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    Visit to a Viennese cemetery / (2004)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 15 + 89 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2004
    Former Title: Delusions and denials: Viennese life under the Nazis / Visit to a Viennese cemetery.
    Keywords: Fireside, Harvey, ; Feuerzeug family. ; Zelman, Leon, ; Zentralfriedhof (Vienna, Austria) ; Antisemitism. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Nazis. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: "Visit to a Viennese Cemetery" is a personal reflection about Fireside's first trip back to Austria since his arrival in the USA. It was organised by the "Jewish Welcome Service" in September 2000. This trip brings forgotten memories back to life, questioning the role of Austrians in the Holocaust, and their denial afterwards. The author describes the trip, first days of sightseeing and conversations of his fellow travellers. On the last day, the group went to Zentralfreidhof, the main cemetery in Vienna.
    Abstract: The memoir "Delusions and Denials: Viennese Life under the Nazis" starts with a description of the author's family and an essay-like reflection about Austria and its role and engagement with Nazism, and soon turns to the author's own childhood in Vienna, presenting his personal memories in context of the political situation in the 1930s. In the main part of the memoir, Fireside talks at length about the immediate events leading to the "Anschluss", followed by its consecutive years, still being in Vienna. "Kristallnacht", the pogrom in November of 1938, is dealt with in detail, over 15 pages. Until their escape in April 1940, Fireside describes plenty incidents of humiliations and persecution, the process of getting affidavits for the USA, and finally his family boarding a ship in Italy and their arrival in the USA.
    Description / Table of Contents: Visit to a Viennese cemetery
    Description / Table of Contents: Delusions and denials: Viennese life under the Nazis
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    Erika's Tagebuch : [von 1937 ... bis April 1943] (2003)
    [Jerusalem] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 44 + 42 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated +
    Additional Material: addenda
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Löbl, Friedl, ; Löbl, Sally, ; Löbl, Werner, ; Samson, Dorothee. ; Samson, Richard. ; Bunce Court School. ; Antisemitism. ; Children. ; Education, Primary 1933-1945. ; Education, Secondary 1933-1945. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Friendship. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Women authors. ; Augsburg (Germany) ; Bamberg (Germany) ; Kent (England) ; Quito (Ecuador) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Typed transcript of an originally handwritten diary, started in 1937 at age 13 in Bamberg, Bavaria till April 1943 at age 19 in Quito, Ecuador:
    Abstract: Description of cultural activities such as visits at the museum and concerts organized by “Juedischer Kulturbund”. Visits at her grandmother’s in Augsburg. Passion for cinema and sports. Participation at several sports festivals. Passover holidays in Thueringer Wald near Hamburg, where the family held a festive Seder together with the extended family. Visits at the synagogue. Friendship with Dorothee Samson (“Theechen”). Summer vacation in Altona and Blankenese. Private English lessons. Encrypted description of the terror of the “Kristallnacht”. Christmas and Chanukah celebration at her grandmother’s in Augsburg. First indication about the family’s fervent attempts to emigrate. Stay in Riessen at her friend Theechen. Private studies due their expulsion from the regular school system (1939). Bookbinding classes in order to prepare them for their emigration. Farewell from departing friends on their way to emigrate. Return to Bamberg. Difficulties in their emigration plans. Passover of 1939 and parallels to the time of the exile. Bar Mitzvah of her brother Werner in May of 1939. First expression of the family’s increasing despair regarding their emigration. In June of 1939 their fervent prayers were answered and Erika and her brother Werner were able to emigrate to England, where they attended the “Bunce Court School” in Kent.
    Abstract: Declaration of war in September of 1939. Worries about their parent’s fate. Internment of their male teachers and older classmates in 1940. Ceasing to speak in German. Evacuation and move to Shropshire. News of their parent’s succeeded emigration to South America (Ecuador) via Russia and the United States. Erika and Werner passed their school examinations. Preparations for their journey to Ecuador in order to join their parents. In August of 1942 they started their journey and arrived in Quito in October of 1942. Life with their parents in Ecuador.
    Abstract: Also included are a short biographical abstract, New York, 1945; information about the Löbls’ business in Bamberg, ‘Elektro-Grosshandlung Hugo Löbl’; and a list of Erika’s friends and family.
    Description / Table of Contents: Erika's Tagebuch
    Description / Table of Contents: In's neue Leben
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    Vignettes from my early life : Remembered fifty+ years later (2003)
    Livonia, Michigan :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 146 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Bach family. ; Boehm family. ; Boehm, Gertrude, ; Boehm, Victor, ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Secondary 1933-1945. ; Jewish refugees. ; Jews Persecution. ; Emigration and immigration Nineteen thirties. ; Universities and colleges. ; Women Education. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Czechoslovakia. ; London (England) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration Nineteen forties. ; Uruguay. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written between 1998 and 2000. Description of family apartment house built by his grandfather in Mariahilferstrasse, Vienna’s 6th district. The family lived in the penthouse designed by the Viennese architect Ernst Plischke. The Boehm family was the owner of textile factories in Bohemia. They had a governess and a English language tutor. The family was one of the few in Vienna to own a car. Their mother Gertrude was a passionate driver, who participated in various Road Rallies. She was a university graduate and had earned a PhD in chemistry in 1921. Their father was a war veteran of World War One. Summer vacations in Italy and Czechoslovakia. They also spent a few summers in a rented villa in the outskirts of Vienna. On Christmas vacations the family went skiing in St. Anton. In 1935 Heinrich Boehm was enrolled in the “Theresianum”, an elite private school in Vienna. Plans to become a physicist with the encouragement of the author’s mother. In 1937 he contracted Legg-Perthes disease and was sent to a Sanatorium to recover. Private tutoring. Very first encounter with antisemitism at the sanatorium in February of 1938. Transfer back to Vienna. Recollections of the weeks leading up to Austria’s annexation by Nazi Germany in March of 1938. Life in Nazi Austria and preparations for their emigration. Conversion in order to assimilate better in their emigration. The family was able to leave the country in September of 1938 for Czechoslovakia. Henry’s sisters were placed to boarding schools in Great Britain with the help of their father’s uncle Frederick Bach, who resided in England. From Czechoslovakia they immigrated to Belgium, where Henry was enrolled in school again. In February of 1939 they left for Great Britain. Life of émigrés in London. Recollections of wartime England. Passport procedures and visa preparations.
