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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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    History of my family. (2004)
    Delray Beach, FL :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 65 , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2004
    Keywords: Feldman family. ; Kronenfeld family. ; Birnbaum family. ; Fuchs family. ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jews Persecution. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Tailors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Bad Vöslau (Austria) ; Belgium. ; Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine) ; France. ; Switzerland. ; Vienna (Austria) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir starts with a short description of political events in Austria before the Anschluss in the 1930s. He gives an account of Hitler's welcomed arrival in Vienna in March 1938, where he observed cheering crowds close to his apartment. He talks of the background and origin of his grandparents in Zablotov, Galicia, and Witznitz, Bukowina. Alfred Fox writes about childhood memories where the family went to Prater amusement park, made trips to spas at Bad Voeslau and boat trips on the Danube. Then he writes about the Anschluss, the November Pogrom where he saw synagogues burning, and where his father was taken to Dachau concentration camp. The family's emigration was difficult because of the quota system in the USA. They decided to leave for Belgium. He describes the ride on the train from Vienna to Cologne, were denied entry at the border to Belgium close to Aachen, but were told by a German officer a way how to sneak into Belgium. His father worked in Brussels as a tailor. The family fled from the German invasion to France (Bordeaux), and stayed in the Pyrenees until spring of 1941, went to Lyon and stayed there until spring of 1942. They went over the Alps into Switzerland with smugglers. They were put into a refugee camp in Zurich. He started to attend ORT organization's trade school class in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1947, he went to the USA, with the help of his uncle. The last 25 pages cover his time in the USA since. He married his wife Susanne (Pistiner) on September 17, 1950, who was also born in Vienna, joined the US army and the Korea War. The memoir illustrates Alfred Fox's life story with many personal & family photographs as well as a map of his emigration route.
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    A brief history of the Arnstein family : (For Katharine Arnstein) (2003)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 12 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Arnstein family. ; Arnstein, Gustav, ; Arnstein, Leopold, ; Arnstein, Richard, ; Jewish families ; Jewish printers. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; Sulzbach (Saarland, Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of the Arnstein family, dating back to Seckel Arnstein in 1751 and his ancestor Ahron Fraenkel in 1645, who established a printing press business in 1699. Seckel Arnstein continued the business of printing of Hebrew bibles, which became famous all over Central and Eastern Europe under the name “S. Arnstein & Sons”. Another predecessor, Leopold Arnstein, founded a dry goods store under the name “Leopold Arnstein & Sons”. Family history of Gustav and Richard Arnstein, the grandfather and father of the author. Gustav Arnstein was born in Sulzbach and raised his family together with his wife Nanette, née Luber, in Wertheim. Later they moved to Stuttgart. In 1907 Gustav Arnstein founded a security business (“Nachtwach- und Schliessdienst”) for local stores and factories. Assimilated life style. World War One. Marriage of the author’s parents Richard and Charlotte, née Heymann. Post-war depression and rise of Nazi movement. Immigration to the United States.
    Abstract: The following individuals are named: Arnstein, Seckel, 1751-1825 ; Auer, Ignatz ; Heymann, Berthold ; Heymann, Charlotte ; Luber, Nanette ; Spitzer, Franz.
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    Poldi's memoirs : [1883-1958]. (2001)
    Maplewood, N.J. :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 73 , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Moskiewicz, Else, ; Hirschfeld, Rahel. ; Hirschfeld family. ; Samolewitz, Moritz (Moshe), ; Samolewitz, Leopold, ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Lawyers. ; World War, 1914-1918 Military life. ; Education, Primary. ; Education, Secondary. ; Education, Higher. ; Families. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Antisemitism. ; Social classes. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1930s. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Translation from the original German by Leopold's son Harvey W. Samo, formerly Hans Werner Samolewitz, and his wife Eva Samo, née Isaac-Krieger.
    Abstract: The memoirs of Leopold Samolewitz were written during 1956 to 1958 in Jerusalem. Reflections on the author's identity as a German-Jewish emigre. Description of life in Imperial Germany at the turn-of-the century. Relationship between social classes and gender roles. Reflections on the Jewish community in Berlin and the differences between Eastern and Western Jews. Jewish influence on the cultural life in Berlin. Reflections on antisemitism. German Jewish life in a Christian surroundings. Reflections on his religious standing. History of German Jews and emancipation.
    Abstract: Description of his father's orthodox family background. Moritz Samolewitz was born 1840 in Gollub, a small town between Russia and Poland, where Jewish life was restricted. He moved to Berlin with his wife Rahel and they struggled to make a living. Birth of their children Isidor, Georg, Martha and Leopold. Description of the author's childhood in an orthodox Jewish home. His parents established a shoe and clothing business. Recreation at the spas of Bad Teplitz and Bad Kissingen. Living conditions in a working-class neighborhood. At age 6 Leopold attended the religious school of Israel Hildesheimer. Recollections of his Bar Mitzvah. He was enrolled in the Humbold Gymnasium. After some antisemitic incidents as the only Jewish student at school Leopold transferred to the Sophien Gymnasium, where he graduated in 1902. He enrolled at university as a law student. Recollections of the author's encounter with antisemitism as a student. He was a member of the student fraternity "Freie Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung". Military service with the "Garde Regiment" in Bavaria. In 1912 he married his fiance Else Moskiewicz, who was a passionate art collector. The couple had two sons. Leopold served and was wounded during World War One. During his thriving career as a lawyer he was offered a position as a judge on the condition to be baptized, which he refused. During the night of the November pogrom in 1938 he was hidden with his wife at the house of a German family and spared deportation. In 1939 he left Germany with his wife and they emigrated to Palestine, where their son Kurt had established himself. Leopold Samolewitz took classes in Hebrew, English as well as British and Jewish law and passed the bar examination to start working again at age 58. Addendum: Completions of his son Harvey W. Samo (Hans Werner Samolewitz) on his father's life.
