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  • Leo Baeck Institute New York  (26)
  • 1980-1984  (15)
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    Menschenjagd : [1942-1945]. (1946-2000)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 8 + 12 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1946-2000
    Keywords: Tepper, Elsa, ; Tepper, Minna. ; Tepper, Wilhelm, ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Salaspils (Concentration camp) ; Stutthof (Concentration camp) ; Forced labor. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Holocaust survivors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Women authors. ; Lauenburg (Germany) ; Rīga (Latvia) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written 1946 in Austria, shortly after her liberation. Minna recalls her deportation in February 1942. She was taken to Riga together with her parents and her husband. Her mother was killed upon their arrival. Her father and her husband were taken to Salaspils for forced labor, where the later perished. Minna, who was pregnant with her first child, was forced to undergo an abortion. She describes her experiences of Nazi sadism in the Ghetto of Riga, especially by the Ghetto commanders Krause and Roschmann. In 1943 Minna was taken for peat cutting labor to Olaine. In November 1943 Minna and her father were reunited at the concentration camp Kaiserwald near Riga. From there both were taken to Spilve - a labor camp at a German air base, which was under worse conditions than the first camp. They worked in the cold without appropriate shoes and in thin clothes. Due to the exhausting conditions Minna's father Wilhelm was getting weaker and eventually was deported to Auschwitz in April 1944. Minna was taken to Stutthof, which was overcrowded and in primitive conditions. They were taken to an exterior labor camp, where they had to build trenches for the German defense in the rain and cold. They suffered of constant hunger. In January 1945 the camp was dissolved and all sick and disabled were killed. They were marched under exhausting conditions in the snow and cold. For all missing women ten others were chosen randomly to be killed. After a week Minna was finally too exhausted to continue walking and stayed behind. The guard who was supposed to kill her fired the bullet over her head and left her for dead in the snow. She was rescued and brought to a house, where she was given food and a place to sleep. She was discovered by a German police officer, who was about to shoot her along with other Jewish fugitives. Minna was saved by her Viennese accent, which convinced him that she was a gentile woman.
    Abstract: She was taken to a mobile army hospital and treated for her frozen feet. In March 1945 Minna was liberated in Lauenburg, Prussia, where she was sent by German hospitals as an unidentified Jewish patient.
    Description / Table of Contents: Also included is Nini Ungar's questionnaire with the Austrian Heritage Collection, AHC 1536.
    Note: German , Synopsis in file
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    Meine Kinder!, (1942-1998)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 38 + 28 pages : , manuscript; typescript.
    Year of publication: 1942-1998
    Former Title: No title
    Keywords: Fischer, Erwin. ; Treu family. ; Laundry. ; Socialism. ; Women authors. ; England Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Germany History 1870-1918. ; Rheda (Harsewinkel, Germany) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Louise Fischer's life story written by her at the Aldersbrook Hospital in England in April of 1942. Also available is an English translation by by Erwin Fischer, 1998.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English translation , German , Synopsis in file
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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
    Note: Available on microfilm , English with German and Chinese , Synopsis in file
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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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    Studying psychology in turbulent times. (1984)
    London :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 7 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1984
    Keywords: Psychologists. ; Women authors. ; England Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Geneva (Switzerland) ; Brussels (Belgium) ; Paris (France) ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Autobiographical account of psychology studies in various place including Prague, Vienna, Paris, Geneva, Brussels and London, 1937-1940. She later practiced psychology in London.
    Abstract: Autobiographical account of psychology studies in various places including Prague, Vienna, Paris, Geneva, Brussels and London, 1937-1940. She later practiced psychology in London.
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    Haengt alles von der Beleuchtung ab... : (eine erzaehlte wahre Geschichte), (1982)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 153 + 219 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1982
    Keywords: Brecht, Bertolt, ; Eisler, Hanns, ; Finck, Werner, ; Mehring, Walter, ; Piscator, Erwin, ; Artists. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Set designers. ; Theater. ; Berlin (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Zurich (Switzerland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Father's work as a waiter and restaurant owner; refusal to organize Bar-Mitzvah celebration; escape from parents' home at age of 17; attendance of art school and apprenticeship as painter; setting designer at Piscator's theater; work with Bertold Brecht, Walter Mehring, Hanns Eisler, Werner Finck; artist milieu in Berlin around 1930; emigration to Austria in 1933 and Switzerland in 1934; work at the Zurich "Schauspielhaus"; has to leave Switzerland and emigrates to USA in 1938; as setting designer in New York show business; visit to Europe in 1949.
