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  • Leo Baeck Institute New York  (3)
  • 1995-1999  (3)
  • Abraham, Ruth (née Fromm),  (1)
  • Alexander, John,  (1)
  • Dambitsch, David,
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    A measure of time : my family chronicle (1999)
    London,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 216 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1999
    Keywords: Jacobus, Jackie, ; Rosenthal family. ; Heymann, Lila, ; Melchior, Moses, ; Heymann, Georg, ; Eichenberg, Ausguste Elisabeth, ; Schwarzschild family. ; Picard, Henny, ; Picard, Lucien, ; Alexander, Alfred, ; Alexander family. ; Families 19th century. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Lawyers. ; Nurses. ; Physicians. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Canada Emigration and immigration. ; England Emigration and immigration. ; London (England) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs
    Abstract: John Alexander describes the family history - reaching back to ancestors in the early 16th century. The author's paternal grandfather Alfred Alexander, born 1880 in Bamberg, was a physician. In 1909 he married Henny Picard, daughter of the well known banker Lucien Picard and his wife Amalie Schwarzschild. Schwarzschild family tree with ancestors traced back to the 16th century. Alfred and Henny Alexander had 4 children - the youngest two were the twins Hanns and Paul, born 1917 in Berlin. They were living in an elegant apartment, which also contained the consultation room of Alfred Alexander's office. In 1923 Alfred founded a clinic for leukaemia patients, which acquired excellent reputation. In 1936 they emigrated to England, where Alfred continued to practice. His sons Hanns and Paul Alexander volunteered in the Pioneer Corps and fought against the Germans in France and Belgium.
    Abstract: The appendix contains journal excerpts from Alfred Alexander and Lucien Picard.
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    Where the wolves say goodnight : Memoirs of a mother Hitler couldn't catch (1999)
    La Quinta, CA :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 153 pages : , typescript, photocopy.
    Year of publication: 1999
    Keywords: Abraham, Walter. ; Fromm, Frieda. ; Fromm, Meyer. ; Nickel, Maria. ; Kulturbund Deutscher Juden, Berlin (1933-1941) ; Antisemitism. ; Dressmakers. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Jews Persecutions 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1918 ; Women authors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Zionism. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Lubawa (Poland) ; Palestine. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written 1999 in California. Memories of Ruth Abraham's childhood in Löbau, West Prussia. She grew up in an orthodox family. Her father, Meyer Fromm, was a wealthy merchant. Recollections of the celebration of Jewish holidays. Relationship between the Jewish and Christian community. Antisemitism after World War One, when Löbau became Polish. Rumors of pogroms in Russia. Opting for German citizenship and move to Allenstein near Koenigsberg in 1921. Early interest in dressmaking. Ruth was enrolled in the Luisen Schule, a homemaking school for girls. Private Religion and Hebrew classes at home. Importance of family ties. Increasing encounters of alienation with non-Jewish friends, who stopped associating with her. Rising Nazi propaganda and anti-Semitism. Apprenticeship at the family's dressmaker. First signs of the growing danger in Germany. In 1932 her sister Betty left for Palestine. Move to Berlin, where she stayed at her sisters' houses, who were both married to affluent business men and led the lives of comfortable middle class wives. Fascinating cultural life in Berlin. Working with various dressmakers. Jewish life slowly disappeared into private life due to fears of stirring attention. Increasing persecution and awareness of permanent danger. Zionist lectures and activities. Trip to Italy and Palestine to visit her sister in February 1938. Witnessing the terror of the "Kristallnacht" (November Pogrom). Attending performances of the Kulturbund (Jewish arts society) to escape the dreadful reality. Engagement with Walter Abraham. Fervent attempts to arrange an exit visa for the family. First deportations of relatives to camps in Poland. Forced labor in a pharmacy corporation. In 1942 Ruth became pregnant. Deportation of her parents. Encounter with a German woman, Maria Nickel, who offered her help. Birth of their daughter Reha and life in hiding in the countryside. Escape from a SS raid. Hiding in Berlin and life on the streets.
    Abstract: False identity and hiding place in the countryside. Liberation by the Russian army. Imprisonment of her husband accused of being a Nazi spy. Return to Berlin and liberation by the Americans.
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    „Die jüdische Geschichte in Deutschland ist doch nicht abgebrochen“ : Zum Engegement des Leo-Baeck-Instituts in Berlin (1999)
    Köln :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 1 + 7 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1999
    Keywords: Blumenthal, W. Michael, ; Guttmann, Micha. ; Meyer, Michael. ; Scholem, Gershom, ; Leo Baeck Institute, New York. ; Jews ; Berlin (Germany) ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Transcript of a broadcast from Deutschlandfunk in Cologne, Germany about the activities of the Leo Baeck Institute (New York) in Berlin. The broadcast was part of a series “Shalom” about Jewish life in Germany today.
    Note: December 24, 1999
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