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    My life. Memoirs of Irma Reiss, 1910-2000 / (2001)
    Highland Park, NJ :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 56 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Goldblum family. ; Reiss, Leonhard. ; Agudat Israel. ; Blau-Weiss Bund fuer Juedisches Jugendwandern in Deutschland (1913- ) ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Country life. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Jewish religious education. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Kristallnacht, 1938 ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in 1986 in the USA and was edited by the author's son Nathan M. Reiss. Irma Reiss was the second child of three of Bertha and Leopold Goldblum. The family lived Heppenheim an der Bergstrasse, which had a small Jewish community. Her father was a shoemaker. Description of domestic life in rural Germany at the beginning of the 20th century. Recollection of Sabbath preparations in her family. Memories of school life. Hebrew lessons with her uncle Friedmann, who was the cantor and shochet of the town. Visits to relatives in Rossdorf by Darmstadt. Recollections of World War One. Her father Leopold, an Austrian citizen from Galicia, served in the Austrian Army. Celebration of the high holidays. Recollection of Irma Reiss' schooldays in Heppenheim, where she was a well-liked student. Irma and her sister were members of the local Jewish youth movement "Blau Weiss". Their group leaders were Rafael and Eva Buber, children of Martin Buber, who lived in Heppenheim and was very supportive of the youth movement. At age 14 Irma was sent to her uncle's family to help taking care of the children. She took continued education classes. Afterwards she worked as a "house daughter" with a religious family in Frankfurt. Irma became a member of the Agudas Yisroel. After the Nazi take-over in Germany their American relatives provided them with affidavits to join them in the States. Growing anti-Semitism. Irma Goldblum left Germany on September 15th, 1938. Her parents stayed behind because her father, who was born in Galicia, still had to wait for his affidavit due to the Polish quota regulations. Difficulties in starting a new life in New York. Worries about her parents in Germany. During the night of the November Pogrom in 1938 her father was arrested and sent to Dachau concentration camp. After three weeks he was released and was able to leave together with his wife for the States. Support of their relatives to start a new life.
    Abstract: Irma Goldblum got married to Leonhard Reiss in December 1939. Thei had two sons, Nathan and Barry Reiss.
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    A tale of three continents. (2000)
    Netanya :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 33 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: Lederer, August, ; Garcia de los Reyes, Margot, ; Rosenthal, Hilda, ; Rosenthal family. ; Lederer family. ; Antisemitism. ; Apartheid ; Education 1918-1933. ; Families 20th century. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish religious education 1871-1918. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Pacifism. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Cape Town (South Africa) ; England. ; Frankfurt (Germany) ; Gladenbach (Germany) ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Israel. ; South Africa. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written in Netanya, Israel in 2000. Family history going back to the 19th century. Hilda Rosenthal and August Lederer married in 1903. They settled in Gladenbach. Their son Benno was born in 1904. Childhood recollections. Description of the Lederer household and his father's fancy for technical modernizations. Private studies in Hebrew. Benno attended the local primary school, since Gladenbach was too small to keep a separate Jewish school. No encounter with anti-Semitism during his childhood years. Outbreak of World War One and increasing patriotism. Recollection of his bar mitzvah celebration during the war. Benno was enrolled in the high school (Gymnasium) in Giessen, where he stayed with a Jewish family. Difficulties observing the Sabbath on Saturdays during the school time. Growing political interest and awareness. Benno Lederer became an ardent Pacifist and even started to study Esperanto. His plans to study medicine were shattered due to the economic crisis and inflation, which deprived his parents of their savings and made it impossible to pay the tuition fees. Benno got a position as a bookkeeper in a metal work in Frankfurt. In addition he attended night classes at university. Move to Hamburg. 1930 marriage with Margot Garcia de los Reyes, who came from a Sephardic family. Rising Nazism. Hitler's takeover and increasing anti-Jewish regulations. Birth of their son Rolf in 1935. Preparations to emigrate. Benno and Margot left Germany in 1936 via England and Madeira to South Africa. Arrival in Cape Town. Language difficulties and initial problems to get settled. Benno managed to get his mother out of Germany in 1938. Political situation and apartheid policy in South Africa. In 1956 Margot and Benno started their own business. Margot Lederer passed away in 1966. Benno Lederer moved to Israel in 1979.
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    How we survived : Chronicles of our families. (2000)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 27 pages : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: David, Frank. ; Dreyfuss, Albert, ; Dreyfuss family. ; Dreyfuss, Franziska (née Grünbaum), ; Dreyfuss, Fritz. ; Oppenheimer, Alice, ; Antisemitism. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Physicians. ; Suicide. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Landau in der Pfalz (Germany) ; Switzerland Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir contains the first chapter of Luise David's autobiography. Recollections of her mother Franziska Gruenbaum, who - after a love affair to an unsuitable partner - was married to the physician Albert Dreyfuss in 1908. The couple had two children, Fritz and Luise. Her husband served in World War One. After years of depression and frequent sojourns in different sanatoria, Franziska Dreyfuss commited suicide in 1919. Luise was sent to her father's family in Landau. The family was reunited again a year later, when Albert Dreyfuss married his second wife Alice Oppenheimer in 1920. Celebration of holidays at the Dreyfuss family in Landau. Weekend outings in the countryside. Recollection of the author's childhood with various nannys and governesses. Early interest in dress making and clothing. Awareness of her different status as the daughter of the town's physician and as a Jewish girl. Encounters with anti-Semitism. Luise was enrolled in the "lyceum" (girl's school), where she became an excellent student. Rising Nazi movement. Her brother Fritz emigrated to Switzerland in 1933.
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    Family saga, (2000)
    Scarsdale, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 114 pages + appendix : , typewritten manuscript.
