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    [Memoirs by Peter Schrag, MD], (2005-2017)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 33 + 23 + 101 typescript pages + , digital files.
    Additional Material: one photograph :
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2018 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 2005-2017
    Keywords: Schrag, Ilse, ; Szamatolski, Else, ; Jewish families ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Manners and customs 1918-1933. ; Manners and customs Nineteen forties. ; Physicians. ; Berlin (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: This is a collection of three essays by Dr. Peter Schrag about his family, documenting in selected details his family's transition from being refugees from Nazi Germany to being Americans. A short essay, “We were once refugees”, is followed by “Oma”, reminiscences about his grandmother Else Szamatolski, and by “My mother and me”, selected memories of his mother Ilse Szamatolski-Preiss-Schrag.
    Abstract: The following names are mentioned: Breitenbach, Joseph; Brunell, Albert (born 1934 in Cologne); Brunell, Susi (1901-1986); Goldhaber, Maurice; Goldschmidt, Lucien; Goldhaber family; Lowenstein, Edith; Marum-Lunau, Elisabeth; Samton, Claude (born 1933 in Berlin); Samton, Peter (born 1935 in Berlin); Szamatolski , Albert (1868- ); Szamatolski , Hans (later Henry Samton, 1906-2003).
    Description / Table of Contents: We were once refugees : Reminiscences, family lore, reflections, and related residua.
    Description / Table of Contents: Oma
    Description / Table of Contents: My mother and me : Selected memories of my mother, Ilse Szamatolski-Preiss-Schrag (1910-1997)
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    Erinnerungen. (2017)
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    Language: German
    Pages: Oversize.
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2017 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 2017
    Keywords: Physicians 19th century. ; Voyages and travels 19th century. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: Copy of the manuscript by Maximilian Heine, 18??: Heine's biography, about his medical studies and about his time as a physician in St. Petersburg. Many reports from his travels in Germany, Russia and the Caucasus.
    Abstract: Also included are letters in Russian, an article from "Medizinische Zeitschrift Russlands", as well as poems.
    Note: With some Russian and Latin.
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    [The life and political views of her grandfather Hermann Loeb : dedicated with love to his granddaughter Renate Simon] (2017)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 28 + 13 pages : , typescript; illustrated +
    Additional Material: appendix
    Year of publication: 2017
    Keywords: Loeb, Hermann, ; Deggendorf (Displaced persons camp) ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Socialists. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Zionists. ; Butzbach (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoirs of the watchmaker Hermann Loeb (1874-1948), describing his life as an active socialist (social democrat) and Zionist; his encounters with German anti-Semitism; his service in WW I; his experiences during Kristallnacht and the concentration camp Theresienstadt; and finally his immigration to the US.
    Abstract: Also included are clippings referring to Hermann Loeb from the German press in Giessen, Frankfurt and Butzbach; 2011-2013.
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    A very beautiful voyage : The stories of my life (2017)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 78 pages : , typescript; illustrations
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2017 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 2017
    Keywords: Jews, German Families 1918-1933. ; Jews, German Persecutions 1933-1945. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
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    Seefahrtsbuch H 8098 : (Eine unglaubliche Geschichte). (2016)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 19 pages : , typescript (photocopy).
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2016 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 2016
    Keywords: Jewish refugees. ; Sailors. ; Voyages and travels. ; Egypt. ; India. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1945- ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of Hans Neter's escape from Germany as a stoker on a German steamer in 1935; illegal stays in Egypt and India during World War II; immigration to USA after World War II.
    Note: Available on microfilm
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    Deported by the Nazis. (2016)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 70 pages : , typecript.
    Year of publication: 2016
    Keywords: Alton-Tauber, Ruth, ; Tauber, Julius, ; Tauber, Michael, ; Ewer, Erna, ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Stutthof (Concentration camp) ; Concentration camps Intellectual life. ; Jewish women authors ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; Jewish ghettos. ; Concentration camp inmates ; Concentration camp inmates ; Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: English translation by Vernon Mosheim of Alton, Ruth : Deportiert von den Nazis. Seattle, Washington, 1961. ME 9
    Abstract: The memoirs begin with the family's deportation from their Berlin apartment on the evening of October 27th, 1941. They were taken to the Lewetzowstrasse synagogue and from there deported to the ghetto of Lodz (Litzmannstadt). Ruth's husband Julius (Ulli) was assigned the position of a transport supervisor, which granted them a small space to themselves. The memoir describes the living conditions, illnesses and deaths in the ghetto. She also recalls religious celebrations and cultural activities. The mass deportation of Jews from Lodz in September 1942 is described. Ruth's son Michael was exampted due to her husband's interventions. Ruth's mother, who was with them in the ghetto, died in 1943. In 1944 the famly was deported to Auschwitz and Stutthof. The living conditions of these camps are described. Ruth was transported to a work camp in Dresden, and was in the city during its destruction in February 1945. After the destruction of the city Ruth was transferred to a series of concentration camps, finally escaping on a death march. She was liberated by American soldiers in May 1945. In 1946 she was reunited with her son Michael, who had survived the Stutthof concentration camp.
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    Ich der Jude. (2016)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 93 pages (single space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2016 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 2016
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Universities and colleges. ; Germany. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiographical fiction. ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Partly fictional account of anti-Semitism at German universities around 1933.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Geschichte des Bankhauses Arnhold : [1864-1936]. (2016)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 85 pages : , handwritten manuscript.
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2016 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 2016
    Keywords: Arnhold, Max. ; Arnhold, Heinrich, ; Arnhold, Georg, ; Arnhold family. ; Bankhaus Gebrüder Arnhold ; Banks and banking. ; Capitalists and financiers ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Account of the day to day business of the Jewish bank Arnhold in Berlin.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Abtshof - Erinnerungen. (2016)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 5 pages (double space) : , typescript.
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2016 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 2016
    Keywords: Aron Hirsch & Sohn‏ (Halberstadt‏(. ; Industrialists ; Jews, German Social life and customs. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Eberswalde (Germany) ; Halberstadt (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Aron Hirsch & Son metal business in Halberstadt and Eberswalde (Messingwerk), ca. 1902-1927; description of orthodox Jewish milieu in Hirsch's house.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Refugee From Nazi Oppression. (2016)
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    Pages: 245 pages : , typescript with reproductions of photographs and documents.
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2016 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 2016
    Keywords: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Mechanics. ; Canada Emigration and immigration 1933-1945 1933-1945. ; Wigandsthal (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Courtship and marriage of parents; childhood home in Luebeck; memories of nanny; memories of cousin Recha Liebenau; visit to relatives' home in Wigandsthal; school memories; Nazis come to power; summer vacation at Travemuende; origin of family name; work as apprentice machinist; account of Kristallnacht; loss of job; emigration to England; stay in camp with other boys; transfer to St. Felix School, Shaftesbury-Society-Holiday Camp, Lord Kitchener Camp; work in factory; Loughton High School For Boys; beginning of World War II; death of father; work at garage; internment on Isle of Man; deported to Canada; internment; move to Toronto.
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    Abstract: Carlebach, Ephraim; Carlebach, Felix; Carlebach, Salomon; Mansbacher family -- Genealogy; Carlebach, Simson; Ettlinger, Emmy; Ettlinger, Hanni; Ettlinger, Leopold; Falck, Abraham (Adolph) Falck, Juliane; Falck, Margarethe Babette; Fürst, Gertrud; Fürst, Henry; Hofmann, Rudi; Kantor, Fritz; Klein, Eddie; Kluver, Frieda; Liebenau, Recha; Mansbacher, Fritz Ludwig; Mansbacher, Hannah; Mansbacher, Jakob; Mansbacher, Johanna; Mansbacher, Julius; Mansbacher, Käthe; Mansbacher, Martin; Mansbacher, Peter; Mansbacher, Ursula; Mecklenburg, Hermann Marcus; Mecklenburg, Thea; Norman, Horace; Schön, Ellen; Weiss, Felix; Wreschner, Alice; Zimmer, George; Zimmer, Paula.
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    One family - one life. (2015)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 8 + 72 , pages : , bound typescript; self-published; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2015
    Keywords: Deutsch family. ; Ehrenwerth family. ; Kestler family. ; Wellisch family. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families ; Jewish families ; Canada Emigration and immigration. ; Mauritius. ; Moson (Hungary) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs
    Abstract: This is an account of the author’s life from his upbringing in Vienna, Austria to his eventful emigration to Toronto, Canada. Also included are family trees tracing the genealogy of descendents of Salamon Wellisch and Katharina Strasser from Moson, Hungary.
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    A reminiscence. (2014)
    [Pointe Claire, Quebec],
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    Pages: 69 , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2014
    Keywords: Badmann family. ; Roos family. ; Jewish families ; Jewish refugees ; Textile industry. ; Canada Emigration and immigration. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Netherlands World War, 1939-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
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    Our beginnings never know our ends : A Western view of some aspects of culture in Sri Lanka (2014)
    Sri Lanka :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 20 + 86 , pages : , print.