    Abstract: Detailed description of the family’s departure from Great Britain to the United States via Rio de Janeiro and Montevideo on board of the “Andalusia Star” in 1941. The “Andalusia Star” was sunk a few months after their arrival in the United States. Recollections of their stay in Brazil and Uruguay. Detailed description of the German submarine war. Arrival in New York on April 7th 1941, where the family was reunited with their father.
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    Sehr geehrte Herren!. (2003)
    Wien :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 11 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 2003
    Former Title: Untitled
    Keywords: Haber family. ; Uri family. ; Uri, Max, ; Haganah (Organization) ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Secondary ; Jews Persecution 1938-1945. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Kindertransports (Rescue operations) ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written as a letter in January of 2003. The author's grandfather was a producer of military uniforms during World War One. Max Uri attended 4 years of the Gymnasium and 4 years of business school (Handelsschule). He came from an orthodox Jewish family. Recollections of his school years and rising national socialism among his fellow students. Max was only one of 8 Jews in his class of 50 students. Memories of the author’s years at the Gymnasium, where he frequently encountered anti-Semitism due to his orthodox upbringing. Recollections of the terrors of the Kristallnacht in November of 1938, when he was arrested and beaten and only narrowly escaped transportation to Dachau concentration camp. His family managed to get the children out of the country. His sisters were sent as domestic help and his younger brother with a Kindertransport to England. Max managed to be accepted for an agricultural school in Palestine. He enrolled in the “Haganah” and became an officer. In 1941 he got married to Fritzi Haber. Their son was born in 1942. Max Uri participated in the war efforts of the Jewish Brigade and the British army during World War Two. Difficulties to establish a household in Palestine. Move to Vienna together with his family and his in-laws. Decision to leave for the United States, where Max Uri lived with his family for 10 years. He came back to Vienna to take over his father in law’s furrier business.
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    One child's lonely passage to freedom, (2003)
    New York, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 12 pages + 4 pages : , typed manuscript, copies.
    Year of publication: 2003
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Pogroms. ; Emigration and immigration ; Kindertransports (Rescue operations) ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A short memoir that mixes personal experiences with historical facts, e.g. about Kristallnacht and the Kindertransport. Experiences made during Kristallnacht are described, followed by the ride on the Kindertransport, and Mr. Rosenbaum's arrival in Britain. He then describes the effects on him of being separated from his family, his difficulties in adapting to new circumstances in his life, mainly because of him not knowing English. Includes resume which is full of awards and affiliations.
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    Die Entziehung juedischen Vermoegens im Rahmen der "Aktion Gildemeester" : eine empirische Studie ueber Organisation, Form und Wandel von "Arisierung" und juedischer Auswanderung in Oesterreich 1938-1941. (2002)
    Vienna :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 470 pages.
    Year of publication: 2002
    Keywords: Fürnberg, Hermann. ; Aktion Gildemeester. ; Zentralstelle für Jüdische Auswanderung. ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish refugees ; Jews History. ; Jews Persecution. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jews Migrations 1933-1945. ; Manuscripts.
    Note: Also available online at http://www.historikerkommission.gv.at/pdf/INTEGILDEMEESTER.pdf. , See also Hermann Fuernberg Collection (AR 7194) , German
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    Holocaust and redemption. (2002)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 17 + 56 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2002
    Keywords: Grese, Irma ; Treuer family ; Treuer, Fritz, ; Treuer, Mia (née Weil) ; Antisemitism. ; Kindertransports (Rescue operations) ; Emigration and immigration Nineteen thirties. ; Families ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; England. ; United States. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: In the first chapter, “Holocaust and I”, Robert Treuer describes his youth in Vienna/Austria, how he grew up and how the anti-Semitism became more and more apparent in Austria. After the Anschluss, his father decided for him and his mother to leave the country. They emigrated to England where his mother worked as a housekeeper. Robert Treuer was separated from his mother, because the employer did not want another child in the house. His father was still in Austria. After being abused at school, his uncle took him away and brought him to a nearby tent camp in London. After a while, his father got the chance to escape from Austria and came to England as well. Although Robert Treuer’s father wrote letters to many countries to immigrate, only the United States allowed them to enter. Together with his parents he immigrated to the United States on February 9, 1939. In the second chapter, “Redemption. Searching for Trude and Irma”, Robert Treuer returned for a trip to Germany with two of his children and visited some of the concentration camps. During his stay in Germany, all the memories of the cruelty of the Nazi regime came back. He also talks about his cousin Erika and her family in Vienna and Hohenau. She was sent to England with the Kindertransport and never saw any member of his family again.
    Abstract: Also included are Robert Treuer's questionnaire with the Austrian Heritage Collection and a curriculum vitae.