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: Ripp, Norbert. ; Ripp, Herbert. ; Geller, Regina, 1898- ; Ripp, Paul, 1898- ; Geller, Benno (Ben Zion) ; Atran, Frank. ; Ripp, Joseph, ; Ripp family. ; United States. ; Education, Higher. ; Jews Persecution 1939-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; New York (N.Y.) ; Saint Paul (Minn.) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: In his memoir, Joseph Ripp decribes "some of the events that drove them out of Europe and brought them to safety in the United States". He describes the fate of each family member, and their later lives in the United States. Then Joseph Ripp focuses on the time of persecution thorugh the Nazis. In school they were taught the discriminatory racial doctrines, in the outside world his father's business suffered from all different kinds of assaults on his property. It became clear that they had to emigrate. In 1938, young Joseph could take part in a small program sponsered by the American Jewish community which enabld a few hundred children from Germany to escape. He was about to end up in St. Paul, Minnesota. Before that, they made a stop in New York, where he stayed with his aunt Bertha Geller. He describes how impressed he was by all the new things he got to see in New York. After his arrival, he took on several jobs to help his family survive the struggles of war. The memoir moves back to Nazi-Germany and its persecution of Jews. There is an account of Kristallnight and Joseph Ripp's brothers' escape to Holland and England. His parents are dispersed over Europe, his father being held at St. Cyprien internment camp in France, his mother stuck in Antwerp, Belgium. Finally there is a family re-union in the USA. Joesph Ripp then writes about his family's fate in the US. He joins the army and combats in Europe. He receives education from Columbia University, and then meets his future wife, Mimi, a refugee child as well. Both go back to Europe in the 1950s. Joseph Ripp accepted a job offer in Brussels, Belgium, from his wife's uncle. The memoir closes with the upbringing of the next generation. There are several family photos and documents included in the appendix.
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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.
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    [Memoirs of Henry Salfeld], (1978-1992)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 9 + 42 + 104 + 13 pages : , typescript +
    Additional Material: reproductions of documents and letters.
    Year of publication: 1978-1992
    Keywords: Adler, Fritz. ; Heimerdinger family. ; Heimerdinger, Leo. ; Heiming, Henry. ; Marxsohn, Richard. ; Neukirch, Carl. ; Salfeld family. ; Salfeld, Albert. ; Salfeld, Alice. ; Salfeld, Berthold. ; Salfeld, Erich. ; Salfeld, Henry. ; Salfeld, Ludwig. ; Salfeld, Siegmund. ; Antisemitism. ; Courtship. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Jewish families Genealogy. ; Rabbis. ; Reform Judaism. ; Universities and colleges ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Germany History 20th century. ; New York (N.Y.) ; Wiesbaden (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Anecdotes concerning experienced anti-Semitism at universities; outbreak of World War I; death of father; memories of student days at University of Munich; French occupation of Wiesbaden; account of Nazi boycott of April 1, 1933 in Wiesbaden.
    Abstract: Account of arrival in USA in 1933; relationships with African-Americans; life in New York; attempts to find employment; death of family members in Holocaust; emigration of mother to USA; reflections on Jewish religion and Jewish identity; membership in various Jewish organizations.
    Abstract: Geneology of Salfeld family; rabbinical career of Siegmund Salfeld; childhood memories growing up in Wiesdbaden; lives of father and mother; father's medical practice in Wiesbaden; death of father; siblings; death of sister and her family in Holocaust; geneology of Heimerdinger family; Gymnasium; social activities as teenager in Wiesbaden; Jewish life in Wiesbaden and anti-Semitism; university study of law at Munich; life in Munich; study at Leipzig; study at Frankfurt; experience of inflation of 1923 and French occupation; work as lawyer in Frankfurt; relationionships with women; engagement and marriage to wife; loss of job following Nazi seizure of power; emigration to USA in 1933.
    Description / Table of Contents: Little stories from the past
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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.
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    Memoirs & reminiscences : [1898-1985]. (1984)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 7 + 248 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1984
    Keywords: Fischer family Genealogy. ; Universität Wien. ; College teachers. ; Jewish way of life. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Geographers. ; Teachers. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Universities and colleges. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History 1918-1919. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1938. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1940. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Vienna; description of family; primary and secondary education; description of teachers and schoolmates; military service in Austrian army in World War I; student life at the university in Vienna; Revolution of 1918-1919; Austria in inter-war period; Jewish life in Vienna; description of school system and teacher colleagues in inter-war Vienna; hikes and travels; Nazi takeover and November Pogrom in 1938; emigration to Palestine and USA; new jobs as university teacher and political geographer.
    Abstract: Contains a biography of Eric Fischer by Michael M.J. Fischer and a bibliography of his publications.
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    Windows to my youth : [1913-1945]. (1984)
    Los Angeles :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 9 + 106 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1984
    Keywords: Furst, Arthur. ; Furst, Lilly. ; Perutz family. ; Rotter family. ; Universität Wien. ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher 1918-1938. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History. ; Kenya Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Born in 1913 in Vienna; origins of mother's family in Bohemia; origins of father's family in Pressburg (Bratislava); lives of parents in Vienna; education and work of father as engineer; experience of father and other relatives in World War I; early school years after 1918; memories of family life; childhood memories; summers in France; hiking and skiing trips with family; musical life in Vienna; study at University of Vienna; experience of antisemitism at University; membership in Haganah organization in Vienna; travel to Palestine in 1937; emigration to United States in 1938; emigration of parents to Kenya.
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    My Family Biography. (1984)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 639 + 121 + 35 , typescript (copy); illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1984
    Keywords: Mechner family. ; Mechner, Francis. ; Mechner, Hedwig. ; Ziegler family. ; Ziegler, Lisa. ; Majdanek (Concentration camp) ; Antisemitism. ; Concentration camps. ; Education, Higher ; Emigration and immigration. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Judaism Liturgy. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Physicians. ; Soldiers World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine) ; Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) ; Cuba. ; Paris (France) ; Romania. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Genealogy
    Abstract: Memoir in four volumes, richly illustrated with photographs, drawings, correspondence, genealogical tables, and newspaper clippings.