    Year of publication: 2014
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families. ; Sri Lanka. ; Autobiographies ; Memoirs
    URL: The past is another country
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    My recollections : 1872-1962 (2014)
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    Pages: 50 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2014
    Keywords: Königshöfer, Meier, ; Child welfare. ; Jewish leadership. ; Jewish merchants. ; Orphanages. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Soldiers 1871-1914. ; Textile industry. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Fürth (Bavaria, Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: English translation of 'Meine Erinnerungen 1872-1962' by the author's grandnephew, Leon Chameides.
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    A question of identity. (2014)
    Sri Lanka :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 45 , pages : , print.
    Year of publication: 2014
    Keywords: Jewish families. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Sri Lanka. ; Autobiographies ; Memoirs
    Description / Table of Contents: A question of identity
    Description / Table of Contents: A woman and her god
    Description / Table of Contents: The mood in the ghetto is rosy
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    Kde domov můj ... : (Where is my home?) (2014)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 163 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2014
    Keywords: Goldschmidt family. ; Heintschel family. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Education. ; Families. ; Fashion designers. ; Women authors. ; Brussels (Belgium) ; Czechoslovakia. ; Paris (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
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    My Story / (2013)
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    Pages: 22 + 60 + 28 + 2 , pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2013
    Keywords: Education, Higher. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families ; Sports. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Memoirs
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    And there is no going back : A story of patience, persistence, and perseverance (2013)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 340 + 6 + 5 + 5 , pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2013
    Keywords: Shiffers, Liese. ; Shiffers, Stephan, ; Education, Higher. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families ; Sports. ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Memoirs
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    Heads or tails. (2013)
    Rio de Janeiro :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 93 , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2013
    Keywords: Melchior family. ; Children of interfaith marriage. ; Brazil. ; Autobiographies ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs of Angelica B. Melchior Pimentel.
    Note: English
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    Departures and returns : A memoir (2013)
    Tenafly, NJ,
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    Pages: 147 , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Additional Material: 13 pages illustrations :
    Year of publication: 2013
    Keywords: Marquard, Ernestine. ; Steiner, Brigitte, ; Steiner family. ; Steiner, Hans L. ; Antisemitism ; Assimilation (Sociology) ; Interfaith marriage. ; Jewish physicians. ; Manners and customs ; World War, 1939-1945 ; Münsingen (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1941. ; Württemberg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir is partially made up of excerpts from the author’s mother’s memoir, ‘A time of fear, a time of hope’ by Brigitte Steiner, which describes her and her family’s life in pre-war Germany, their immigration to and beginnings in the United States in the 1930s, and visits to Germany after the war. In addition, the author draws from his maternal grandmother’s diary during her years in wartime Germany, when she witnessed his paternal grandmother’s deportation to a concentration camp. Finally, the author describes various later events, like the laying of a “Stolperstein” in front of his grandparent’s former home in Germany.
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    Memoirs of Reinhard Helmut Lesser / (1987-2013)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 81 , bound typescript; illustrated +
    Additional Material: genealogical tables
    Year of publication: 1987-2013
    Keywords: Honig family. ; Lesser family. ; Architects Biography. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Poznań (Poland) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Genealogical tables ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The first 50 pages encompass Lesser’s memoirs from his birth to ca. 1920; his further life is then described by his daughter, Margaret Lesser Bach.
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    [Autobiographical abstract]. (2012)
    Kibbutz Tzuba :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 18 pages.
    Year of publication: 2012
    Keywords: Haganah (Organization) ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. ; France Emigration and immigration. ; Spain Emigration and immigration. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: After introducing his family in Germany since early modern times, Joel Dorkam describes “Life in France” (1933-1942) and “Life in Spain” (1942-1944). He then moves on to Palestine and tells about his education and his participation in the Israeli war of independence as a soldier in the Haganah.
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    Memoirs of Henri Moos : Ulm, Karlsruhe, Annecy, 1922-1946. (2012)
    Annecy, Haute Savoie, France :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 33 , bound typescript (photocopy); illustrated.
    Edition: English language version.
    Year of publication: 2012
    Former Title: Itinéraire d'une famille juive
    Keywords: Moos, Salomon. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jews Persecutions 1939-1945. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Annecy (France) ; France Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Genealogical tables ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: An account of Henri Moos’ family, starting with his grandfather Salomon Moos in Ulm and Henri’s mother Ruth, née Haas in Karlsruhe, and ending in Annecy, France. It also looks at survival in occupied France during WW II.
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    falk valentin grinfeld v’mapel hiio. (2012)
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    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 36 , digital file.
    Year of publication: 2012
    Keywords: Grünfeld, Falk Valentin, ; Grünfeld, Heinrich, ; Friendship. ; Industrialists Biography. ; Textile industry. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Kamienna Góra (Województwo Dolnośląskie, Poland) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Silesia. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Hebrew translation of “Falk Valentin Gruenfeld und sein Werk” from a privately printed edition, Berlin 1934, by Joel Freudenberg.
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    Israel Nussbaum's family chronicle / (2011)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 236 pages : , typescript; illustrations
    Year of publication: 2011
    Former Title: A translation of Israel Nussbaum's "Gut Shabbes!" : Jewish life in the country ; A teacher's memoirs (1869-1942)
    Keywords: Jews History. ; Jews Rural conditions. ; Jewish teachers. ; Germany. ; Viersen (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Michael Philipp changed the original title "Chronicle and Genealogy of the Israel Nussbaum family in Viersen" to "Gut Shabbes!" The German edition was published under that title.
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    Mein 14. Geburtstag. (2011)
    New York, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 4 + 4 pages.
    Year of publication: 2011
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Deportations ; Children of interfaith marriage. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Recollections of the author’s 14th birthday on Nov. 13, 1941 in Munich, Germany; about her own history; her family’s fate; and the one of Munich’s Jewish population under the Nazis.
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    Aftershocks : a biographical memoir (2010)
    Charlotte, NC :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 300 pages : , typed and bound manuscript.
    Edition: amended 2010 with additional content.
    Year of publication: 2010
    Keywords: Windner, Leopold. ; Jewish women artists. ; Intermarriage. ; Persecution Jews ; Maribor (Slovenia) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was published in German under the title "Nachbeben" in 2005 by the Czernin Verlag, Vienna (available in LBI library). The English manuscript has 350 pages. The memoir starts in the year 1939, previously talks about Vienna, and Maribor, and soon moves on to the years 1941 when Marianne and her mother were living again in Vienna.
    Note: Digital copy broken into sections due to size. , Available on CD-ROM , English
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    Abschiedsworte eines Regenwurms. (2010)
    West Palm Beach, Florida :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 3 pages.
    Year of publication: 2010
    Keywords: Affidavits ; Education, Secondary 1918-1938. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Affidavits ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A short essay about the author’s emigration from Austria in 1939.
    Description / Table of Contents: Page 1: German original
    Description / Table of Contents: Page 2: English translation
    Note: German and English
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    A Jewish girlhood in Berlin 1859-1879 : A memoir by Jenny Barth Bornstein, M.D. (1859-1951) (2010)
    Austin, Texas :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 126 pages : , typescript, illustrations
    Year of publication: 2010
    Keywords: Jewish families 1870-1918. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Jenny Barth Bornstein's memoir covers the years 1859-1879, the years of her infancy, girlhood and adolescence.
    Note: English
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    The lucky guy : Memories of Nachum Ariel, (2010)
    Haifa :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 293 pages : , bound typescript (illustrations).
    Year of publication: 2010
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Lawyers ; Palestine Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
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    The last exile : Tapestry of a life. (2009)
    Plainsboro, NJ,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 170 pages.
    Year of publication: 2009
    Keywords: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jews Social life and customs ; Communists ; Political refugees United States ; Foreign correspondents. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
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    Another chapter : From Nuremberg to Hadley, (2009)
    Amherst, MA :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 9 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2009
    Keywords: University of Massachusetts at Amherst. ; Diseases. ; Retirement. ; Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Addendum to Arnold Friedman’s memoirs, covering his life 1997-2009
    Note: English
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    My seven years under Nazi rule as a Jewish young man / (2009)
    Monroe Township, NJ :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 51 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2009
    Keywords: Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Birkenau (Germany) Ethnic relations. ; Siegfried Line (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Note: English
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    My life so far : 1930 to 2008. (2008)
    Glen Rock, NJ :Janet Isenberg,
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    Pages: 169 pages : , illustrations
    Year of publication: 2008
    Keywords: Drucker family. ; Jews Social life and customs ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Families ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiography. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogy
    Abstract: Computer generated, bound and richly illustrated manuscript, documenting the author’s life and family
    Note: English
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    [Janik's memoirs]. (2008)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 450 + 208 + 316 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2008
    Keywords: Sainz, Paco. ; Artists. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Holocaust survivors. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Munich (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Description / Table of Contents: Part I: Janik Remembers - 1932-1957
    Description / Table of Contents: Part II: Janik - 1960-1972
    Description / Table of Contents: Part III. Janik - Years with Paco Sainz
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    Kristallnacht: November 9th, 1938 : The day the Holocaust began for me. (2008)
    Chicago :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 7 pages : , Typescript.
