondary 19th century. ; Jewish families. ; Jews ; Lumber trade. ; Soldiers 1871-1914. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Eperjes (Hungary) ; Ružomberok (Slovakia) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Slovakia. ; Switzerland. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs

Abstract: The memoir was written between 1940 and 1948 in Dornach, Switzerland. Fraenkl family history. Description of Jewish life in the 18th and 19th century in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Recollections of the author's childhood in a Jewish family in rural Hungary. His parents were in the lumber business and had a license for selling alcoholic beverages. Description of family and business life. Education in the Jewish Public School of the Neological Jewish Community in Eperjes. Anecdotes of his childhood. Description of the difference between the orthodox and neological Jewish community in Eperjes. Sudden death of his father in 1877 and financial difficulties for the family. Move to Rosenberg, where his relatives had a "lunchtable" for Jewish students from the local gymnasium (high school) and the theological university. His brother Sami went to Vienna to study medicine. Bela attended the Piaristen Gymnasium in Rosenberg, which was led by the Piarist order. Between 1881-1884 he worked as an apprentice in the textile branch. Detailed description of his experiences during his apprenticeship in various places. From 1897-1890 military service in Budapest. In 1892 Bela Fraenkl moved to Vienna, where he worked in the wood and lumber trade. Circle of friends in Cafe Central. Bela managed to establish his own lumber and sawmill business. Marriage with Ella Gabriel in August 1894. The couple lived in the VIII District in Vienna and had three sons (Otto, Fritz, Freddy) and a daughter (Mimi). Death of his mother and other relatives during World War One. Retirement in 1930. Bela Fraenkl emigrated with his family to Switzerland in 1938.

Note: Available on microfilm , some Hungarian , German and some Hungarian

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