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    A Walk Through My Life : An attempt to remember (1995-2002)
    Hanover, NH,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 217 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1995-2002
    Keywords: Landmann family. ; Landmann, Siegfried. ; Hecht, Alfred. ; Rahn, Max. ; Kunreuther, Richard. ; Ollesheimer, Henry. ; Landmann, Frederick E., ; United States. ; Antisemitism. ; Brewing industry. ; Business travel ; Christmas. ; Emigration and immigration 1871-1933. ; Jewish families 1880-1917. ; Jews Persecutions 1933-1945. ; National socialism. ; Nuremberg Trial of Major German War Criminals, Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-1946. ; Translators. ; Universities and colleges. ; World War, 1914-1918 Prisoners and prisons. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Germany. ; New York (N.Y.) ; Russia. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir "A Walk Through My Life" is divided into three parts. The first section is entitled "From Birth through World War I to World War 2", part two is called "World War 2", and part three "The Years from 1946-2002". At the end is a short section - "Memorial" - which gives room to his family to honour the legacy of their grandfather and father after his death, with additional prayer texts and songs. After an introduction to the family brewing business, the memoir covers Frederick Landmann's years of education and apprenticeship, then his business travel for the family brewing supplies business to the Far East. He describes the rise of Hitler in Germany and all the obstacles and persecution this brought to his family, leading to his flight from the country in 1938. The memoir then describes New York during World War 2, and Mr. Landmann's efforts to secure his living, then talks about his time at the US Army and the War crime trials at Nuremberg. Back in the USA, he rejoins his family and continues his career in the brewing industry.
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    "... und half mir mit Gottes Hilfe selbst" : ein Lebensbericht von Erna Huth (2001)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 69 pages : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Böhm, Agnes. ; Böhm, Alexander. ; Neumann, Erna. ; Antisemitism. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Life in hiding. ; Intermarriage. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecutions 1933-1945. ; Journalists. ; Secretaries. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Litzmannstadt-Getto (Łódź, Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs of Erna Huth were recorded by her nephew Michael Weber in 1993. Childhood in an assimilated Jewish family. Erna Huth's father was an architect who made his living as a journalist and writer. Recollections of Christmas celebrations. Erna graduated from Lyceum (high school) in 1911. Her plans to continue her studies were not granted. She started to work in her father's publishing company. Death of her mother in 1928. Nazi-takeover in Germany in 1933. Sudden dismissal from her position as a secretary due to her Jewish heritage. Increasing discrimination by former colleagues and acquaintances. Difficulties of her father to continue his profession as a journalist and editor. Emigration of her younger brothers Gerhard and Georg. Attempts to obtain exit permits for the United States and England, which only arrived after the beginning of the war. Erna and her sister Agnes were stuck in Berlin together with their father. Erna started to work at the Jewish welfare and youth department of the Jewish community. Position at an insurance company. Increased anti-Jewish regulations and the constraint to wear the yellow star. Erna's sister Agnes worked as a housekeeper at a Jewish family. Marriage of Agnes with the considerably older Alexander Boehm in 1941. Deportation of Agnes and Alexander Boehm to the Ghetto of Lodz. Diminishment of Erna's friends and relatives, who either emigrated or were subject to deportation. Support of her superior. Life in hiding. Refuge at houses of friends. Constant fear of discovery. Difficulties to obtain food stamps. Position as a nurse for an elderly lady provided her with a new identity and a place to stay. End of the war and liberation. Reunion with her relatives.
    Abstract: Addendum: Reflections by Michael Weber, Documents, Letters, Historic Chronology, Family Tree, Bibliography
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    Lecture given at the Goethe Institut San Francisco. (2001)
    San Francisco :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 17 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Rathenau, Walther, ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Education, Secondary. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Women authors. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Heidelberg (Germany) ; Paris (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The lecture was held at the Goethe Institute in San Francisco. Description of life in Berlin in the 1920s. Childhood in an assimilated well-to-do Jewish family the Weimar Republic. Her father was a lawyer and editor of the "Vossische Zeitung", who had his office in the front part of the apartment. Her mother a devoted singer who performed occasionally at the "Singakademie". Recollections of Sunday morning walks and visits to the museum at the center of the town. Earliest memories of food shortages during World War One. Private lessons in the aftermath of the war. Summer vacations in the German and Swiss Alps. Birth of her younger brother in 1921. Visits at her grandparents together with her older sister Irene. Memories of Christmas celebrations with family gatherings. Celebration of the Jewish holidays with her maternal grandparents, who were devoted orthodox Jews. Recollection of the assassination of Walter Rathenau in 1922, which made her aware of the undercurrent antisemitism. Her father became an active member of the Democratic party and was elected alderman (Stadtrat) of the city of Berlin in 1928. Description of the vibrating cultural life of Berlin. Eleanor attended the Auguste Viktoria Realgymnasium, an all-girls school preparing for university. Recollection of teachers and schoolmates. Theater and concerts. Private dance classes. Summer vacation in England to improve her English skills in 1931. Eleanor passed her final exams in 1932 and started to study medicine at the university in Heidelberg. Rising antisemitism and political unrest. With Hitler becoming Chancellor of Germany in 1933 Jewish students were soon expelled from university. Soon thereafter Eleanor left Germany for Paris.
    Note: See also "Eleanor Alexander Collection" (AR 6414), and four other memoirs by Eleanor Alexander: ME 995, Me 1071, Me 1107, Me 1113 , English , Synopsis in file
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    Fragmente : Erinnerungen von 1942-1948. (2001)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 1 + 13 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Chemists. ; Education, Secondary 1933-1945. ; Intermarriage. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Women Employment. ; Buenos Aires (Argentina) ; Argentina Emigration and immigration. ; Celle (Germany) ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs concentrate on the years between 1942-1948. The author moved with his mother from Prague to Celle. Difficult situation due to his mixed heritage. His father had served in the Austrio-Hungarian army during World War One. Fragments and recollections of his school years in Nazi-Germany. He was expelled from "Oberrealschule" due to his "half-Jewish" descent. Experiences of antisemitism among fellow students and partial support by his teachers. Private English lessons. His mother worked as a chemist. Recollections of air raids. Liberation by the English and American army in 1945. Description of life in Germany in the aftermath of World War II. His mother got a position with the English military goverment. Brief courtship. Emigration to Argentina in 1948.