    Abstract: Photocopies of family documents and photographs:
    Abstract: Detailed biographical account of Dr. Adolph Mechner, born in Czernowitz in 1897. Description of historical events together with immediate and extended family. Adolescent years in Vienna, military service in World War I; medical studies in Vienna; courtship and marriage; family; medical practice in Vienna; emigration to Paris, Cuba and finally to the United States; deportation and extermination of relatives; family life and travels; transcripts of interviews with several members of the family.
    Note: Available on microfilm: parts 1-6 on MM II 7 ; parts 7-9 on MM II 8. , English , Table of contents , Subject and name index
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    Felix Deutsch Collection, (1977-1983)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 1 folder : , typescripts.
    Year of publication: 1977-1983
    Former Title: Lebenserinnerungen.
    Keywords: Deutsch, Felix, ; Rathenau, Emil, ; Electric industries. ; Industrialists Biography. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A dossier from the archives of AEG about the company’s founder, Felix Deutsch. Included are correspondence; biographical notes; index of names; family tree; clippings, etc.
    Abstract: Also included is the transcript of Felix Deutsch’s autobiography, ”Lebenserinnerungen” in 17 chapters.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    My story : [1922-1992]. (1983)
    Franklin, NC :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 70 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1983
    Keywords: Srulowitz family. ; Erber family. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jews Persecution 1938-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Nazis. ; Plumbers. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Manners and customs ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Belgium. ; Israel. ; United States Emigration and immigration Nineteen fifties. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in the form of a reflective diary between 1983 and 1985 in the United States. Detailed and somewhat disorganized description of family background and family members until present time. His mother’s family came to Vienna during World War One. His father Osias Srulowitz served in the army and his parents got married after the war. His mother Klara Amalia Srulowitz founded the family’s knitting business during the war under her maiden name “K. Erber“. The author had an older sister (Stella), born in 1920, and a younger sister (Lotte) born in 1927. The family lived in the 9th district and had a maid and a French governess. His maternal grandparents were orthodox and had a lasting impact on his life. He studied the Hebrew alphabet with his grandfather at an early age and became religious. He went to “Schubertschule“ and later on to Realschule, then he transferred to public school. At age 14 he started an apprenticeship with his uncle in the plumbing business. Recollections of the Nazi takeover and the Kristallnacht in 1938. The family business was taken away. The author crossed the border to Belgium illegally, his parents emigrated to Shanghai in 1939. Recollections of life in Belgium. He was taken to a work camp for young refugees. After his release he took various jobs and lived underground with false papers during the German occupation. Marriage to Janine De Geyter, a young Belgian woman, in 1943. Liberation by the British army in 1944. Starting of a candy business. Reunition with his grandmother from Theresienstadt and his parents from Shanghai. Emigration to Israel together with the author’s parents in 1948. Description of life and new beginnings in Israel. Birth of their daughter Tamy. Emigration to the United States via Belgium in 1953. Life in the United States and detailed description of several business endeavors.
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    Roosevelts Weg zum Krieg : Amerikanische Politik, 1914-1939. (1983)
    Reinbek :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 12 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1983
    Keywords: Roosevelt, Franklin D. ; International relations. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; United States Politics and government 20th century. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Notes for a planned book on Franklin D. Roosevelt and the history of American foreign policy in Europe from 1914-1939.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Dr. Frederick Lehmann : Oral history (1983)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 63 + 4 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1983
    Keywords: Bernstein, Heschel. ; Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital. ; Education, Higher. ; Jewish physicians. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographies ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Private and professional experiences of a Jewish physician in Germany and in the USA.
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    Grandma, times have changed. (1982)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 101 pages (double space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1982
    Keywords: Children. ; Education, Higher. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Education, Primary. ; Education, Secondary. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Lawyers. ; Marriage. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Cuba Emigration and immigration 1939. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1940. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in wealthy Berlin family; high school and university study; marriage to the lawyer Alfred Gerstel; decision to build a new house in 1935; persecutions in Nazi Germany; Pogrom November 1938; immigration and life in the USA.
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    [Autobiography] / (1982)
    [Santiago de Chile] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 7 + 42 , typescript; photographs.
    Year of publication: 1982
    Keywords: Frohmann, Herbert. ; Brewers. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Jewish bankers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Bytom (Poland) ; Chile Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Germany Intellectual life 1918-1933. ; Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Margot Frohmann's life until her emigration to Chile in 1939: Description of Beuthen and surrounding landscape; description of family home; life in Beuthen; memories of parades and patriotic events in Beuthen; Gymnasium in Kattowitz; evacuation to Berlin at outbreak of WWI; memories of concerts, theater and opera in Berlin; vacations in Silesia, Danzig; medical study in Frankfurt; life in Frankfurt; study in Breslau; courtship and marriage; political engagement with husband in democratic politics after 1918; birth of children; involvement in Weimar politics; Nazi seizure of power; experiences of husband at bank; death of parents; emigration to Chile.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Selma's saga : [1916-1948]. (1982)
    Sydney,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 271 pages (3 folders) : , typed manuscript.
    Year of publication: 1982
    Keywords: Oppenheim, Benjamin, ; Oppenheim, Anna, ; Oppenheim family. ; Kahane, Arnold ; Betar. ; Antisemitism. ; Christmas. ; Families 20th century. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Jews Persecutions. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; National socialism. ; Jews Education. ; Jews Holidays and festivals. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Australia Emigration and immigration. ; Brisbane (Qld.) ; England. ; Grado (Italy) ; Hornchurch (London, England) ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written in 1982 in Sydney, Australia and include excerpts of letters from various relatives during the years 1938-1941. Early childhood recollections of World War One. The family was living in the 6th district of Vienna. Description of domestic life with maids, laundresses and a French governess. Death of her mother in 1918. Trip with her stepmother Ida Plohn to Prague. Recollections of a stay in the countryside at their maid's family, where Selma and her older sister Martha awaited the birth of their younger sister Trude. Memories of Christmas celebrations. Summer vacations in the mountains. Description of the extended family. Inflation and economic depression in the 1920s. Strict upbringing by her stepmother. Children recreation trip to Grado, Italy in 1925. Selma was accepted at the "Bundeserziehungsanstalt" for gifted students. Only few fellow Jewish students. Religious education with beloved rabbi Diamant. Recovery from tonsilitis in a senatorium in Aflenz, Austria. Celebration of Jewish holidays and visits at the Synagogue on Yom Kippur. Transfer to Realschule. Due to a sudden onset of various illnesses Selma was unable to continue school and had put an end to her father's dream of an university education for her. Difficult to find a position in the depression times of the early 1930s. Only few working options for a Jewish woman. Position as a secretary in a Jewish firm. Outings in the Vienna Woods. Membership in the Zionist group Betar.
