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  • Leo Baeck Institute New York  (6)
  • Fliegel, Hans R.,  (4)
  • Lichtblau, Albert.  (2)
  • Vienna (Austria)  (5)
  • World War, 1939-1945.  (2)
  • Affidavits  (1)
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  • Leo Baeck Institute New York  (6)
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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
    URL: http://digital.cjh.org/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=1182712
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    Besuch in Wien / (1999)
    Miami, FL :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 14 + 13 , handwritten manuscript (copies).
    Year of publication: 1999
    Keywords: Fliegel family. ; Jewish Welcome Service, Vienna. ; Jews ; Jews Intellectual life. ; Voyages and travels. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs are written in form of two letters. In the first letter "Besuch in Wien - Juni 1999", Hans Fliegel tells about his experiences on his visit to Vienna in May/June 1999 (following an invitation by the Jewish Welcome Service). He describes a walk in Vienna, mainly the second district, and as he stops in front of buildings with a personal significance for him, he unfolds parts of his family history, memories of family businesses and apartments.
    Abstract: In the second letter "Ernuechterung - fuer immer verdammt?!", Mr. Hans Fliegel gives an overview of the history of European Jewry, the Jews in Vienna, and his views of Austria before, during and after World War II. He also reflects his own experiences.
    Note: German
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    A hectic month in a retiree's life : or "All is well, that ends well". (1997)
    [West Palm Beach] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 8 + 1 pages : , handwritten manuscript.
    Year of publication: 1997
    Keywords: Levi, Alice. ; Retirees. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    The Holocaust and the Viennese Family Fliegel / (1996)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 7 + 60 + 32 , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1996
    Keywords: Blau, Bertha. ; Blau family. ; Dollfuss, Engelbert, ; Drucker, Kurt. ; Einstein, Albert, ; Fliegel, Hans Robert, ; Fliegel, Julius, ; Fliegel, Otto, ; Fliegel, Rosa, ; Fliegel, Wilhelm, ; Fliegel family. ; Grunwald, Max, ; Haber, Georg. ; Levi, Alice. ; Lipschutz, Israel ben Gedaliah, ; Waldheim, Kurt. ; Dachau (Concentration camps) ; Antisemitism. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jews Genealogy. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Antwerp (Belgium) ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Austria History Socialist Uprising, 1934. ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in 1996. It contains family trees, copies of documents, correspondence of the 1980s and 90s pertaining to restitution claims and the Kurt Waldheim affair. Childhood recollections of the aftermath of World War One and life in the small Austrian Republic. Impact of the Social democratic city counsel in "Red Vienna". Memories of his school years. Private French lessons. Political turmoil and the civil war of 1934, which led to the autocratic regime of the Christian Socialists. Rising National Socialism. Summer vacation in Abbazia in 1937. Plans to enroll in Medical School after graduation (Matura). Growing apprehension in the days preceeding the "Anschluss" in 1938. Life under National Socialism. Confiscation of family assets and harassments. Preparations to leave the country. Graduation in June 1938. Detention of his father, who was released on the condition that he had to leave the country within six weeks. His brother Otto was sent to Dachau concentration camp. Delay of the affidavits from his grandfather's brother Morris Fliegel in Brooklyn, New York. The family got visas for Belgium through the family friend Isidore Lipschutz in Antwerp. Hurried departure and life in Antwerp. Difficulties to obtain their American affidavits. The family was able to leave right in time in October 1939, just when the war broke out. Arrival in New York and start of a new life. Difficult adjustments to life in the United States. Hans Fliegel was unable to have his education accredited for Medical School. Experiences in various jobs to contribute to the family budget. Apprenticeship in the diamond business. End of the war. Marriage with Alice Levi. Reflections on his life and career. Addendum: Recollections of the author's brother Fred Fliegel on life in Vienna during National Socialism. Detailed genealogy and family history.
    Description / Table of Contents: Also included are reproductions of documents.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    Coming to the New World : The Lederer Saga. (1993)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 16 + 11 , synopsis; typescript.
    Year of publication: 1993
    Keywords: Lederer family. ; Education. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish refugees. ; College teachers. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History 1938-1945. ; Morocco. ; France. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family geneology; account of family's emigration to USA via France, Morocco, Brazil, 1938-1941.
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    [Memoirs] : [1915-1992]. (1992)
    Lima :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 34 pages : , handwritten and typewritten letters.
    Year of publication: 1992
    Keywords: Grünwald family. ; Gruenwald, Ida, ; Münz family. ; Antisemitism. ; Businesspeople. ; Clerks. ; Jewish families ; Jewish refugees ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Socialism. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Mistelbach (Austria) ; Peru Emigration and immigration 1946. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written in various letters to Albert Lichtblau between 1991 and 1992. Description of the author's family history. Her father was the son of an innkeeper in Holicz, Bohemia. He came to Vienna with his brothers and started a leather businesss. Her mother was born in Mistelbach, where her father was a grain dealer. The couple got married in 1908. During World War One her mother moved with her children to Mistelbach. Memories of her orthodox grandmother. Recollections of the Mistelbach Jewish community and relationships with the Gentile neighbors. Economic crisis after World War One, which caused the bankrupcy of her father's leather business. Childhood memories. Description of Jewish holidays at home and in the synagogue. Recollections of her school years and friendship with Christian colleagues. Memories of her Bat mizvah celebration. Passion for the opera. Weekend trips to the Vienna Woods. Alice was a member of the "Arbeiter-Turnverein". In 1929 her father had a stroke, which left him partially paralyzed. He died in 1934 at age 62. Due to the difficult economic situation Alice had to abandon her plans to study. After graduation from "Handelsschule" she found a position as a clerical worker. Journeys to France and Italy. Recollections of the "Anschluss" in 1938. In July 1938 Alice emigrated to England, where she had a position as a domestic servant. In 1939 she was able to bring her mother, grandfather and her sister with her husband and child to England. Alice moved with her mother to Birmingham, where they started a boarding house. After the war she married her cousin Ernst, who was living in Peru. Move to Peru with her mother in 1946. Alice started working as a language tutor. Her husband died in 1966.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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