    Abstract: Also avaialble is a questionnaire with the Austrian Heritage Collection.
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    Under Swastika and the French flag. (2001)
    Croton on Hudson, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 94 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Scherzer, Samson. ; Scherzer family. ; Juris family. ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Hitler-Jugend. ; Antisemitism. ; Anti-Jewish boycotts. ; Jewelers. ; Bar mitzvah. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Judaism Liturgy. ; Jews Persecutions. ; Jews Social life and customs. ; National socialism. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Elbląg (Poland) ; France. ; Poland. ; Palestine. ; Paris (France) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were originally written for the Harvard University competition in 1940 and were translated by the author in 2001. Reflections on his childhood in Germany and Austria. His parents were both from Poland. They moved to Vienna in 1921, where his father opened a haberdashery store in the Second district (Leopoldstadt). Otto attended primary school in Czerningasse. Birth of his sister Cecile in 1924. After his failing business endeavors his father decided to move back to Germany, where the family opened a department store in Elbing, East Prussia. Otto attended Gymnasium, where he was one of only two Jewish students in his class. Growing Nazi movement among students. Summer vacations on the Baltic Sea. Private piano lessons. Hitler’s rise in Germany and life under National Socialism. Bar mitzvah in 1933. Anti-Jewish boycotts. His father fled to Vienna in order to escape a rounding up of Jews. The family followed soon after to Austria. Otto attended Gymnasium in the Zirkusgasse and started to work as a tutor. Member of a youth group and hiking tours in the mountains. Recollections of the Anschluss in 1938. Fervent attempts to obtain an exit visa for the United States, where they had a relative in New York. Description of discriminations and frequent attacks on Jewish friends and relatives in the weeks after the Anschluss. Otto was picked up by Nazi stormtroops. He was forced to hold up an anti-Jewish sign and was walked up and down, receiving beatings and spittings in front of a jeering crowd. Detailed account of the atmosphere within the Jewish population. The Gymnasium Zirkusgasse was transferred into a Jewish school. Frequent attacks of Hitler Youths on the students. Preparations for the “Matura” despite the turmoil. In June of 1938 his father was arrested and sent to Dachau concentration camp. After passing the final exams, Otto planned on leaving the country illegally, since he was subject to the Polish quota for the United States with
    Abstract: little prospect of getting a permit. Constant danger of arrest for Jewish males in Vienna. He received a visa for France from relatives and left for Paris. Difficult beginnings and detailed account of the life of a refugee. Application for his visa to the United States. His girlfriend Rika joined him in Paris before she left for her agricultural training in Palestine. His mother and sister in Vienna received their exit permits and left for New York. Otto’s father was released from Buchenwald shortly after and joined his wife and daughter in the United States in April of 1939. Difficulties at the American consulate in Paris concerning his visa. Otto arrived in New York in July of 1939, five weeks before the outbreak of World War II. Description of his life in the United States. He trained to become a jeweler and got married in 1944. He lived with his wife and two daughters in Queens.
    Abstract: The memoirs were originally written for the Harvard University competition in 1940 and were translated by the author in 2001. Reflections on his childhood in Germany and Austria. His parents were both from Poland. They moved to Vienna in 1921, where his father opened a haberdashery store in the Second district (Leopoldstadt). Otto attended primary school in Czerningasse. Birth of his sister Cecile in 1924. After his failing business endeavors his father decided to move back to Germany, where the family opened a department store in Elbing, East Prussia. Otto attended Gymnasium, where he was one of only two Jewish students in his class. Growing Nazi movement among students. Summer vacations on the Baltic Sea. Private piano lessons. Hitler’s rise in Germany and life under National Socialism. Bar mitzvah in 1933. Anti-Jewish boycotts. His father fled to Vienna in order to escape a rounding up of Jews. The family followed soon after to Austria. Otto attended Gymnasium in the Zirkusgasse and started to work as a tutor. Member of a youth group and hiking tours in the mountains. Recollections of the Anschluss in 1938. Fervent attempts to obtain an exit visa for the United States, where they had a relative in New York. Description of discriminations and frequent attacks on Jewish friends and relatives in the weeks after the Anschluss. Otto was picked up by Nazi stormtroops. He was forced to hold up an anti-Jewish sign and was walked up and down, receiving beatings and spittings in front of a jeering crowd. Detailed account of the atmosphere within the Jewish population. The Gymnasium Zirkusgasse was transferred into a Jewish school. Frequent attacks of Hitler Youths on the students. Preparations for the “Matura” despite the turmoil.
    Abstract: In June of 1938 his father was arrested and sent to Dachau concentration camp. After passing the final exams, Otto planned on leaving the country illegally, since he was subject to the Polish quota for the United States with little prospect of getting a permit. Constant danger of arrest for Jewish males in Vienna. He received a visa for France from relatives and left for Paris. Difficult beginnings and detailed account of the life of a refugee. Application for his visa to the United States. His girlfriend Rika joined him in Paris before she left for her agricultural training in Palestine. His mother and sister in Vienna received their exit permits and left for New York. Otto’s father was released from Buchenwald shortly after and joined his wife and daughter in the United States in April of 1939. Difficulties at the American consulate in Paris concerning his visa. Otto arrived in New York in July of 1939, five weeks before the outbreak of World War II. Description of his life in the United States. He trained to become a jeweler and got married in 1944. He lived with his wife and two daughters in Queens.