    Abstract: Plans to emigrate to Palestine through marriage of convenience shattered by her orthodox parents. Signs of rising National Socialism and political unrest in Austria. Recollections of the civil war in February of 1934. Selma joined a Jewish club. Outings and skiing trips. First courtships. Marriage of her sister Martha. Awareness of the dangers of National Socialism. Detailed recollections on the time before and during the the Anschluss. Preparation for her emigration. Position as a domestic servant in England. Departure on November 2nd 1938, few days before the "Kristallnacht". Adjusting to her new life with a family in Hornchurch, in England. Attempts to find positions for family members and friends. Brief reunion with her fiance Arnold in London prior to his departure to Australia in Febrary of 1939. In March of 1939 her sister Trude was finally able to join her in England. Fervent endeavors to obtain entry permits for her parents. Preparations for Selma's emigration to Australia, in order to join her fiance, were finally granted in October of 1939. Delayment of her passage until May of 1940. Arrival in Capetown, Australia on June 9th of 1940. Reunition with her fiance in Brisbane and new life with future husband in Ravenshoe. Difficulties in obtaining a marriage licence. Wedding in August of 1940. The couple started to run a bording house. Birth of their daughter Marie in June of 1941. Their son Ronny was born in September of 1942. Dreadful news from Europe. Birth of daughter Sylvia in 1945. Letters from her sister Martha, who survived the concentration camp. In 1948 she finally was able to join Selma in Australia.
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    [Memoirs]. (1980)
    N. Hollywood, CA :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 610 pages : , typescript +
    Additional Material: offprint, 13 pages
    Year of publication: 1980
    Former Title: No title
    Keywords: Appel, Ernst. ; B'nai B'rith. ; Jüdischer Kulturbund. ; Antisemitism. ; Jews Customs and practices. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Rabbis. ; Synagogues. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Bingen (Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany) ; Dortmund (Germany) ; Metz (France) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of Metz; childhood memories of Metz; early experiences of anti-Semitism; childhood friendships; life in Metz during World War I; encounters with Empress, Crown Princess; helping wounded soldiers; end of war in Metz; difficulties of life as a German after war; emigration to Germany; wedding; honeymoon in Bavaria; move to Bingen, a town in the Rhineland; French occupation of Rhineland; birth of child; return visit to Metz; move to Dortmund; life as rabbi's wife; trips to England, Norway; children's experience of anti-Semitism; anti-Semitic attacks; trip to Spain; rise of the Nazis; trip to Italy; harrassment of husband by Gestapo; trip to Denmark; experiences of children in school after 1933; vacation in Austria; liquidation of Jewish businesses; arrest and imprisonment because of leadership of local B'nai Brith lodge; arrest and imprisonment of husband; husband's account of imprisonment at Ems; preparations for emigration; immigration to USA via Netherlands; arrival in New York; experiences in New York.
    Abstract: Also available is an off-print from Monika Richarz’s book ‘Jüdisches Leben in Deutschland’, volume 3, with excerpts in German translation of Marta Appel’s memoirs on pages 231-243.
    Description / Table of Contents: MM2 reel 35: parts 1-3
    Description / Table of Contents: MM2 reel 36: parts 4-6
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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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    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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    Erinnerungen, Betrachtungen, Gestalten / (1959-1964)
    Jerusalem :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 3 + 149 pages : , bound mimeographs.
    Year of publication: 1959-1964
    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.
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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.
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    Erinnerungen an meinen Vater [Ludwig Haas]. (1959)
    [London] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: Circa 30 pages : , typescript +
    Additional Material: addenda
    Year of publication: 1959
    Keywords: Haas, Ludwig. ; Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbürger Jüdischen Glaubens. ; Deutsche Demokratische Partei. ; Kartell-Convent der Verbindungen Deutscher Studenten Jüdischen Glaubens. ; Education, Higher. ; Jewish politicians ; Jews, East European. ; Lawyers. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Baden (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: University studies; "Kartell-Convent" liberal Jewish student organizations; attitude toward being German and Judaism; advisor for Jewish affairs of German administration in Warsaw during World War I; in German politics in Weimar Republic.
    Abstract: Also included is correspondence from Judith Schrag-Haas (daughter of Ludwig Haas).
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    Braunschweiger Erinnerungen. (1958)
    New York, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 140 pages (1 1/2 space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1958
    Keywords: Heinemann, Walter, ; Jewish leadership. ; Jews History. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Physicians. ; Soldiers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Braunschweig (Germany) ; Munich (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1935. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Primary and secondary education; university studies in Munich and Berlin; experiences as a physician in Berlin and Braunschweig; working under Robert Koch; military service; Jewish life in Braunschweig; Braunschweig during the Third Reich; emigration to USA.
    Note: Available on microfilm. , German
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    Aus meinem Leben als Rechtsanwalt. (1958)
    Buneos Aires :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 19 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1958
    Keywords: Lustig, Wilhelm, ; Antisemitism. ; Lawyers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Gliwice (Poland) ; Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of several legal cases as a lawyer in Gleiwitz.