    Year of publication: 2008
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Kristallnacht, 1938 ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Note: English
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    My family story, (2008)
    Poughkeepsie, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 140 pages : , illustrations
    Year of publication: 2008
    Keywords: Dahl family Genealogy. ; Oppenheim family Genealogy. ; Jews Persecutions ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish physicians ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Jews Genealogy ; Genealogy. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: The true story of Max and Gerda Dahl’s forced journey from their ancestral home in Westphalia, Germany through a 16 year haven in Shanghai and ultimately to the United States. The typewritten manuscript includes genealogical charts pertaining to the Dahl and Oppenheim families from Westphalia.
    Note: English
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    And suddenly it was over. (2008)
    Emerson, NJ :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 10 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2008
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Death march survivors ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Charles Holzer describes his survival of a death march after his imprisonment in camp Elrich near Niedersachswerfen in the Harz mountains of central Germany, April 1945.
    Note: English
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    Recollections and thoughts. (2008)
    New York City :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 117 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 2008
    Keywords: Pilgrim Press (N.Y.) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Book collectors. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Note: English
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    An extra-ordinary woman. (2007)
    New York, NY,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 437 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 2007
    Keywords: Jewish families Conduct of life 1918-1933. ; Jews Social life and customs ; Wolfenbüttel (Germany) ; Guayaquil (Ecuador) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Told by her daughter, the extraordinary woman is Ruth Spier from Wolfenbuettel in Westphalia (Germany). Her husband Alfred died at the beginning of the Nazi era and left her with two small daughters. The family emigrated to Ecuador, settling in Guayaquil, before finding their way to Washington Heights in New York City.
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    Some part of who you are : A narrative family history.; Volume I and II. (2007)
    Milwaukee, WI :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 144 + 253 pages : , illustrations
    Year of publication: 2007
    Keywords: Heavenrich family Genealogy. ; Himmelreich family Genealogy. ; Jewish families Genealogy ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Memoirs and genealogy with replicas of family photographs and documents
    Abstract: Volume I describes the genealogy of the Heavenrich (originally Himmelreich) and Kirschbraun families. Volume II is the memoir of Herbert Samuel Heavenrich, Jr. and his wife Jill Sherry Heavenrich.
    Note: English
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    Cobblestones : The story of my life. (2006)
    Cranbury, New Jersey :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: page 141; illustrations
    Year of publication: 2006
    Keywords: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. ; Rutgers University. ; Jews Social life and customs. ; Jewish college teachers ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiography. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Teachers ; Genealogy
    Abstract: The memoir of a person who grew up in Frankfurt/Main, Germany and emigrated to the United States. His career with New York University; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and Rutgers State University of New Jersey.
    Description / Table of Contents: Bound and self published memoir
    Note: English
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    Notes on the life of Peter (Heinemann) Hart, (2006)
    [Basel?] :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 8 pages.
    Year of publication: 2006
    Keywords: Bradley, Omar Nelson, ; United States. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Notes on the life of Peter (Heinemann) Hart and his American military experience under General Omar Bradley during World War II. These notes outline his term of service in Europe, after his immigration to the US in 1938. Once he was naturalized as a US citizen, he changed his name to Hugh Peter Hart.
    Note: English
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    Memoirs of an old doctor : Autobiography of Alfred Sternthal, (2006)
    Cedar Crest, NM :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 280 pages : , Typewritten, bound manuscript.
    Year of publication: 2006
    Keywords: Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Köthen (Anhalt) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Braunschweig (Germany) ; Autobiography. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Dermatologists ; Medical profession
    Abstract: English translation of a German autobiography by the author's great-grandson
    Abstract: Childhood in Koethen (Anhalt) and Leipzig; father emigrated to USA in 1879; university studies in Leipzig; dermatologist in Braunschweig; contact with Paul Ehrlich; persecution under Nazi rule.
    Note: English
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    My 90 years. (2006)
    New York City :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 185 pages : , bound typescript; illustrations
    Edition: version 2 2011.
    Year of publication: 2006
    Keywords: Chemists. ; College teachers. ; Czech Republic. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
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    Ralph's story. (2006)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 66 pages.
    Year of publication: 2006
    Keywords: Cologne Jawne (Gymnasium) ; Jews Persecutions ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish day schools ; Amsterdam (Netherlands) ; Arnhem (Netherlands) ; Cologne (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Ralph Ermann recounts his experience growing up Jewish in Wittlich, Germany before and during the war, and his escape from Wittlich to Cologne, Amsterdam and Arnhem, and eventually to the United States. Edited by Ghilia.
    Note: English
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    Dreiundsechzig. (2005)
    Berlin :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 148 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Alexan, Georg Friedrich, ; Eisler, Hilde, ; Eisler, Gerhard. ; Mosse, Hilde L. ; Mosse, George L. ; Communists. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish way of life ; Jewish way of life ; Germany History Late 20th century. ; Germany (East) History Late 20th century. ; Germany Politics and government Late 20th century. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Irene Runge’s 14th book was written on occasion of her 63rd birthday: instead of a speech, it was printed and delivered to 63 of her friends. The book is a memoir, and jumps back and forth in time. It consists mostly of personal memories and anecdotes, but there are also reflective passages and analyses. It is divided into many chapters, which resemble diary entries. Irene Runge was a member of the "second generation": She was born in the New York exile, but her parents moved back to Germany during a political climate in the USA, when it became very difficult for sympathizers with the communist party. Her memories give rich insight into the life as an emigrant in New York, but also as a re-emigrant in Germany. She writes about her disappointments with the evolving German Democratic Republic (GDR; experiences, which repeated again in 1989/1990, when the reunification with West Germany took place. The year 1989 had practical consequences for her private life when she lost her job at the university, because her past seemed not compatible. She discusses the PDS, the party which evolved from the communist party of Eastern Germany after the "Wende" (reunification), and life in Berlin after the reunification. At one point she asks whether the current Turkish-Muslim community in Berlin could be comparable to the living conditions of the Jewish community in the 1930. This is a rare memoir documenting many recent aspects of German-speaking Jewry.
    Note: German
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    The family memories of Robert Kanfer : Vienna – London – Cheltenham - Vienna. (2005)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 84 , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Boehm family. ; Kanfer family. ; Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Wien. ; Buchenwald (Concentration camp) ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Universität für Angewandte Kunst Wien. ; Antisemitism ; Architects. ; Education, Higher ; Emigration and immigration ; Jews Persecutions ; Kindertransports (Rescue operations) ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; England Emigration and immigration. ; Shanghai (China) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir includes a pedigree, photographs, representing the whole family, grandparents, parents, himself, in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s. The manuscript starts with Robert Kanfer's grandparents' background, then covers the Boehm family--his wife Susie's family. Susie's father was Jewish. Her Catholic mother helped her husband's parents to get a visa. Her grandfather was Alfred Boehm. The next chapter covers vague memories of the "Anschluss" in March 1938. Robert Kanfer's father, Max Kanfer, was arrested by the Gestapo and deported to Buchenwald concentration camp. There he spent 4 months, and 4 more in Dachau concentration camp. Robert Kanfer's mother Bertha was forced to scrub off the streets which is vividly described. He describes a few more of these cruel daily antisemitic attacks. Since the family had a very limited budget, obtaining visas became quite difficult. The family had to separate and reunite only many years later, in 1947. The father emigrated to Shanghai, Robert could escape on a Kindertransport in 1939. He would spend the coming eleven years in England. Robert's brother Fritz was eager to move back to Vienna, and wanted his family to join him. He arranged for Robert to study architecture at the Viennese Academy of Fine Arts, which finally convinced Robert to join his brother. So he moved back to Vienna in 1950. He started to study with famous Austrian architect Clemens Holzmeister, but later changed to the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna, to study with Franz Schuster. After graduation, he soon opened his own office. Throughout his career, he designed 10 Novotel hotels in Austria. He got married to his first wife Evi, they got a son, Roland. Soon they got a divorce, and Robert married Susy who he had known for a long time.