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    The great errand / (2001)
    Kailua Kona :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 120 pages : , bound typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Fascism ; Neo-Nazis Fiction. ; Germany History 1945-1955. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Revisionist history novel:
    Abstract: Description of post-war Germany from the viewpoint of a German, Fritz Meyer, who was a member of a local Nazi Youth organization in Sonneborn. He fought as a soldier and fell into the hands of the English in Northern France. He was taken to Canada as a prisoner of war. He escaped the camp and found refuge at a German family. Description of erotic encounters. Reflection on Nazi ideology. At the request of the family he returns to Germany for something subscribed as "the great errand", taking up the identity of a former American G.I. Desolation of post-war Germany. Confrontation with British emigre soldiers. Identifying with the anger of his German countrymen. Reflection on the Bible and the denial of the Jewish roots of Christianity. Creating an underground network of conspiracy with former Nazi leaders and high members of the Catholic church in order to continue the ideals of Nazism. Donations from secret supporters abroad. Connections with the political leaders in the newly established German Republic.
    Abstract: Story of a Jewish emigre Bruno, who enrolled at university in his forties and was confronted with right-wing professors. Outstanding success despite of the difficulties he faced. Position as a history professor in Montana. Encounters with antisemitism. Return to his birth place in Sonneborn, Germany. Confrontation with the Neo Nazi network of Fritz Meyer and challenging his views.
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    The day Frau Svoboda played god / A Hole In The Ground. (2001)
    Palm Beach, FL :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 9 + 4 , typecripts, copies.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The first memoir deals with the changes that occurred in the relationships between Jews and non-Jews in Austria after the "Anschluss". The second memoir, "A Hole In The Ground", covers the time of emigration.
    Abstract: The first memoir deals with the changes that occurred in the relationships between Jews and non-Jews in Austria after "Anschluss". The second memoir, "A Hole In The Ground", covers the time of emigration.
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    Christians and Jews in Pomerania 1815-1914 : the mobilisation of antisemitic prejudice in rural communities (2001)
    Burgess Hill, West Sussex :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 141 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Henrici, Ernst, ; Antisemitism. ; Jews 19th century. ; Szczecinek (Poland) ; Pomerania (Poland and Germany) ; Pomerania (Poland and Germany) Ethnic relations. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Doctoral thesis
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    My life story : [1931-1994]. (2001)
    Beverly Hills :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 49 , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Schaffa family. ; Great Britain. ; Education, Higher. ; Bar mitzvah. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish families. ; Theater. ; London (England) ; Czechoslovakia. ; England. ; New York (N.Y.) ; Chur (Switzerland) ; Mikulov (Jihomoravský kraj, Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs contain copies of photos and detailed family trees. Description of the authors childhood in Nikolsburg (Mikulov), a town in the Sudeten region of Czechoslovakia. History of Nikolsburg. Recollections of cultural events and the celebration of religious holidays in the community. John's father Julius Schaffa worked in the restaurant of his father and was also a frequent performer at local theater plays. Description of domestic life. Birth of his brother Eric. In 1936 John Schaffa attended the German Primary School in Nikolsburg. Antisemitism due to the growing Nazi movement. German occupation of Sudetenland in 1938. Preparations to leave the country. Emigration to England via Lundenburg, Vienna and Holland in 1939. Arrival in London in August 1939, where the family was welcomed by the Jewish Refugee Committee. Declaration of World War II. John continued his schooling in England. His father joined the Czech Army Brigade and became a soldier in the war. Evacuation to Edmond Castle in the village of Hayton, in Cumberland. Continued education at the Czechoslovak State Secondary School at Hinton Hall near Whitchurch. John's mother and aunt got positions among the support staff at the school. Bar mitzvah celebration at the West Hempstead Synagogue in London. After the end of the war his father was released from the army and got a position as a chef in a London West End restaurant. After graduation John started a job in a bakery. The family was granted British Citizenship in 1949. John Schaffa decided to join the Royal Air Force and was stationed at the base in Henlow for two years. Resuming his career as a pastry chef. Position at the Confiserie Hirsch in Chur, Switzerland.
    Abstract: In 1961 he moved to New York. Continued education at City College with studies in psychology. Start of a new career in the mental health field. Marriage to Isabel, a Catholic from Puerto Rica in 1982. Birth of their daughter Cassandra in 1983. First visit to Czechoslovakia in 1989 with his family. Retirement and move to Florida.
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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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    The rise of Nazism before World War II : Memories of Germany (2001)
    Seattle, WA,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 52 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2001
    Keywords: Birnbaum, Hilde (née Merzbach), ; Merzbach family. ; Heim family. ; Seligmann, Caesar, ; Antisemitism. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jews Social life and customs. ; Jews Persecutions 1933-1945. ; Lawyers. ; Nazis. ; Socialism. ; Universities and colleges. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Women Employment. ; Women Political activity. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany) ; Germany History 1933-1945. ; Limburg an der Lahn (Germany) ; London (England) ; Palestine. ; Seattle (Wash.) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir is a transcript of an interview with Hilde Birnbaum from June to August of 1999, conducted by Judith Bendor in Seattle, Washington. Description of the Frankfurt Jewish community, where Hilde’s father was the leader of the Gemeinde. Hilde had private lessons in Hebrew with the rabbi Caesar Seligmann. Hilde reflects on the time leading up to the rise of Nazism in Germany. She was a law student and was already very aware of the dangers of National Socialism prior to 1933 due to her frequent travels abroad. In 1931 she worked in an internship at a law firm in London. After the overwhelming success of the Nazis at the elections she decided not to return to Germany, since she did not see a future for herself as a woman and a Jew. Her father convinced her to finish her studies in Germany. Continuation of studies in Freiburg and encounter with Nazi student groups as a member of the social-democratic student faction. Graduation and Referendar position in Limburg in 1932. In March of 1933 she left Germany with her sister Edith for England, being warned by colleagues at court of the anti-Jewish boycot. They crossed the Dutch border and waited for invitations from relatives in London in order to get an entry permit for England. They were warmly received by the Heim family and settled in London. Difficulties of finding work. Hilde was introduced to influential British journalists and politicians, who disregarded her concerns of the possible dangers of Nazi Germany.