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    Kind meiner Zeit, (1958)
    Neuilly-sur-Seine :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 492 pages + 2 pages (double space) : , Typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1958
    Keywords: Jacob, Hans, ; Literature. ; Concentration camps. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; D'Annunzio, Gabriele. ; Stresemann, Gustav. ; Schnitzler, Arthur. ; Paris (France) Emigration and immigration 1938. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1940. ; Vienna (Austria) Emigration and immigration. ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Interpreters ; Translators ; Journalists
    Abstract: Early death of mother and suicide of father; Berlin before World War I; short description of military service; literary milieu in Munich; visits d'Annunzio in Italy; contacts with Arthur Schnitzler, Heinrich Mann; work as translator for Kiepenheuer publishing house in Berlin and Vienna; career as interpreter for German government at League of Nations in Geneve; interpreter for Gustav Stresemann, Aristide Briand, Benes and other politicians; emigration to France and USA; return to France after World War II.
    Note: Published in Joseph Walk: "Kurzbiographien zur Geschichte der Juden, 1918-1945": p.168. , Memoirs were published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch in 1962 , Available on microfilm , German
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    Der Zeuge. (1958)
    Neuilly-sur Seine :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 352 pages : , typewritten manuscript.
    Year of publication: 1958
    Keywords: Jacob, Hans, ; Journalists. ; Translators. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; France Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Note: German
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    [Viktor Zuckerkandl and the iron industry in Upper Silesia]. (1957)
    Phildalelphia :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 3 folders : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1957
    Former Title: Aus der Geschichte der Oberschlesischen Eisenindustrie
    Keywords: Zuckerkandl, Victor, ; Oberschlesische Eisenindustrie AG. ; Coal trade. ; Industrialists. ; Iron industry and trade. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic) ; Gliwice (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Three short manuscripts, written in circa 1957 in Philadelphia serve as an homage to Viktor Zuckerkandl as the foremost leader of industry and economics in Upper Silesia, describing iron and coal industry in Silesia between 1888 and 1923 and the political situation in Upper Silesia after World War I.
    Abstract: A one-page draft in part 2 gives a short synopsis of Viktor Zuckerkandl’s biography.
    Description / Table of Contents: Aus der Geschichte der oberschlesischen Eisenindustrie, 8 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Zur Geschichte der Consolidierten Gleiwitzer Steinkohlengrube, 6 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Oberschlesien und die oberschlesische Eisenindustrie in den Jaheren nach dem Weltkrieg : Persönliche Erinnerungen, 20 pages
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Lebenserinnerungen : [1857-1935]. (1957)
    Jerusalem :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 9 + 55 , handwritten synopsis; typescript.
    Year of publication: 1957
    Keywords: Jerusalem, Edumund. ; Jerusalem family Genealogy. ; Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. ; Education, Higher. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; College teachers. ; Teachers. ; Zionism. ; Austria History 1867-1918. ; Moravia (Czech Republic) ; Mikulov (Jihomoravský kraj, Czech Republic) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family geneology; lives of grandfather and father; experiences of father attending gymnasium and university in Prague; childhood years in Nikolsburg; father's life as teacher at Gymnasium in Nikolsburg; life in Nikolsburg; family move to Vienna; childhood years in Vienna; appointment of father to position at University of Vienna; earned doctorate in history from University of Vienna; family life and deaths of siblings; marriage to Anna Kassowitz; geneology of wife's family; work as teacher; military service in World War I; life in Vienna up to 1935; separate a count of trip to Palestine in 1925 for formal opening of Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Geschichte des Kunstschlossermeisters Freund und seiner acht Kinder : Begonnen am 3. Januar 1947 in NY. (1956)
    NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 224 pages (single space) : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1956
    Keywords: Draft. ; Electric industries. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Locksmiths. ; Merchants. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Belgium Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Gliwice (Poland) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1945- ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Describes childhood in Gleiwitz, his father's locksmith and electrical business; World War I; Nazi period in Gleiwitz; emigration to Belgium; survival at various hiding-places; immigration to the USA after the end of World War II.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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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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    You shall never forget : [1900-1945]. (1956)
    Denver, Colorado :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 326 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1956
    Keywords: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Holocaust survivors. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Merchants. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Public welfare. ; Righteous Gentiles in the Holocaust. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Germany History 1933-1945. ; Lʹviv (Ukraine) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Erna Segal spent her childhood years with her grandparents in Lwow, where she attended a Jewish school and spoke mainly Yiddish. At the age of six she joined her parents in Vienna, where her father was an orthodox rabbi and cantor. Cultural differences and difficulties to adapt into a new environment. Strong impressions of anti-Semitism during her schoolyears and growing awareness of political unrest and pogroms in Eastern Europe. Reverence for the Kaiser. Outbreak of World War One. Situation of Galician refugees and increasing anti-Semitism in Vienna. End of the war and collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which left her family worried for their future. Awaking interest for Zionism. Work in a fur buisness. Marriage in 1920. Her husband, a merchent from Lemberg, had a lumber export business in Styria. Birth of their son Herschi in 1921, who developed a remarkable artistic talent. Birth of their daughter in 1924. Move to Berlin. Rising National Socialism. Erna became aware of the dangers and tried to convince her husband to emigrate already in 1927. Work in the Jewish welfare and youth center of the community. First incidents with Nazis in 1932. Nazi take-over in 1933. Life in Nazi-Germany. Anti-Jewish boycotts and regulations. Experiences of discrimination. Erna's children were forced to leave their schools and proceeded in Jewish schools. Encounters with the Gestapo. Protection due to their Austrian citizenship until 1938. Olympic Games 1936 in Berlin. Exhibition of her son's work in 1937. He was accepted at an art school in Switzerland, yet after the Austrian anexion in 1938 he was refused an exit permit. Night of the November pogrom. Exit permit for Chile. Death of her father and news of deportations to concentration camps in Poland.
