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    The family of Edna Loeb Friedman Fischer. (2004)
    Kensington, MD :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 62 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2004
    Keywords: Fischer, Edna (née Loeb), ; Friedman, Joseph, ; Fischer, Ben, ; Gosdorfer family. ; Herzfelder family. ; Levy family. ; Lewin family. ; Loeb family. ; Loeb, Jacob. ; Loeb, Edna Belle (née Washer), ; Nathan family. ; Nathan, Isak. ; Seelig family. ; Washer family. ; Wertheimer family. ; Wertheimer, Samuel, ; Wertheimer, Sara (née Oppenheimer), ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Memphis (Tenn.) ; Ungstein (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration before 1871. ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables
    Abstract: Family history compiled by Edna Loeb Friedman Fischer's daughter, containing photographs, family trees, translations of letters and more.
    Note: English
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    The Eschenheimer and Nachmann families : Biographies and genealogical charts. (2003)
    Jerusalem :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 167 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Eschenheimer family. ; Nachmann family. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Nordenstadt (Germany) ; Wiesbaden (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables.
    Note: English
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    History of the families Valentin-Loewen and Manheimer-Behrend. (2003)
    Los Angeles, CA :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 83 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Abraham family. ; Behrend family. ; Loewen family. ; Manheimer family. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables ; Genealogy
    Abstract: Translated into English by Gary Storch; transcribed and edited by Barbara Storch, published by Peter Lattey. Includes CD of Bruno Valentin's daughter, Hedi Lattey, reading the translation.
    Note: German original in LBI library (q CS 629 V25 V3) , See also Valentin Family Collection (AR 3818) , English
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    The Bondy family of Dolni Mesto and Lipnice Bohemia. (2003)
    Fairfax, VA :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 94 + 23 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Bondy family. ; Bondy, Lazar Sinek, ; Bondy, Karoline (née Fluss), ; Bondy, Adolf, ; Bondy, Gustav, ; Bondy, Ludwig, ; Kornfeld, Hermine (née Bondy), ; Bondy, Emil, ; Weiss, Ida (née Bondy), ; Jewish families. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Dolní Město (Czech Republic) ; Bohemia (Czech Republic) ; Lipník nad Bečvou (Czech Republic) ; Vienna (Austria) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Family history with photographs, documents, maps, recipes, and family trees.
    Abstract: Also included as an appendix is a speech by Irma Bondy, Meine Erfahrungen in Amerika, 1921/22, presented in 1923 in Vienna, Austria.
    Note: appendix in German , English
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    My life story : [1931-1994]. (2001)
    Beverly Hills :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 49 , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Schaffa family. ; Great Britain. ; Education, Higher. ; Bar mitzvah. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish families. ; Theater. ; London (England) ; Czechoslovakia. ; England. ; New York (N.Y.) ; Chur (Switzerland) ; Mikulov (Jihomoravský kraj, Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs contain copies of photos and detailed family trees. Description of the authors childhood in Nikolsburg (Mikulov), a town in the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia. History of Nikolsburg. Recollections of cultural events and the celebration of religious holidays in the community. John's father Julius Schaffa worked in the restaurant of his father and was also a frequent performer at local theater plays. Description of domestic life. Birth of his brother Eric. In 1936 John Schaffa attended the German Primary School in Nikolsburg. Antisemitism due to the growing Nazi movement. German occupation of Sudetenland in 1938. Preparations to leave the country. Emigration to England via Lundenburg, Vienna and Holland in 1939. Arrival in London in August 1939, where the family was welcomed by the Jewish Refugee Committee. Declaration of World War II. John continued his schooling in England. His father joined the Czech Army Brigade and became a soldier in the war. Evacuation to Edmond Castle in the village of Hayton, in Cumberland. Continued education at the Czechoslovak State Secondary School at Hinton Hall near Whitchurch. John's mother and aunt got positions among the support staff at the school. Bar mitzvah celebration at the West Hempstead Synagogue in London. After the end of the war his father was released from the army and got a position as a chef in a London West End restaurant. After graduation John started a job in a bakery. The family was granted British Citizenship in 1949. John Schaffa decided to join the Royal Air Force and was stationed at the base in Henlow for two years. Resuming his career as a pastry chef. Position at the Confiserie Hirsch in Chur, Switzerland.