    Abstract: The following years she travelled frequently to Germany to convince her parents and friends to leave the country, until she was declared an enemy of the Reich and lost her German citizenship. Her mother started preparations to leave without the knowledge of her husband. Observations about life in Nazi Germany. Trip to Palestine in 1936. In 1938, only weeks before “Kristallnacht”, Hilde’s parents joined her in London, before they went to the United States. Her sister Edith had already left with her husband for Seattle in 1936. Preperations for Hilde’s emigration to the United States. She arrived in Seattle in the winter of 1938.
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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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    How we survived : Chronicles of our families. (2000)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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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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    A tale of three continents. (2000)
    Netanya :[publisher not identified],
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    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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    La Partida (The Departure) / (2000)
    Tel-Aviv :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 42 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 2000
    Keywords: Wohlmuth family. ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish families ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; Zionism. ; Argentina Emigration and immigration Nineteen thirties. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: English translation of Tony Wohlmuth's memoir "La Partida" by John Grossmann
    Abstract: This book is based on Tony Wohlmuth's experiences during the increasing anti-Semitism in Germany and her father’s healthy premonition of danger to leave the country as soon as possible. In 1937 the whole family were allowed to enter Argentina where they tried to build a new life. Inspired by her father’s education she supported the “Theodor Herzl group” and the “Zionist movement” and helped to train people who wanted to immigrate to Palestine living in a Kibbutz.
    Abstract: In another part of the book Tony Wohlmuth introduces into the genealogy of her family and describes also the feelings for her relatives.
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    Toni Ehrlich's diaries, (1906-1996)
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    Pages: 1.5 linear ft. (3 boxes) : , 29 handwritten notebooks +
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    Year of publication: 1906-1996
    Keywords: Goldschmidt, Flora (née Rother), ; Goldschmidt, Grete, ; Goldschmidt, Siegfried, ; Rosenow, Grete. ; Antisemitism. ; Children. ; Education, Higher. ; Education. ; Families 19th century. ; Jews Social life and customs 1871-1918. ; Sports. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Diaries ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: The diaries of Toni Ehrlich – 29 handwritten notebooks – document her life on an almost day to day basis, beginning on April 1, 1906 and ending with a single word (“Lo”, meaning “no” in Hebrew) on October 21, 1969. Her thoughts and observations concentrate mostly on matters and issues of art and culture, as well as – to a lesser degree – current events. Private matters, including life changing ones - like her husband’s death -, are mentioned on the side, if at all. The original diaries in old German handwriting are accompanied by detailed summaries in English and a list of names, provided by Irene Miller.
    Description / Table of Contents: Toni Ehrlich's diaries [29 volumes in Boxes ]: continuous from April 1, 1906 to August 27, 1969
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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
    Description / Table of Contents: In U.S.A.
    Description / Table of Contents: 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.
    Description / Table of Contents: MM2 reel 23: parts 1-4
    Description / Table of Contents: MM2 reel 24: parts 5-6
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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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    Erlebnisse als juedischer Arzt und Sozialist in Deutschland / (1979-1984)
    [Amherst] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 84 + 27 + 26 + 5 + 6 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1979-1984
    Former Title: Erlebnisse als Jude in Deutschland
    Keywords: Buchenwald (Concentration camp) ; Verein Sozialistischer Ärzte (Germany) ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish physicians. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Socialists. ; Bolivia Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) ; La Paz (Bolivia) ; Leipzig (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Describes Jewish life in Leipzig and anti-Semitism before 1933; description of Blumberg's activities in the "Verein Sozialistischer Aerzte," his attempts to regain his permission to practice after 1933, experiences in Buchenwald.
    Abstract: Various postscripts describe chapters and experiences in the author’s life, such as “Meine Jugend in Deutschland 1895-1914”; “[unser Leben in Charobamba]”; and others
    Abstract: Also available are copies of documents and newspaper clippings on physicians in Nazi Germany.
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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.
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    Dr. Fritz L. Brassloff : Interview: 12.10.1984, Pension Nossek, Wien (1984)
    Wien :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 1 + 7 + 46 + 3 , typescripts.
    Year of publication: 1984
    Former Title: Interview with Friedrich L. Brassloff
    Keywords: Steinitz, Heinrich. ; Republikanischer Schutzbund. ; Sozialistische Partei Österreichs. ; Universität Wien. ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish lawyers. ; Austria History Socialist Uprising, 1934. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The bulk of the manuscript consists of a transcribed interview with Friedrich L. Brassloff, touching on his secondary education; his studies at the university in Vienna and the political atmosphere among students; his political engagement with the Social Democratic Party; and his internship in the law practice of Heinrich Steinitz.
    Abstract: Also included are a biographical abstract about F.L. Brassloff, as well as his own autobiographical fragment, "Herzlich unwillkommen."