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    1938 : the end of the beginning (2005)
    Jamestown, RI :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 106 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Antisemitism ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jews Persecution. ; Women Education. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; England Emigration and immigration. ; Los Angeles (Calif.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The writing covers eight months, from February 1938 until September 15, 1938, when the family emigrated via airplane to London, England. The first chapter starts in February 1938, the day of Lisl's birthday. The author uses a fictional style throughout the memoir, naming herself Lisl instead of "I". The days following the Anschluss are described in detail: the persecution, being expelled from school, the arrest of her father--all from a child's perspective. A brief "epilogue" tells about Lisl taking pre-med classes at Canterbury College; and the family obtaining visas to the US and settling down in Los Angeles.
    Abstract: Also included are family and childhood photographs from the years in Austria and a few pictures from the time in the USA.
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    [Das Kriegsende]. (2005)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 9 pages.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Former Title: Memoirs
    Keywords: Enders, Otto. ; Germany. ; World War, 1939-1945 Soldiers’ writings, German. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Germany History 1945-1955. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A short memoir about the final moments of World War 2, from a German soldier's perspective. Otto Enders worked as radio operator during the war. He came back to Germany in early summer 1944, and spent the last months with his unit in Austria, until armistice was declared. In June 1945 he returns to his hometown Frankfurt.
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    Attached to „P2“, S.S. General M.C. Meigs. (2005)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 3 pages : , photocopies.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Former Title: Diary entries.
    Keywords: Jewish refugees ; Jewish refugees ; Jewish refugees ; Sailors. ; China History Civil War, 1945-1949. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Photocopy of diary entries between November 30, 1946, and January 18, 1947, and an explanatory letter. The entries are very brief and limited to information on port arrival and departure times. The ship sailed from San Francisco to Honolulu (Hawai), to Shanghai (China), to Hongkong (China), to Manila (Philippines), to Shanghai, and went finally back to San Francisco.
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    Bericht ueber das Leben meines Vaters Benoit Courmont, (2005)
    Kiel :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 55 pages.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Courmont, Frieda (nee Hanke), 1912-1983. ; Courmont, Donat, 1888-1914. ; Susmann, Gertrud, 1886-1969. ; Courmont, Peter. ; Susmann, Melanie, 1883-1944. ; Hanke, Frieda, 1899-1983. ; Courmont, Benoit, ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Intermarriage. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945 Jews ; Persecutions. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Genealogy. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir has a very formal style. It is written in a strictly chronological way, and each year received an entry. Renate Nottrott uses letters, and many other written notes and documents of her family to reconstruct her father's life. There are also family trees attached at the end. The memoir reconstructs the life in Germany during World War 2.
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    Our Austrian ancestors. (2005)
    Golden, CO. :[publisher not identified]
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    Language: English
    Pages: 86 pages : , typed and bound manuscript.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Goldberg, Julius. ; Wyman, Gusti. ; Skaters. ; Jewish women artists ; Musicians. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Colorado. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Includes CD with portfolio of selected works (paintings). This memoir was written by Gusti Wyman at the age of 84. She begins by discussing her current life in Colorado, and then recounts her experience in Austria in 1937. Gusti Wyman had moved from Austria to America in 1938. Gusti had been trained in Austria as an ice skater. She relied on this training to carve a way for herself as a teenager starting out in the US. Gusti discusses her family and the lives they made for themselves in America. Photos accompany the text. Gusti's father, Julius Goldberg, was a musician who played with a small group in Austria, before moving to America. On page 72 there is a photo of Julius Goldberg seated with Albert Einstein and August Piccard, at a musical session in Professor Ehrenhaft's house in Vienna in 1937.
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    My life's journey. (2005)
    West Newton, MA :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 26 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Prister family. ; Schein family. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Physicians. ; Bolivia Emigration and immigration. ; La Paz (Bolivia) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Silesia. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoirs with photographs and a family tree of the Schein-Prister family.
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    The forgetting of being. (2005)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 193 pages.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Dancers ; Photographers ; Israel Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Typescript with Peter Paz's memoirs, edited by Beverly Pimsleur
    Note: English
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    My lives from the stork to cyberspace, (2005)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 61 pages.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish women artists Biography ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Note: English
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    Biography of Fred Blau. (2005)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 10 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Blau, Fred, ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Short biography of Fred Blau, based on conversations with his granddaugther Michele Glouberman who compiled this text during high school.
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    In search of Gustav : The story of the Lilienfeld (later Lynfield) family covering the last 200 years. (2005)
    Boca Raton, FL :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 203 pages : , bound typscript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Lilienfeld, Gustav, ; Diamond industry and trade. ; Jews History 19th century. ; World War, 1914-1918 Jews. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; South Africa Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: This is the first of three books about the history of Geoffrey Lynfield's family. It is about four Lilienfeld brothers: Geoffrey Lynfield's grandfather and his brothers. They were born in the Jewish enclave of Marburg and ended up in South Africa when and where the first diamonds were discovered. The manuscript also includes photographs and documents.
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    Incredible but true : A collection of recollections. (2005)
    Neenah, Wisconsin :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 188 pages : , typescript; bound, illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Concentration camps. ; Refugees. ; Forced labor ; Emigration and immigration. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; Jews Persecutions ; Jews Persecutions ; Austria History 20th century. ; United States. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A collection of various, all but two previously published, essays and articles which cover different aspects of Brown's life. They are organized in 4 main chapters, "From cradle to crash" (1921-1938), "Exile and Exhaustion" (1938-47), "Life and Liberty" (1947-87), and "Retired and Retried" (1987-2005). As . Brown states, his stories are "true in essence but not in form".
    Abstract: Copies of personal photographs and school documents are also included.
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    Times past, times present : A brief history of the Nussbaum, Schweizer, Friedmann, and Isler families. (2005)
    Irvington, NY :HIA Press,
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    Pages: 118 pages.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Nusbaum family. ; Schweitzer family. ; Friedman family. ; Eilers family. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Nurses. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Archival materials ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Archival materials ; Autobiography.
    Note: English
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    No stone unturned : Letters from Bamberg, (2005)
    Buckfastleigh, Devon :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 327 pages : , Private printing ; illustrations
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Kuhn family. ; Butchers (Persons) ; Jews, German Persecution ; 1933-1945. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Butchers ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Correspondence ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography. ; Correspondence
    Abstract: Letters from the Kuhn family in Bamberg (Germany) to Hans and Gustav Kuhn in the United States, translated and edited by Philip Kuhn.
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    We came to America : Memoirs of a refugee child. (2005)
    Hartsdale, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 81 + 16 + 12 , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Frank, Werner L. ; Geissmar, David Jacob. ; Geissmar, Johanna, ; Oppenheimer, Clemens. ; Oppenheimer, Mina (née Adler) ; Oppenheimer, Max, ; Plotnik, Marlies (née Wolf), ; Wolf family. ; Wolf, Hermann David, ; Wolf, Paul Jacob. ; Wolf, Theodor. ; Adler & Oppenheimer Lederfabrik AG. ; Queen Mary (Steamship) ; Antisemitism. ; Jews History 20th century. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Kristallnacht, 1938 ; Lawyers. ; Leather industry and trade ; Darmstadt (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir starts with the Wolf family's arrival in New York City in February 1939, including a brief description of the ship Queen Mary. Then the memoir jumps back in time, to the year 1933:.fFamily life, their live-in maid who had to leave the family in 1937. The two older siblings Paul and Ellen were exposed to anti-Semitism in their schools, and were sent by their parents to an international boarding school and a Jewish school respectively. Marlies Plotnik then talks about her grandparents and the family's leather business, Adler & Oppenheimer Lederfabrik AG. She recollects the events of Kristallnacht in Darmstadt. She saw that both the conservative and orthodox synagogues were ablaze. It follows a detailed genealogical description of her family background. Then "Life in Pre-Hitler Darmstadt" is covered. Marlies Plotnik writes about the daily routine of her middle class family. Her parents attended the cultural events of Darmstadt, theater, the ball season, etc. The second part of the memoir is dedicated to the departure from Germany, the emigration via England, and the immigration into the USA. The family settled in Washington Heights, as did so many other Jewish families from Germany. Attached are family pedigrees, family photographs, passports (copies), and documents.
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    Erlebnisse in Theresienstadt, (1946-2005)
    Amsterdam :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 57 + 10 , typscript.
    Year of publication: 1946-2005
    Keywords: Epstein, P. ; Joseph, Fritz. ; Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp) ; Hugo Schneider Aktiengesellschaft. ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Westerbork (Concentration camp) ; Forced labor ; Holocaust survivors Personal narratives. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Amsterdam (Netherlands) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in German one and a half years after liberation. It has the form of a witness report, written in a clear and objective tone, but nevertheless harrowing. The content: Their is no word on their life in Amsterdam before the deportation. The memoir starts with their arrest in Amsterdam, Westerbork - the place they were deported to at first - is mentioned, but not described. Bergen-Belsen gets more attention, Fritz Joseph describes daily work routine, and living conditions in the camp. Theresienstadt comes next, and the author points out the good features as opposed to his later experiences in Auschwitz. He describes the efforts to make Theresienstadt look prettier, before the International Red Cross delegation arrived. Soon thereafter, the infamous movie documentary about Thersienstadt was shot. Firtz Joseph describes many details of the false set-up. Then he was separated from his wife and deported to Auschwitz. He describes the selection process, and many other components of the horror. He was then transferred to Buchenwald, and had to work as a forced laborer at the HASAG works (former Hugo Schneider AG) at Meuselwitz near Leipzig. In 1945, the camp was evacuated and Fritz Joseph could flee. The war ended and he got treatment for his infected leg. After a few days he could return to Amsterdam where he met his wife - she had survived as well. A 10 page long It can be found in the file as well.