    Abstract: Outbreak of World War Two and impossibility to emigrate. Forced labor. Encounter with a German soldier who warned Erna imploringly about the horrific circumstances of Polish concentration camps. Desicion to lead a life in hiding. Help of gentiles and constant fear of discovery. Refuge in a cloister. Escape from Nazi spies. Survival during last years of the war. Immigration to USA after World War II.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    One life is not enough : Autobiographical vignettes [1890-1920] (1956)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 105 + 203 , 105 , bound typescripts. , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1956
    Keywords: Busoni, Ferruccio, ; Hofer, Andreas. ; Meitner, Lise, ; Renner, Karl, ; Robert, Richard. ; Shapira, Vera. ; Szell, Georg. ; Bader, Edwin. ; Stern'sche Mädchen- Lehr- und Erziehungsanstalt (Vienna, Austria) ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher 1918-1938. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Teplice (Czech Republic) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir by Lillian Bader describing in great detail life in Vienna, including information on her grandparents and parents, her childhood in Vienna and Teplitz (now Teplice, Czechoslovakia), her education and studies, domestic life, World War I, politics and social issues, her mother's work as a piano teacher and as the director of a girls' boarding school, her husband's encounter with one incident of antisemitism in the Austrian army. The memoir ends with the first years of her marriage in the early 1920ies.
    Description / Table of Contents: The paper version contains a second, illustrated typescript.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , The memoir was removed from the Bader Collection.
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    Vater und Sohn im Zarenreich 1859-1914 / (1956)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 50 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1956
    Keywords: Lessing, Adolf. ; Lessing, Anneliese. ; Lessing, Anton. ; Lessing, Fred. ; Lessing, Lydia. ; Lessing, Walter. ; Sack, Anneliese. ; Schwanenbach, Peter von. ; Struve, Amand von. ; Struve, Gustav von. ; Vitte, S. I︠U︡. ; Diplomats. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Industrialists. ; Railroads. ; Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. ; Soldiers. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany History 1789-1900. ; Germany History 20th century. ; Russia History 1880-1917. ; Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of father Anton's business activities in Russia, building railroads and factories; relationships with Russian and German businessmen and statesmen; education of son Walter in Germany; Walter's arrival in Russia 1904; eyewitness account of 1905 Revolution in St. Petersburg; work in father's factory in Kolomna; military service; business activities in Russia; business activities in Siberia; outbreak of war in 1914 in St. Petersburg; return to Oberlahnstein; World War I service as officer on eastern front (Bulgaria); service at embassy in Moscow in 1918 after armistice; witness to assasination of German ambassador Mirbach; survives assassination attempt on his own life; 1919 return to Berlin; work in ministry of war; participation in anti-revolutionary activities in Berlin: "Liga zum Schutz der deutschen Kultur"; post-war diplomatic and political activities; decision to settle in Berlin; Ludwig von Mies van der Rohe contracted to design house, but plan rejected by author; decision to move back to Oberlahnstein; reflections on fate of Germans living in Russia; brief account of inter-war, World War II, and post-war experiences.
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    Martin Marcus (1872-1935). (1955)
    Pardess Hannah :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 2 pages (single space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1955
    Former Title: Gedenkblatt an Martin Marcus
    Keywords: Marcus, Martin, ; Grain trade. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Merchants. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Suicide. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Nowy Tomyśl (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Obituary for Martin Marcus.
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    Ein Facit meiner 61 Jahre. (1955)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 152 pages (1 1/2 space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1955
    Keywords: Children. ; Physicians. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Munich (Germany) ; Poznań (Poland) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood and school years in Posen; university studies in Munich and Berlin; as physician in World War I; account of his work as physician during Weimar years in Halle and Munich; emigration and life in Palestine.
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    [Essays and fragments], (1900-1945)
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    Pages: 6 , circa 320 pages annotated typescripts.
    Year of publication: 1900-1945
    Keywords: Rolland, Romain, ; Zweig, Stefan, ; Authors. ; Translators. ; Concentration camps. ; Friendship. ; College teachers. ; Soldiers. ; Jewish refugees. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; France Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Les Sables-d’Olonne (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1941. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: various essays and fragments
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Composition des détenus de Camp, 1940-1945.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Dated notebooks and diary fragments, 1939-1950.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: Oberst von Lukas, 1914-1918.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 4: Von der Hässlichkeit der Menschenmenge.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 5: Mon ami Romain Rolland, 1900-1930.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 6: Queer recollections on Stefan Zweig, 1910-1920.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , French , German , Inventory available online.
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    [The diaries of Wilhelm Buchheim], (1914-1943)
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    Pages: 5 volumes : , handwritten notebooks.
    Year of publication: 1914-1943
    Keywords: Buchheim, Wilhelm, ; Jews Education 1918-1933. ; Jewish religious schools ; Kristallnacht, 1938 ; Jews Persecutions ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Jewish teachers. ; Teachers. ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; London (England) ; United States Emigration and immigration. 1933-1945 ; Autobiography. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: Includes three war diaries (1914-1917), one diary written in London and in the USA (1939-1943), and his “Second War diary" about the beginning of WW II which he experienced in London. The diary written in London and in the USA starts with a detailed account of the years 1933-1939, when Wilhelm Buchheim was principal in the Jewish school in Dortmund, Germany. He writes about how school life was affected by the National Socialist government. There is also a detailed account of Kristallnacht in Dortmund, Germany. In September 1941, Mr. Buchheim switches his writing language from German to English.