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    Briefe an Mirjam und Raphael : Rueckkehr und Heimkehr (1983)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 105 , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1983
    Keywords: Chaimowicz, Doris. ; Chaimowicz, Rosemarie. ; Habsburg, House of. ; Habsburg, Otto von, ; Schuschnigg, Kurt von, ; Antisemitism. ; College teachers. ; Education, Higher. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish converts. ; Austria History 1867-1918. ; Birmingham (Ala.) ; Bogotá (Colombia) ; Columbia Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Kryvichy (Belarus) ; Salzburg (Austria) ; Tyrol (Austria) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir by Thomas Chaimowicz including information on his grandparents from Galicia and the Bukovina, on life in Vienna before and after 1938, on his emigration to Columbia, on his life in Bogota and his medical studies there, on his studies in Birmingham (Alabama) and in Vienna, on his move to Tyrol, and on his two marriages, and thoughts on his Jewish identity and his admiration for the Austrian monarchy.
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    Unsere Vergangenheit, unsere Zukunft : Erinnerungen (1983)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 330 + 27 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1983
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Communists. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish families. ; Marriage. ; Psychologists. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Women Employment. ; Women Political activity. ; Bern (Switzerland) ; Germany (East) ; Oslo (Norway) ; Palestine. ; Paris (France) ; Sigtuna (Sweden) ; Sweden. ; Wuppertal (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Reflections on anti-Semitism; voyage to Palestine in 1933; attempt to wed on ship to Palestine; life on a kibbutz; conversations with Beatrice and Arnold Zweig; recollections of Rabbi Norden of Wuppertal; relationship to Judaism and path to atheism; friendship during study in Bern after 1933; study at University of Bern; life as a communist emigrée in Switzerland; first wedding Gabriel Ersler; three months in Davos; death of father; move to Paris without husband; how the author learned various foreign languages; foreign study in the GDR; life in Paris; arrival of husband in Paris; suicide of brother following Kristallnacht; emigration of husband to Norway; attempts to leave France; activity in Freie Deutsche Jugend (FDJ) in Paris; activity of Egon Erwin Kisch in Paris; political activity in Paris; story of how the author became a communist; outbreak of World War II and correspondance with husband; emigration to Norway; study at University of Oslo; friendships in Oslo; flight to Sweden with husband and other communists; internment camp Lokabrun in Sweden; release and settlement in Sigtuna, Sweden; deportation of mother to Theresienstadt; birth of son; move to Stockholm; friends in the Swedish communist party; work as psychiatrist; birth of daughter; end of war; family life; work in hospital in Stockholm; return to Germany; recollections of grandparents; work in hospitals in Berlin and Potsdam; visit to Wuppertal and Elberfeld in 1955; doctorate in psychology; birth of third child; divorce from husband; work as teacher of psychology in Berlin.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned:
    Abstract: Berendsohn, Walter; Cachin, Marcel; Dattan, Erika; Dattan, Otto; Ersler, Gabriel; Ewert, Arthur; Ewert, Minna; Fleischhacker, Else; Fleischhacker, Fanny; Fleischhacker, Hugo; Fleischhacker, Liebmann; Fleischhacker, Max; Groeger, Hermine; Groeger, Joseph; Hirsch, Emil; Hirsch, Hedwig; Katzenstein, Klotilde; Katzenstein, Ursel; Kisch, Egon Erwin; Lambert, Leo; Lechtmann, Tonia; Levy, Gustav; Levy, Lene; Linderot, Gerda; Linderot, Sven; Matern, Hermann; Matern, Jenny; Muehlingshaus, Auguste; Norden, Albert; Obermann, Karl; Ritscher, Golda; Rosenfeld, Hilde; Rosenthal, Rosalie; Seydewitz, Max; Sternhell, Heinrich; Svensson, Vallborg; Zuckermann, Leo; Zweig, Arnold; Zweig, Beatrice;.
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    Fifty years after Hitler's rise : [1933-1983]. (1982)
    Campbell, California :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 30 pages (double space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1982
    Keywords: California Institute of Technology. ; Antisemitism. ; Biologists. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Judges ; Quakers. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Leipzig (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Antisemitism in school; university studies; emigration; last visit to Germany in 1937; work at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena; joined the Quakers in USA; father immigrated to USA; fate of family members during Holocaust.
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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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    Tolle Jahre : Lebenserinnerungen (Teile III, VI). (1971-1981)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 83 + 55 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1971-1981
    Keywords: Sternberger family. ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher 1870-1918. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jewish refugees ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Orthodox Judaism ; Textile industry. ; Tobacco industry. ; Zionism and Judaism. ; Israel. ; Munich (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration. ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Merchants
    Abstract: Childhood in Munich; soldier in World War I; orthodox Jewish milieu in Munich; mostly anecdotal account of his life in Munich and Israel.
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 3: 'Was habe ich verkehrt gemacht?'
    Description / Table of Contents: Part 6: 'Geschichterln, nicht Geschichten'
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    Theodor Fontane : The philosemitic antisemite. (1981)
    [London] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 23 pages : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1981
    Keywords: Fontane, Theodor, ; Antisemitism. ; Authors, German Biography. 19th century ; German literature. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Exploration and explantion of anti-Semitism in the life and writings of Theodor Fontane.
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    Der eiserne Steg : Ein Beitrag zum Haus der Diaspora in Tel Aviv (1980)
    Hod Hasharon, Israel,
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    Language: German
    Pages: 237 pages (single space) : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1980
    Keywords: Reis, Arthur. ; Blau-Weiss (Youth movement) ; Universität München. ; Antisemitism. ; Architects. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Furniture industry and trade. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Zionism. ; Chicago (Ill.) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Heilbronn (Germany) ; Munich (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; Tel Aviv (Israel) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir by Arthur Reis, written in 1980 in Hod Hasharon, Israel, including information on the history of Jews in Heilbronn reaching back to the Middle Ages, recollections of his childhood in an observant family in Heilbronn, of Jewish cultural and religious life in Heibronn before World War I, of the founding of the Orthodox congregation "Adass Jeschurun" in 1911, of his schooling in Heilbronn and Heidelberg, of his experiences in the Zionist youth organization "Blau-Weiss," of his studies in Stuttgart and Munich and his involvement in Orthodox and Zionist Jewish life there, of his encounters with anti-Semitism, of his emigration to Chicago and his return to Heilbronn, of his experiences in Nazi Germany, of his emigration to Palestine, and of life in Palestine.