    Abstract: Also included is an English language summary of the memoir by John and Eva Englander (2005).
    Note: German (original) and English (summary)
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    A short walk through the twentieth century : 1920-1991. (2005)
    Brooklyn :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 147 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; College teachers Nineteen fifties. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
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    Theresienstaedter Tagebuch (Diary). (2005)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 57 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Geissmar, Elisabeth. ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish lawyers ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Judges ; Diaries ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: English translation by John and Eva Englander of a lyrical diary in verse, chronicling Geissmar's imprisonment in Theresienstadt, July to December 1943.
    Note: Translation not microfilmed.
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    Zivi story : (Journey to America). (2005)
    Freeport, NY,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 9 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2005
    Keywords: Weil, Edgar. ; Zivi, Hugo, ; Zivi, Louis, ; Saint-Cyprien (Concentration camp) ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; France. ; Müllheim (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: This brief memoir starts with a description of family background and childhood experiences in Germany. After things got worse in Germany, Ralph's parents decided to send their children away. In June 1939, they came to France, in order to live with Edgar and Alice Weil, a cousin of his father. After the outbreak of World War 2, they moved on to the Pyrenees, not far from Ralph's parents, who had been transferred to St. Cyprien internment camp. Finally the family received visas for the USA, and they managed to get a ship to Casablanca, Morocco, before boarding the ship "Guinee" to New York. Ralph arrived in the USA in April 1942. His parents quickly found temporary jobs in New York.
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    Menschenjagd : [1942-1945]. (1946-2000)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 8 + 12 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1946-2000
    Keywords: Tepper, Elsa, ; Tepper, Minna. ; Tepper, Wilhelm, ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Salaspils (Concentration camp) ; Stutthof (Concentration camp) ; Forced labor. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Women authors. ; Lauenburg (Germany) ; Rīga (Latvia) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written 1946 in Austria, shortly after her liberation. Minna recalls her deportation in February 1942. She was taken to Riga together with her parents and her husband. Her mother was killed upon their arrival. Her father and her husband were taken to Salaspils for forced labor, where the later perished. Minna, who was pregnant with her first child, was forced to undergo an abortion. She describes her experiences of Nazi sadism in the Ghetto of Riga, especially by the Ghetto commanders Krause and Roschmann. In 1943 Minna was taken for peat cutting labor to Olaine. In November 1943 Minna and her father were reunited at the concentration camp Kaiserwald near Riga. From there both were taken to Spilve - a labor camp at a German air base, which was under worse conditions than the first camp. They worked in the cold without appropriate shoes and in thin clothes. Due to the exhausting conditions Minna's father Wilhelm was getting weaker and eventually was deported to Auschwitz in April 1944. Minna was taken to Stutthof, which was overcrowded and in primitive conditions. They were taken to an exterior labor camp, where they had to build trenches for the German defense in the rain and cold. They suffered of constant hunger. In January 1945 the camp was dissolved and all sick and disabled were killed. They were marched under exhausting conditions in the snow and cold. For all missing women ten others were chosen randomly to be killed. After a week Minna was finally too exhausted to continue walking and stayed behind. The guard who was supposed to kill her fired the bullet over her head and left her for dead in the snow. She was rescued and brought to a house, where she was given food and a place to sleep. She was discovered by a German police officer, who was about to shoot her along with other Jewish fugitives. Minna was saved by her Viennese accent, which convinced him that she was a gentile woman.
    Abstract: She was taken to a mobile army hospital and treated for her frozen feet. In March 1945 Minna was liberated in Lauenburg, Prussia, where she was sent by German hospitals as an unidentified Jewish patient.
    Description / Table of Contents: Also included is Nini Ungar's questionnaire with the Austrian Heritage Collection, AHC 1536.
    Note: German , Synopsis in file
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    Meine Kinder!, (1942-1998)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 38 + 28 pages : , manuscript; typescript.
    Year of publication: 1942-1998
    Former Title: No title
    Keywords: Fischer, Erwin. ; Treu family. ; Laundry. ; Socialism. ; Women authors. ; England Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Germany History 1870-1918. ; Rheda (Harsewinkel, Germany) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Louise Fischer's life story written by her at the Aldersbrook Hospital in England in April of 1942. Also available is an English translation by by Erwin Fischer, 1998.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English translation , German , Synopsis in file
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    [Max Knight's Lebenserinnerungen], (1909-1991)
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    Pages: 8 + 1,007 , synopsis; typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1909-1991
    Keywords: Propper family. ; Kühnel family. ; University of California, Berkeley. ; Universität Wien. ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher 1918-1938. ; Intermarriage. ; Internment of aliens. ; Jewish press. ; Jewish refugees. ; Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) ; World War, 1939-1945 Military life. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Zionism. ; Austria. ; Australia Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Shanghai (China) Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The typescript is richly interwoven with photocopies of photographs and original documents.
    Abstract: Reflections on career as editor at University of California Press; family geneology; lives of father and mother; birth in Pilsen; move to Vienna in 1910; school experiences; first publications; studied law at University of Vienna; published stories in journals and newspapers; relationships with various women; graduation with law degree; publishing of stories in London newspaper; internship as law clerk; emigration to England in 1938; emigree acquaintances in London; more writing for newspapers in London; job with the Jewish Chronicle; continued publication of stories in Germany under pseudonyms; story of brother's life; emigration of parents to England; diary written in Shanghai describing trip from England to Shanghai; voyage to Canada; train trip across Canada; boat trip to Shanghai via Japan; tour of Japan; description of arrival in Shanghai; work at newspaper in Shanghai and teaching English at University of Shanghai; emigration to USA in 1941; emigration of parents to USA; life in San Francisco; marriage to Charlotte Lowes; trips through United States; death of brother Otto in Australia; work as research assistant at Hoover Institution; graduate study in Political Science at University of California - Berkeley; letter from Harry Freud from Berlin 1945; letter from father Bernhard Kuehnel concerning restitution; letters to and from the writer Ernst Lothar.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned: Fabrizius, Peter; Fabry, Joseph; Freud, Harry; Freud, Sigmund; Friese, Ernst; Garrett, Joan; Gombrich, Ernst; Hoffer, Grete; Hoffer, Richa; Hoover Institution; Knight, Charlotte; Knight, Martin; Knight, Tony; Kuehnel, Bernhard; Kuehnel, Grete; Kuehnel, Margarethe; Kuehnel, Max; Kuehnel, Otto; Lieban, Ralph; Oppenheimer, Max; Propper, Laura; Rothschild, Lionel de; Sachs, Emmy; Schwarz family; Schwarz, Arthur; Schwarz, Kurt; Siebel, Max; Storfer, A. J.
    Description / Table of Contents: MM2 reel 23: parts 1-4
    Description / Table of Contents: MM2 reel 24: parts 5-6
    Note: Available on microfilm , English with German and Chinese , Synopsis in file
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    [Memoirs by Marianne Berel]. (1902-1989)
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    Pages: circa 153 + 135 + 152 pages (double space) : , partially bound typescripts; illustrations
    Year of publication: 1902-1989
    Keywords: Gurs (Concentration camp) ; Women authors. ; Jewish refugees. ; Concentration camps. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Breslau. ; France. ; Morocco. ; Great Britain. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: In 'Family fragments" Berel tells her nephew the story of her family and esp. of her sister Vera. In the form of letters, poems and photographs she reconstructs the history of the family in Germany, England and the USA. Contains original immigration documents from France, Morocco and the USA. [2 copies, one bound, one unbound]
    Abstract: 'I remember': Letters to author's mother, mostly written in Gurs internment camp; author's experiences in Gurs internment camp and emigration to New York via Nice (translated from German); Account of Berel's private life after her emigration to the USA.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Family Fragments : compiled, written and edited by your mother's sister [MM reel 8; bound typescript]
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Letters to My Mother (Part I of 'I Remember') [bound typescript]
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: The time of adjustment : The first ten years (Part II of 'I Remember') [MM reel 8; bound typescript]
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , German , French , See inventory , Synopsis in file
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    Erich Drucker collection : diaries, essays, memoirs and poems, (1918-1980)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 1 linear foot : , 22 folders.