    Description / Table of Contents: 1/1 War diary I. // Aug. 12, 1914 - Feb. 9, 1915
    Description / Table of Contents: 1/2 War diary; notes on Judaism and other topics; French vocabularies // Feb. 12, 1915 - Mar. 9, 1915
    Description / Table of Contents: 1/3 Kriegstagebuch II. (War diary) //1915 - 1917
    Description / Table of Contents: 1/4 Tagebuch (diary, London and New York, 156 p.) //1939 - 1943
    Description / Table of Contents: 1/5 Ein 2. Kriegstagebuch (A second war diary), London //1939 - 1940
    Note: Available on microfilm MM III 21 , Parts of the diaries are also available on MF 95 , German and English
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    Rueckblick auf mein Leben. (1934)
    [Wien] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 196 pages : , bound typescript +
    Additional Material: correspondence; record (copies)
    Year of publication: 1934
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Austro-Prussian War, 1866 Personal narratives. ; Brewers. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Freemasonry. ; Marriage. ; Papermaking and trade. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Bohemia (Czech Republic) ; Bohemia (Czech Republic) Ethnic relations. ; České Budějovice (Czech Republic) ; Plzeň (Czech Republic) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of an autobiography, originally written in Vienna in 1934.
    Abstract: Also available are copies of correspondence, vital records such as birth and death certificates and genealogical notes.
    Abstract: The follwing names are mentioned: Fuerth, Ephraim; Fuerth, Eugen; Fuerth, Hans; Fuerth, Sophie; Fuerth, Stefan; Fuerth, Heinrich; Piette, Ludwig; Sabat, Siegfried; Weissberger, Otto.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Autobiography + addenda
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Documents; correspondence
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    Erinnerungen einer deutschen Juedin. (1934)
    Tel Aviv :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 12 pages (1.5 space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1934
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Jews Intellectual life. ; Women authors. ; Zionism. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1871-1933. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of life of her ancestors in Russia; childhood in Berlin and exposure to German music, literature and philosophy; confrontation with anti-Semitism and her turn towards Zionism under the influence of her son Ludwig.
    Abstract: The typescript with a short introduction by Erich Cohn served as an obituary for Doris Davidsohn and was published in "Juedische Rundschau" on Feb. 23. 1934.
    Note: Available on microfilm MM 17; copies on MF 264(12) and MF 74(12). , German
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    A born refugee. (1933)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 153 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1933
    Keywords: Barth, Renée ; Communists. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Socialism. ; Women authors. ; Women Employment. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Alsace (France) ; France. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Germany Politics and government 1933-1945. ; Martinique. ; Switzerland. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Weimar (Thuringia, Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir by Renée Barth including information on her grandparents' lives in Alsace; her father Rene leaving Germany for Switzerland during World War I because he was a pacifist; her early years in Switzerland; her and her mother's involvement in the communist movement in Weimar Germany; their arrestation after the Nazi seizure of power; Barth's emigration to Switzerland, return to Germany, life as a refugee in Paris; her emigration to the United States via Casablanca and Martinique; and on her career as a social worker and her family life.
    Note: Available on microfilm , Synopsis in file
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    Erinnerungen : [1875-1933]. (1933)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 304 pages (double space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2016 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 1933
    Keywords: Bergner, Elisabeth, ; Frank, Ludwig, ; Friedell, Egon, ; Jacobs, Montague, ; Mauthner, Fritz, ; Reinhardt, Max, ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Journalists. ; Military service. ; Theater 1918-1933. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: University studies at Berlin and Heidelberg; media and theater world in Berlin during Weimar years; Ullstein publishing house; impressions of Weimar artists, writers and politicians including Max Reinhardt, Elisabeth Bergner, Fritz Mauthner, Ludwig Frank, Hjalmar Schacht and Egon Friedell; imprisonment as British citizen in World War I and military service in German army.
    Note: Available on microfilm
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    Erinnerungen 1916-1918. (1931)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 1,148 pages : , typescripts +
    Additional Material: notebook
    Year of publication: 1931
    Keywords: Jews, East European. ; Military service World War, 1914 - 1918. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Romania. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Josephthal's memoirs from 1916-1918, when he was commander of a unit of German soldiers in Romania; dictated in 1931.
    Abstract: Also included is a handwritten notebook, containing Josephthal's memories of August 1916.
    Note: Available on microfilm. , German
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    Diaries of Julius Goldstein, (1891-1931)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 20 folders.
    Year of publication: 1891-1931
    Keywords: College teachers. ; Families ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Diaries ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: Julius Goldstein was a conscious keeper of diaries and the collection includes an almost complete set of diaries and appointment books from 1891 until his death in 1929. Julius Goldstein's diaries discuss themes such as family life in early twentieth century Germany, political events, and the rising inflation after World War I. Included in diary entries is information on Julius Goldstein's trips, lectures, the health of his family members, and his children. Two topics touched on in the diaries are deserving of special mention: Goldstein's notes on a meeting with the philosopher Henri Bergson in 1912 and the diaries from the war years, running from the naïve enthusiasm of August 1914 to the deep disillusionment of November 1918.
    Description / Table of Contents: MM 106
    Description / Table of Contents: 1. Diaries, 1891
    Description / Table of Contents: 2. Diaries, 1892
    Description / Table of Contents: 3. Diaries, 1893
    Description / Table of Contents: 4. Diaries, 1894
    Description / Table of Contents: 5. Diaries, 1895-1897
    Description / Table of Contents: 6. Diaries, 1898/99
    Description / Table of Contents: 7. Diaries, 1900/01
    Description / Table of Contents: 8. Diaries, 1902
    Description / Table of Contents: 9. Diaries, 1903
    Description / Table of Contents: 10. Diaries, 1903-1905
    Description / Table of Contents: 11. Diaries, 1906/07
    Description / Table of Contents: 12. Diaries, 1907-1931
    Description / Table of Contents: 13. Diaries, 1915/16
    Description / Table of Contents: 14. Notes
    Description / Table of Contents: 15. Diaries, 1916-1918
    Description / Table of Contents: MM 107
    Description / Table of Contents: 16. Diaries, 1916-1917
    Description / Table of Contents: 17. USA Diary, 1923
    Description / Table of Contents: 18. Diaries, 1922-1926
    Description / Table of Contents: 19. Diaries, 1907-1912
    Description / Table of Contents: 20. Grete's Tagebuch, 1899-1905
    Note: German
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