    Abstract: In 1961 he moved to New York. Continued education at City College with studies in psychology. Start of a new career in the mental health field. Marriage to Isabel, a Catholic from Puerto Rica in 1982. Birth of their daughter Cassandra in 1983. First visit to Czechoslovakia in 1989 with his family. Retirement and move to Florida.
    Note: English , Synopsis in file
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    "... und half mir mit Gottes Hilfe selbst" : ein Lebensbericht von Erna Huth (2001)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 69 pages : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Böhm, Agnes. ; Böhm, Alexander. ; Neumann, Erna. ; Antisemitism. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Intermarriage. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecutions 1933-1945. ; Journalists. ; Secretaries. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs of Erna Huth were recorded by her nephew Michael Weber in 1993. Childhood in an assimilated Jewish family. Erna Huth's father was an architect who made his living as a journalist and writer. Recollections of Christmas celebrations. Erna graduated from Lyceum (high school) in 1911. Her plans to continue her studies were not granted. She started to work in her father's publishing company. Death of her mother in 1928. Nazi-takeover in Germany in 1933. Sudden dismissal from her position as a secretary due to her Jewish heritage. Increasing discrimination by former colleagues and acquaintances. Difficulties of her father to continue his profession as a journalist and editor. Emigration of her younger brothers Gerhard and Georg. Attempts to obtain exit permits for the United States and England, which only arrived after the beginning of the war. Erna and her sister Agnes were stuck in Berlin together with their father. Erna started to work at the Jewish welfare and youth department of the Jewish community. Position at an insurance company. Increased anti-Jewish regulations and the constraint to wear the yellow star. Erna's sister Agnes worked as a housekeeper at a Jewish family. Marriage of Agnes with the considerably older Alexander Boehm in 1941. Deportation of Agnes and Alexander Boehm to the Ghetto of Lodz. Diminishment of Erna's friends and relatives, who either emigrated or were subject to deportation. Support of her superior. Life in hiding. Refuge at houses of friends. Constant fear of discovery. Difficulties to obtain food stamps. Position as a nurse for an elderly lady provided her with a new identity and a place to stay. End of the war and liberation. Reunion with her relatives.
    Abstract: Addendum: Reflections by Michael Weber, Documents, Letters, Historic Chronology, Family Tree, Bibliography
    Note: German , Synopsis in file
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    From Frankfurt to London : A family story. (2001)
    London :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 6 + 25 + 2 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Moses, Abraham. ; Ph. Mayfarth & Co.‏ ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family history with family trees, photographs, and documents.
    Note: English
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    Survival : 1933-1945. (2000)
    Rockville, MD :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 193 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: Kaufmann family. ; Moritz, Klara Kaufmann. ; Moritz, Ludwig David, ; Moritz family. ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Les Milles (Concentration camp) ; Œuvre de secours aux enfants (France) ; Antisemitism. ; Education 1933-1945. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938 ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Becherbach (Germany) ; Cologne (Germany) ; Issoudun (France) ; France. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Autobiography in German, French and English with illustrations by the author and reproductions of photos and documents.