    Year of publication: 1918-1980
    Keywords: Mühsam, Erich, ; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. ; Oranienburg (Concentration camp) ; Anti-Nazi movement. ; Apartment houses. ; Bookstores. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish refugees. ; Poetry. ; Political persecution 1933-1945. ; World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. ; Youth movements. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Lisbon (Portugal) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Paris (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vermont. ; Manuscripts. ; Autobiographies ; Diaries ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: Various manuscripts by Erich Drucker from the Erich Drucker Collection and the LBI Memoirs Collection
    Note: Microfilmed on MM 18, MM 19, MM 20 , German , Finding aid available online.
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    Michel Oppenheim collection. (1941-1977)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 31 pages : , handwritten manuscript (photocopy) +
    Additional Material: clippings
    Year of publication: 1941-1977
    Keywords: Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) ; Diaries ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The collection holds the photocopy of a diary documenting the persecution of Jews in Mainz, 1941-1943. Also included are clippings about the importance of this diary and its author.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Diary (Mainz, 1941-1943)
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Clippings concerning Michel Oppenheim's diary; 1966-1977
    Note: The diary is microfilmed on MM 127 , The original German-language inventory is available in the folder.
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    [Lebenserinnerungen], (1915-1975)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 9 volumes : , Handwritten notebooks.
    Year of publication: 1915-1975
    Former Title: [Diary and Memoirs]
    Keywords: Children. ; Education, Primary 1871-1918. ; Education, Secondary 1871-1918. ; Jewish families. ; Jewish merchants. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria Emigration and immigration 1936. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Chorzów (Województwo Śląskie, Poland) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Głubczyce (Poland) ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1939. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Koenigshuette and Leobschuetz, Silesia; primary and secondary education; Bar Mitzwah in secularized family; apprenticeship in father's store; military service in World War I; marriage and family life; moving business in Breslau; president of Breslau "oddfellow order"; politics in Weimar Germany; travels and voyages; persecution after 1933; emigration to Austria; November pogrom of 1938 in Vienna; emigration to England and life in USA.
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 1: 1915 - 1941, 170 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 2: 1941 - 1945, 312 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 3: 1945 - 1950, 300 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 4: 1950 - 1951, 179 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 5: 1951 - 1958, 180 pages:
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 6: 1958 - 1964, 252 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 7: 1965 - 1968, 252 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 8: 1968 - 1972, 252 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 9: 1972 - 1975, 114 pages
    Note: Available on microfilm , MM 129: Band 1-3 meiner Lebenserinnerungen , MM 130: Band 4-9 meiner Lebenserinnerungen , German
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    [Mona Spiegel-Adolf's diaries], (1903-1971)
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    Pages: 3 notebooks.
    Year of publication: 1903-1971
    Keywords: Children. ; Diseases. ; Teenagers. ; Physicians ; Philadelphia (Pa.) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Description / Table of Contents: Diary 1: 1903-1905 (German)
    Description / Table of Contents: Diary 2: 1907-1908 (English)
    Description / Table of Contents: Diary 3 1936-1952, 1971 (English)
    Note: The diaries are also available in the Mona Spiegel-Adolf Collection, AR 5321 / folder 12. , German and English
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    Erlebnisse in der Gefangenschaft : [April 1917 - January 1920]. (1920-1970)
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    Pages: 92 + 160 , handwritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1920-1970
    Former Title: Diaries April 1917 - January 1920.
    Keywords: Prisoners of war. ; Soldiers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; France. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Report of a German soldier's internment in France during WW I. The author wrote it in German after his liberation and translated it into English 50 years later.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: German
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: English
    Note: Available on microfilm , German and English
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    Manuscripts from the Arthur Propp Collection. (1946-1962)
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    Pages: 17 + 3 + 65 + 177 , typescripts (copies).
    Year of publication: 1946-1962
    Keywords: Blumenfeld, Kurt, ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Soldiers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Zionism. ; Education 1871-1918. ; Bolivia Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Canada Emigration and immigration 1950. ; Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ, Russia) ; Palestine. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Biographies: Primary and secondary education in Koenigsberg; apprenticeship in wood business; military service; independent sawmill business in Eastern Prussia; military service in World War I; second part mainly on friends and employees and their changes after 1933; emigration and life in Bolivia.
    Abstract: The letter to the Zionist leader Kurt Blumenfeld concerns economic reconstruction of Palestine; memories of common experiences in Germany.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Typescript 'Etwas ueber Schema und Zukunft der Wirtschaft, und unsere spaeteren Anlagemoeglichkeiten' (Economic plan for future of Palestine, 17 p.) and a letter to Kurt Blumenfeld; 1946
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Typescript (German) 'Biography Complete to Armistice 1918', Gibsons (Canada), 65 p.; 1962
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: Typescript (German) 'Biography to the End of the Stay in Sucre', Gibsons (Canada), 177 p.; 1956
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , see also AR 6846 (audio)
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    Meine Lebenserinnerungen : geschrieben in Strassburg waehrend des Waffenstillstands im Januar 1919. (1919-1962)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 19 + 13 pages : , manuscript + transcript. +
    Additional Material: 11 pages typescript + clippings.
    Year of publication: 1919-1962
    Former Title: Lebenserinnerungen
    Keywords: Butchers (Persons) ; Country life. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews Social life and customs 19th century. ; Pharmacists. ; Shehitah. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Butchers. ; Heilbronn (Germany) ; Strasbourg (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Maier Rosenthaler’s memoirs (original handwritten manuscript + typed transcript), written during the ceasefire following WW I in Strasbourg; January 1919:
    Abstract: Rural Jewish life in Wuerttemberg; unsuccessful search for employment as ritual slaughterer in Frankfurt am Main; return to Heilbronn as ritual slaughterer and butcher; providing good education for seven children; one son became editor-in-chief of the "Strassburger Neue Zeitung"; Strasbourg in World War I.
    Abstract: Also included are memoirs by his son Leopold (childhood in rural Jewish atmosphere; education and apprenticeship as a pharmacist) and Leopold Rosenthaler's obituary.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Rosenthaler, Leopold : Lebenserinnerungen, Heilbronn, 1920, 11 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Rosenthaler, Maier : Meine Lebenserinnerungen, geschrieben in Strassburg waehrend des Waffenstillstands im Januar 1919, handwritten manuscript, 19 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: Rosenthaler, Maier : Meine Lebenserinnerungen geschrieben in Strassburg waehrend des Waffenstillstands im Januar 1919, typed transcript, 13 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 4: Offprint: In memoriam Prof. Dr. Leopold Rosenthaler, 1875-1962 , in: Schweizerische Apotheker-Zeitung 100 (1962), pages 577-583.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Tagebuch einer deutschen Frau in Paris von 1939-1944, (1939-1960)
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    Pages: 130 pages : , handwritten manuscript +
    Additional Material: addenda; letters; clipping
    Year of publication: 1939-1960
    Keywords: Bamberger-Beyfus, Max. ; Drancy (Concentration camp) ; Germany. ; Querqueville (Internment camp) ; Interfaith marriage. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives. ; France History German occupation, 1940-1945. ; Paris (France) ; Autobiographies ; Diaries ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Diary of war years in Paris; frequent interviews with Gestapo officials in Paris; internment and death of her husband in internment camp.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Manuscript “Befreiung von Paris’ with notes, correspondence, addresses, and a genealogical table; 1944 - 1961
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Letters; March 9, 1944 - May 31, 1943
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: Original diary of a German woman in Paris; 1940-1944
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 4: Printed synopsis in: Merkur, v. 14, no. 5, May 1960
    Note: Available on microfilm , German and French
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    Lebenserinnerungen eines deutschen Juden und Paedagogen. (1941-1956)
    Rio de Janeiro :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 283 , typescript (carbon copy) +
    Additional Material: addenda
    Year of publication: 1941-1956
    Keywords: Bildungsanstalt für jüdische Lehrer in Hannover. ; Jewish religious education. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Jews History. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Teachers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Brazil Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Correspondence ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in rural Jewish community of Nordeck (Hesse); murder of two Nordeck Jews (1883); antisemitism; Jewish teachers' seminary in Hanover; teacher in Guntersblum (Rhineland), Sarstedt (Lower Saxony), Repzin (Pommerania), Tarnowitz (Upper Silesia) and Katowice; description of Jewish communities of Upper Silesia; soldier in World War I; teacher and headmaster in Berlin; Jewish politics and education in inter-war Berlin; reflections on Prussian Federation of Jewish Communites and Federation of Jewish Teachers; changes under Nazi rule; November pogrom 1938 in Berlin; emigration to Brazil; contains information on Georg Kareski, Michael Holzmann, Joseph Gutmann, Hermann Falkenberg, Michael Abraham, Jakob Stiebel, Leo Baeck, Ismar Freund and Meier Spanier.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Lebenserinnerungen
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Juedische Jugend im Umbruch : A collection of circa 160 letters from former students written to Stern before and after their emigration from Germany, Argentina, South Africa, Palestine and Australia, 1937-1956.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Ich bin ein Mensch gewesen. (1935-1956)