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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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    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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    Deutschland zwischen Ost und West / (1954)
    London :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 15 + 2 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1954
    Keywords: Kartell-Convent der Verbindungen Deutscher Studenten Jüdischen Glaubens. ; Antisemitism. ; Cities and towns 1940-1950. ; Jews After 1945. ; Munich (Germany) ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; Ulm (Germany) ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: In a lecture at the exiled Jewish German fraternity K.C. (Kartell-Convent) in London, the author describes his impressions in the bombed cities of Munich, Frankfurt and others during a visit to Germany after WW II, in 1949.
    Abstract: Also included is short layout of the fraternity’s principles, which worked for the Jews’ full integration into German society.
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    Erinnerungen an meine Jugend : [1884-1931]. (1953)
    Ramat Gan :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 85 + 14 , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1953
    Keywords: Hildesheimer, Hirsch, ; Hildesheimer, Ezriel, ; Hildesheimer family. ; Hirsch family. ; Antisemitism. ; Children. ; College teachers. ; Jewish families Genealogy. ; Jewish physicians. ; Jews Social life and customs. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in 1953 in Ramat Gan, Israel. Part One describes an orthodox Jewish childhood in the late 19th century in Berlin, including recollections of her grandfather Esriel Hildesheimer, description of the extensive household with various relatives and maids. The author's father, Hirsch Hildesheimer, was member of associations such as the "Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden", "Ezra" and a literary society ("Juedische Geschichte und Literatur"). The family was known for their charity and was involved in relief programs for Russian pogrom refugees. Hirsch Hildesheimer was also active in the fight against antisemitism. Also contains detailed descriptions of the celebration of Shabbat and Jewish holidays in the Hildesheimer family.
    Abstract: Part Two was written after the death of Henriette Hirsch's husband in Israel. Description of Henriette's childhood in the large Hildesheimer houshold, which housed the rabbinic seminary and a synagogue established by her grandfather. Esriel Hildesheimer was the founder of the seperate congregation "Adass Jisroel". Her father Hirsch Hildesheimer was a professor of Jewish History in the rabbinic seminary and founder of the newspaper "Die Juedische Presse". He was a student of Theodor Mommsen at the University of Berlin. Description of the author's wealthy maternal family with her ancestors Salomon and Fanny Hirsch. Recollections of various maids, nannies, wetnurses and seamstresses in the Hildesheimer houshold. Reverence for the royal family in Imperial Germany. Theater visits and cultural life. Numerous guests and visitors of her father in the Hildesheimer household. Henriette's mother Therese Hildesheimer was a member of the "Hausfrauen Verein". Weekend outings and summer vacations in the seaside resort Heringsdorf. Summer holidays at the maternal Hirsch family near Eberswalde. After a few years at a private institute for girls Henriette was enrolled in a public school ("Hoehere Toechterschule"), where she experienced the feeling of being different due to her orthodox upbringing for the first time. Limited education options for girls at that time. Private piano lessons and attending "Religionsschule". Henriette persued her wish to become a teacher at the "Lehrerinnen Seminar", where she was the only Jewish student. Due to state regulations she was only allowed to teach private lessons. In 1907 she married her long-time fiance Remy Hirsch.
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    Es war einmal : Erinnerungen (1952)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 43 + 35 pages : , reprint; typescript.
    Year of publication: 1952
    Keywords: B'nai B'rith. ; Antisemitism. ; Banks and banking. ; Draft World War, 1914-1918. ; Education 1871-1918. ; Insurance agents. ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Germany History 1933-1945. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoirs ca. 1882-1952: Childhood in Stuttgart; schooling in Stuttgart, Frankfurt; apprenticeship at father's bank in Stuttgart; aprenticeship at stockbroker in London; work in Paris; mililtary service; takeover of father's banking business upon death of father in 1905; involvement in B'nai B'rith lodge of Stuttgart; World War I experiences on various fronts; marriage and family; activities in banking during 1920's and 1930's; emigration to New York 1937; experiences in New York finding work. (Original in German; English translation by Liane Gutman)
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned: Einstein, Albert; Gutmann, Alice; Gutmann, Moritz; Hollander, Hermann; Joseph, Adolf; Lehrberger, Berthold; Strauss, Lewis; Warburg, Max.
    Description / Table of Contents: Original German text
    Description / Table of Contents: English translation 'Once upon a time' by Liane Gutman
    Note: Available on microfilm , English and German , Synopsis in file
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    Aus meinem Leben mit Ernst Cassirer / : [1883-1948]. (1948-1950)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 332 , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1948-1950
    Keywords: Cassirer, Toni Bondy, ; Cassirer, Ernst, ; Rosmer, Ernst, ; Cohen, Hermann, ; Cassirer family ; Bondy, Julie, ; Bondy, Otto, ; Bondy family. ; Antisemitism. ; Friendship. ; Marriage. ; Philosophers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Universities and colleges. ; Women authors. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Great Britain. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of her marriage with Ernst Cassirer, his fight for a professorship in the "Kaiserreich" and his relationship to Hermann Cohen; anti-Semitic experiences in Weimar Germany; his time as the only Jewish rector of a German university; the various stages of emigration (includes photography of E. Cassirer, index and bibliography).
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synposis in file (written by Mirra Visson)
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