    Abstract: Family history in Becherbach, Germany going back to the 18th century. The author's father Ludwig David Moritz served in World War One. He got married to Klara Kaufmann in 1929. Birth of their sons Alfred and Ernst. Rise of Nazism. In 1936 Alfred was enrolled in the public school of Becherbach. Confrontation with anti-Jewish laws and regulations. Celebration of Jewish holidays with the maternal Kaufmann family in Cologne. Night of the November pogrom in 1938 and arrest of his father. Ludwig Moritz was taken to Dachau concentration camp, where he was interned for three months. His sons Alfred and Ernst were taken to safety by their uncle Hermann Wolf in Luxemburg. His parents followed after the release of their father from Dachau. German invasion of Belgium, Luxemburg and France in 1940. Escape to Southern France. Ludwig Moritz was interned in the camp Les Milles near Aix en Provence. Alfred and Ernst were enrolled in the local public school in St. Lizaigne. Life in hiding in Issoudun, where their father's brother had a clothes business. Alfred and Ernst were sent to the Jewish children relief organization OSE (Oeuvre de Secours de l'Enfance). With support of the French resistence movement new identity cards were issued for the two siblings, which stated them being of French descendent. Life in hiding in the countryside of Vernoux/Vivarais. They were enrolled in a public school and in the local Catholic sunday school of Vernoux. End of the war and final reunion with their parents.
    Note: German, French and English , Synopsis in file
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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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    [Friendship books of Gertrud Feigel and of her daughter Vera], (1911-1939)
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    Pages: 2 bound notebooks.
    Year of publication: 1911-1939
    Keywords: Feigel, Vera. ; Children. ; Friendship. ; Jewish families. ; Klatovy (Czech Republic) ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Two libri amicorum (friendship books) belonging to Gertrud Feigel née Mandler and to her daughter Vera. Autographs for Gertrud are all in German, written mostly in Prague, 1911-1918. The autographs for her daughter Vera are written in Czech, mostly in the town of Klatovy (formerly Klattau).
    Note: German and Czech
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    Familientafel. (1924)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 196 pages : , handwritten notebook +
    Additional Material: addenda
    Year of publication: 1924
    Former Title: [Family History].
    Keywords: Werner family. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Moravia (Czech Republic) ; Memoirs ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: Family history and genealogy
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Mein Lebensweg. (1922)
    [Stuttgart] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 55 + 97 pages : , typescript +
    Additional Material: clipping
    Year of publication: 1922
    Keywords: Bankers. ; Banks and banking. ; Country life. ; Jewish families. ; Hainsfarth (Germany) ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of a memoir, written originally in German in 1922 in Stuttgart:
    Abstract: Rural Jewish life in Steinhart (Franconia); apprenticeship in banking business in Stuttgart and Frankfurt; banker in Stuttgart; Jewish life in Stuttgart.
    Abstract: Also available are an English translation by Edith Spanol and clippings from a local German newspaper, Rieser Nachrichten (1984/85), describing this memoir.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Mein Lebensweg
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: The story of my life
    Note: Available on microfilm MM 36 (German) and MM 112 (English). , English translation
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    Familienchronik. (1922)
    Charlottenburg :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 125 pages : , handwritten manuscript (photocopy) +
    Additional Material: transcript
    Year of publication: 1922
    Keywords: Kahn, Juliane (née Hirsch) ; Kahn, Nathan. ; Hirsch family. ; Kahn family. ; Children. ; Education, Primary. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Rites and ceremonies. ; Soap trade. ; Bingen (Germany) ; Fulda (Germany) ; Philippsburg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: After an introduction centering on Jewish history during the middle ages and lives in the Ghetto, the author – born on Sep. 7, 1850 as son of Nathan Kahn and his wife Juliane née Hirsch - recounts his youth in Fulda, explaining the families’ history. The Kahn family came from Udenheim and the Hirsch family came from Bingen.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Photocopy of handwritten manuscript
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Typewritten transcript
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Before the big storm : A portrait of a way of life - set between two Friday nights. (1920)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 34 pages (double space) : , typescript (copy).
    Year of publication: 1920
    Keywords: Jewish families. ; Jews Social life and customs. ; Judaism Liturgy. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Nostalgic memories of Jewish family life in post World War I Frankfurt/M. Depicts a family rooted in Jewish traditions as well as in German culture. Mainly concentrating on the narrator's mother shortly before her death.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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