    Jerusalem :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 2,173 pages (double space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1935-1956
    Keywords: Mühsam, Erich, ; Mühsam, Hans. ; Silbergleit, Arthur, ; Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft. ; Antisemitism. ; Authors. ; Education, Higher. ; Lawyers. ; Jewish families ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Red Cross and Red Crescent. ; Students' societies. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Brandenburg (Germany) ; Chemnitz (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Görlitz (Görlitz, Germany) ; Israel. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Zittau (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family history: father opened clothing store in Brandenburg; bankruptcy and move to Chemnitz where father opened shoe store; visits to uncle in Luebeck; helps in his father's store; move to Zittau (Saxony); description of small orthodox Jewish community of Zittau; anti-Semitism in school; limits of social integration of Jews; Christmas celebration at home; university studies in Freiburg, Munich and Leipzig; Max Weber among his professors; member of "Sozial-wissensschaftliche Vereinigung" and the primarily Jewish student fraternity "Thuringia"; his cousins, the writer and anarchist Erich Muehsam, and the Zionist Hans Muehsam; apprenticeship as lawyer in Mittenwalde; lawyer in Goerlitz; Jewish community of Goerlitz; moves only in Jewish circles; beginnings of his literary career; with beginning of World War I Muehsam became pacifist; in "Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft" and International Red Cross; encounters with Else Lasker-Schueler, Martin Buber and Stefan Zweig; Revolution of 1918-19 and political events of Weimar Germany; after World War I considered himself primarily a writer; literary circles of Weimar Germany; friendship with the writer Arthur Silbergleit; emigration and life in Palestine; last volume on death of his wife and continuation of literary work in Israel.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: vol. 1 (pp. 1-560)
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: vol. 2 (pp. 1-400)
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: vol. 2 (pp. 401-811, index)
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 4: vol. 3 (pp. 1-539); vol. 4 (pp. 1-121)
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 5: vol. 5 (pp. 1-130)
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 6: Digest version in 7 parts (162 pages); bibliography of books by Paul Muehsam
    Note: Available on microfilm , Vol. 1 on MM 58 , Vol. 2 on MM 55 - MM 56 , Vol. 3 on MM 56 , Vol. 4 on MM 56 , Vol. 5 on MM 58 , Digest on MM 57 , German , Synopsis in file
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    [Die Tagebuecher von Martin Hauser], (1929-1951)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 1,602 pages : , handwritten notebooks.
    Year of publication: 1929-1951
    Keywords: Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Great Britain. ; World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations ; World War, 1939-1945 Civilian relief. ; World War, 1939-1945 Personal narratives. ; Zionism German. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Israel History. ; Palestine. ; Diaries ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: 11 diaries of Martin Hauser. Description of his life in Berlin and in Palestine where he arrived in 1933. He writes about the history of the founding of Israel. The focus of the diaries are events which happened during World War 2.
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch I, 1929
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch II, 1930 (2 vols.)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch III, 1931 (2 vols.)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch IV, 1932-1934
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch V, 1934-1940
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch VI, 1940-1942
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch VII, 1942-1943
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuch VIII, 1943-1944 in German; 1946-1951 in English
    Note: 1946-1951 in English
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    Tante Adele erzaehlt... (1929-1950)
    Vienna / New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 156 + 17 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1929-1950
    Keywords: Eisenstadt, Meïr ben Isaac, ; Kallir family. ; Kolir, Elasar, ; Landau family. ; Mises, Adele von, ; Nathanson family. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews, East European. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Politicians. ; Public welfare. ; Rabbis. ; Women authors. ; Brody (Lʹvivsʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine) ; Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written between 1929 and 1931 (in Vienna). Recollections of the author's childhood in Brody, Galicia. Celebration of Jewish holidays with the grandparents Kallir. Detailed descriptions of Jewish festivals and customs. Charity traditions within the family. Domestic life and family servants. Traditions of "Kaschern" and "Chumez sales" before the Passover holidays. Description of family characters. Welfare activities of the Landau family. Recollections of the great fire in Brody (1867). Stories and anecdotes of Adele's uncle, the lawyer Dr. Joachim Landau. Outings and summer vacations in Podhorce. Description of daily life activities in the family. School system and private lessons in German and Hebrew. In 1876 the Landau family moved to Vienna. Genealogy of the Nathanson and Kallir family. Addendum: Family history by Dr. Joachim Landau. Notebook of Adele's grandmother Esther Landau with birth dates and family chronicles in the Hebrew calendar. Biographical sketches of Rabbi Meir Eisenstadt (1670-1744) and Rabbi Eleasar Kallir (1739-1801). Collection of letters by Esther and Alexander Landau. Appendix: Lecture by Leopold Lourie on the "Galizischer Hilfsverein" in Vienna.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Aus meinem Leben mit Ernst Cassirer / : [1883-1948]. (1948-1950)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 332 , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1948-1950
    Keywords: Cassirer, Toni Bondy, ; Cassirer, Ernst, ; Rosmer, Ernst, ; Cohen, Hermann, ; Cassirer family ; Bondy, Julie, ; Bondy, Otto, ; Bondy family. ; Antisemitism. ; Friendship. ; Marriage. ; Philosophers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Universities and colleges. ; Women authors. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Great Britain. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of her marriage with Ernst Cassirer, his fight for a professorship in the "Kaiserreich" and his relationship to Hermann Cohen; anti-Semitic experiences in Weimar Germany; his time as the only Jewish rector of a German university; the various stages of emigration (includes photography of E. Cassirer, index and bibliography).
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synposis in file (written by Mirra Visson)
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    Memoirs, (1914-1950)
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    Pages: 30 pages (singlespaced) : , typewritten.
    Year of publication: 1914-1950
    Keywords: Jews 19th century. ; Jews 20th century. ; Palestine History 1938-1948. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Autobiography.
    Abstract: Account of life in Germany during World War I; emigration to Palestine and depiction of life there since 1938.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Zur Lebensgeschichte meines geliebten Sohnes Michael Fraenkel. (1949)
    Meged :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 142 pages (single space) : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1949
    Keywords: Fraenkel, Michael, ; Israel-Arab War, 1948-1949. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Zionism. ; Bytom (Poland) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Father's report about his son, who fell in Israel's War of Independence:
    Abstract: Preparations for emigration to Palestine in the 1930s; Jewish life in Beuthen under Nazi rule; settlement in Haifa and Meged; agricultural school "CADORI" in Meged; joining Haganah in 1947; Israel's War of Independence 1948/49.
    Note: Available on microfilm , some Hebrew , German
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    Die Geschichte der Schule Reimann : Ein Rechenschaftsbericht als Beitrag zu Deutschland's Kulturgeschichte in der ersten Haelfte des XX. Jahrhunderts. (1949)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 89 pages (1 1/2 space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1949
    Keywords: Education, Higher. ; Artists 1918-1933. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Schools ; Sculptors. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Apprenticeship as sculptor; attending academy for arts and crafts in Berlin; history of Reimann's school from its beginnings in plastic art to its expansion to various fields in arts and crafts; dismissal of Reimann in 1935 and takeover by Nazis.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Heimann, Hugo : 1777-1933. (1949)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 47 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1949
    Former Title: Vom taetigen Leben
    Keywords: Heimann, Hugo, ; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. ; Education. ; Jews Political persecution 1933-1945. ; Politicians ; Voyages and travels. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany Politics and government 1871-1918. ; Government ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; India Description and travel. ; Könitz (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Short family history; journey to India in 1893/94; political and educational activities (educational committee of the SPD; honorary citizen of Berlin (1926); persecution under Nazi rule and immigration to the USA.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Bericht von Claire Heyussen. (1949)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 33 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1949
    Former Title: [Memoirs].
    Keywords: Bresslau, Harry, ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Marriage. ; Teachers. ; Women authors. ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Hannover (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir written by Klara (Claire) Heyussen, née Bresslau between 1945 and 1949.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Erinnerungen : Meinen lieben Pflegeeltern zum 5. III. 1946. (1949)
    Freiburg/Breisgau :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 113 + 46 + 37 pages : , handwritten manuscript (photocopy) +
    Additional Material: transcript; translation
    Year of publication: 1949
    Keywords: Lenel, Otto, 1849-1935. ; Lenel, Luise (nee Eberstadt), 1857-1940. ; Lenel, Moritz, 1811-1876. ; Lenel, Caroline (nee Scheuer), 1814-1857. ; Eberstadt, Abraham, 1810-1892. ; Eberstadt, Elisabeth (nee Seligmann), 1819-1905. ; Lenel, Rudolf. ; Lenel, Paul. ; Lenel, Bertha, ; Lenel family. ; Gurs (Concentration camp) ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Huguenots. ; Nurses. ; Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) ; Le Chambon-sur-Lignon (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Bertha Lenel begins her recollections by giving a brief family history, whose beginnings she traces back to the mid 1600s. In the early 1800s, at the time her grandparents were born, more detailed information becomes available. The bulk of the memoir consists of a detailed description of Bertha Lenel's internment in Gurs.
    Abstract: Also available are a typed transcript by John Kallier and a handwritten English translation by Hilde Waring.
    Note: German
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    Ein Rest ist zurueckgekehrt, (1949)
    Jerusalem :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 639 pages : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1949
    Keywords: Blumenfeld, Kurt, ; Djemal, Ahmed. ; Herzl, Theodor, ; Jacobson, Victor,‏, ; Morgenthau, Henry, ; Nordau, Max Simon, ; Oppenheimer, Franz, ; Rothschild, Edmond, ; Ruppin, Arthur, ; Warburg, Otto, ; Weizmann, Chaim, ; Wolffsohn, David, ; Zhabotinskii, Vladimir Evgen'evich ; Assimilation. ; Editors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Zionism. ; Zionists Biography. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1934. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family background; from assimilation to Zionism; Zionist movement; various streams of German Judaism; editor of Zionist newspaper "Die Welt" 1911-1913; Zionist politics in World War I; as Zionist representative in Constantinople 1914-1917; post - World War I development of World Zionist Organization; description of contacts with Zionist leaders and international diplomats.
    Note: Available on microfilms MM 48 and MF 42.
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    Nachwort des Herausgebers : [Lebenserinnerungen Professors Richard Willstätters]. (1949)
    [Weinheim] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 43 pages : , typescript (copy).
    Year of publication: 1949
    Keywords: Willstätter, Richard, ; Art History. ; Chemists Biography. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Editorial comments for Richard Willstaetter's book "Aus meinem Leben".
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    Autobiography of Jonas Eichberg / (1949)
    Star Oakhill :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 6 + 2 + 20 , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1949
    Keywords: Eichberg family. ; Eichberg, David. ; Eichberg, Rachel. ; Household employees 19th century. ; Education, Higher before 1871. ; Jews Education before 1871. ; Jews Customs and practices. ; Engineers. ; Merchants. ; Teachers. ; Crailsheim (Germany) ; Fürth (Bavaria, Germany) ; Schaffhausen (Switzerland : Canton) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The autobiography of Jonas Eichberg, written in June 1867 in Crailsheim, translated by Stella Eichberg Gumble in 1949, describes mainly his upbringing, education, marriage and the development of his children from 1787-1867. He describes in detail the death of his son David, who became an engineer and constructed a railroad bridge in Schaffhausen. The manuscript contains photocopies of a portrait of Jonas & Rachel Eichberg; and the depiction of the Sabbath in front of the synagogue at Fuerth, ca. 1800. Also included is a family tree, reaching 1666-1906.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    Erinnerungen, (1949)
    Grindelwald :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 72 pages (double space) : , typewritten manuscript.
    Year of publication: 1949
    Keywords: Auerbach, Selig, ; Barth, J. ; Calvary, Esther. ; Gronemann, Samuel, ; Hildesheimer, Esriel. ; Hildesheimer, Hirsch. ; Hirsch, Samson Raphael, ; Nobel, Nehemias Anton, ; Wohlgemuth, Joseph, ; Bet ha-midrash le-Rabanim be-Berlin. ; Education, Primary. ; Education, Secondary. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis. ; Zionism. ; Teachers. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Halberstadt (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1871-1933. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Translated from Hebrew original by Esther Bondi and Siegfried Hirsch. Reminiscences of childhood in Messingwerk, Yeshiva-study in Halberstadt and orthodox rabbinical seminary in Berlin. Calvary provides much information about orthodox Jewish life in late 19th cent. Germany. Tells about his renunciation of orthodox Judaism and his studies of philosophy and classical philology at Berlin University. Cultural life of Berlin at the turn of the century.
    Note: Available on microfilm , copy on MF 74(9) , German
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    Report 1942 to 1945. (1949)
    Amsterdam :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 523 + 7 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1949
    Keywords: Flossenbürg (Concentration camp) ; Gleiwitz II (Concentration camp) ; Leonberg (Concentration camp) ; Oranienburg (Concentration camp) ; Kauveringe (Concentration camp) ; Sandau (Concentration camp) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Personal narratives. ; Holocaust survivors. ; Tailors. ; Amsterdam (Netherlands) ; Germany. ; Netherlands. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir describes the personal experience of Coen Rood during the Holocaust from 1942 to 1945. The report was written from 1945 to 1949 for the War Documentation Center in Amsterdam.
    Abstract: Newspaper clippings about Coen Rood (1996); Letters by Gary Sachnowitz; Photo of Coen Rood (photocopy)
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Inventory in file
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    Ein Mensch wie ich / (1948)
    New York, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 227 pages (double space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1948
    Keywords: Vossische Zeitung. ; Assimilation. ; Drama. ; Editors. ; Education, Higher. ; Jewish families. ; Jewish question. ; Jews Intellectual life. ; Literature. ; Poets, German. ; Zionism. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in assimilated middle class Jewish family in Berlin; school years and university study in Berlin and Munich; failure of his play "Gabe Gottes"; debate on his article "Deutsch-juedischer Parnass"; experiences as editor of the Vossische Zeitung.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Meine Erinnerungen 1865/1947. (1948)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 142 pages : , handwritten notebook (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1948
    Keywords: Charité (Hospital : Berlin, Germany) ; College teachers. ; Education, Higher. ; Hospitals. ; Physicians. ; Universities and colleges. ; Voyages and travels. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Son of Jewish grain dealer from Poland; primary and secondary education in Berlin; Jewish religious education; university studies in medicine in Heidelberg, Berlin, Tuebingen and Leipzig; assistant professor in Berlin; move to Frankfurt am Main and Strasbourg; journeys to France, Russia and America; work at Friedrichshain and Charité hospitals in Berlin.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , The paper collection contains an English summary.
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    Jugenderinnerungen aus Hessischen Judengemeinden. (1948)
    [Israel] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 45 pages (1 1/2 space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1948
    Keywords: Breuer, Solomon, ; Wormser, Seckel, ; Israelitische Religionsgesellschaft zu Frankfurt a.M. (Germany) ; Country life. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Education, Primary 1871-1918. ; Jewish religious education 1871-1918. ; Jewish teachers. ; Jews Liturgy. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis. ; Zionism. ; Bad Hersfeld (Germany) ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Hesse (Germany) Ethnic relations. ; Schenklengsfeld (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Salomon Spiro's grandfather, a student at the Yeshiva of Rabbi Seckel Wormser, was a well-respected Jewish scholar and teacher at a Jewish elementary school. His son, Salomon's father, followed him in this position. Description of rural Jewish life in Northern Hesse. Recollections of the celebration of Jewish festivals and rituals. Antisemitism of the environment. The author describes the difficult relationship with his father due to his ambition to have his son become a Jewish scholar. Reinforced Jewish education. Brief career in the synagogue chorus and as an auxiliary cantor. Salomon attended the humanistic high school (Gymnasium) in Hersfeld, a town known for the antisemitic attitudes of its inhabitants. Incidents of discrimination and assaults at school. Strict observance of Jewish rites under the supervision of the leading rabbi in the Jewish community of Fulda. Opposition to Zionist activities. After graduation in 1904 Salomon Spiro attended the Breuer Yeshiva of the Frankfurt "Austrittsgemeinde". He quit his studies at the yeshiva after a short time due to the strict orthodox environment and its intolerance of liberal developments. Beginnings of university studies in Wuerzburg.
    Note: Available on microfilm; copies on MF 83(4) & MF 87(25) , German , Synopsis in file
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    Erinnerungen : Aus meinem Leben [1867-1948]. (1948)
    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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    Tagebuchblaetter aus dem Konzentrationslager. (1948)
    Cambridge :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 27 pages (1 1/2 space) : , typescript (Photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1948
    Keywords: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Buchenwald (Concentration camp) ; Diaries. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; Jewish physicians. ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Partial transcript of a diary written during the death march from Auschwitz to Buchenwald, covering the days before the arrival in Gross-Rosen.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    [In der letzten Februarwoche 1943]. (1948)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 4 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1948
    Former Title: No title
    Keywords: Bekennende Kirche. ; Antisemitism. ; Clergy ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Women authors. ; Brandenburg (Germany) ; Guben (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Hiding in Protestant church circles ("Bekennende Kirche") in Brandenburg, Zuellichau (today Sulechów, Poland) and in Guben during World War II; description of antisemitism in the church.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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