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    [Memoirs]. (1980)
    Jamaice, N.Y :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 3 + 51 + 93 + 4 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1980
    Keywords: Heilig family. ; Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) ; Interfaith marriage. ; Jews Persecution 1938-1945. ; Jewish refugees ; Women authors. ; Ljubljana (Slovenia) ; United States Emigration and immgiration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Autobiographical manuscript of Lisa De Curtis, born Heilig, of mixed Jewish and Christian parents. The family lived in Vienna and fled to Ljubljana, Slovenia, Yugoslavia, from where she was deported to Ravensbrueck. After liberation by the Red Army she joined her mother in Ljubljana again. She finally immigrated to the United States.
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    [My dear Dick]. (1980)
    Northampton :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 111 + 5 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1980
    Former Title: No title
    Keywords: Jewish refugees. ; Musicians. ; Violinists. ; Women authors. ; England Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Recollections circa 1907-1978 from her childhood, her life among musicians, and emigration.
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    [Erinnerungen von Valerie und Andrea Wolffenstein]. (1980)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 200 pages (double space) : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1980
    Keywords: Wolffenstein, Valerie, ; Children. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Friendship. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in fin-de-siecle Berlin; visits at mother's family in Vienna; main part on persecution under Nazi rule and assistance by non-Jewish friends.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Valerie bis 1945
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Andrea 1938-1945
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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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    [Mona Spiegel-Adolf's diaries], (1903-1971)
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    Pages: 3 notebooks.
    Year of publication: 1903-1971
    Keywords: Children. ; Diseases. ; Teenagers. ; Physicians ; Philadelphia (Pa.) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Description / Table of Contents: Diary 1: 1903-1905 (German)
    Description / Table of Contents: Diary 2: 1907-1908 (English)
    Description / Table of Contents: Diary 3 1936-1952, 1971 (English)
    Note: The diaries are also available in the Mona Spiegel-Adolf Collection, AR 5321 / folder 12. , German and English
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    About my family : [1892-1940]. (1969)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 33 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1969
    Keywords: Bach, family. ; Grunfeld family. ; Kary family. ; Hat trade. ; Internment of aliens. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Czechoslovakia. ; England. ; United States Emigration and immigration Nineteen forties. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written In 1969. Genealogy of the Boehm family, dating back to the 18th century. The author's great-grandparents came from Nikolsburg, Moravia, which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. They emigrated to the capital Vienna In 1840, where the widowed greet grandmother opened a business with raw materials, which later on was developed into a hat factory. Family history of the Bach and Grunfeld family. Description of domestic life and family activities, like Sunday “jours”. Description of gender difference in education end upbringing. Family apartment house in Vienna, Mariahilferstrasse. Summer vacations In the family country house In Baden. His brother Victor showed an early talent for technical studies, but was not able to attend university, because he was needed in the family business. He continued his studies privately. The author finished Handels•Akadomie and joined the family business as well. Recollections of the enthusiasm end patriotism In the first days after the declaration of the war In 1914. The author and his brother Victor proudly volunteered In the Austro-Hungarian Army. Description of the terrors of the war. End of the war and collapse of the empire. Inflation and difficulties to keep up their business. Difficulties in the exchange of goods between the family factories in Czechoslovakia and Vienna. Expanding business. Recollections of Anschluss to Nazi Germany in March of 1938. Immediate awareness of approaching dangers and concentrating efforts on liquidating business and getting family members out of the country. Difficulties in obtaining immigrations visas. The family dispersed in different countries.
    Abstract: The author and his brother Victor escaped with their families to Czechoslovakia in September of 1938, when the German troops were already occupying the northern parts of the country. They had to leave within a short time and obtained visas for Belgium with the help of their business friendFritz Feldheim, who had connections with the embassy. In January of 1939 they emigrated to England, where they successfully started a hat factory. In 1940 their status as “enemy aliens” became more and more restrictive, and they were informed about their possible internment in a camp on the Isle of Man. They sold their factory and with help of their American visas, which had arrived in the meantime, proceeded their immigration to the United States in June and July of 1940.
    Note: See also: ME 1349 , English
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    [Mauritius]. (1969)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 132 + 10 + 16 , typescript; illustrated; synopsis.
    Year of publication: 1969
    Former Title: Meine Auswanderung in die Zwangs-Internierung von Mauritius
    Keywords: Buchenwald (Concentration camp) ; Dachau (Concentration camp) ; Patria (Ship) ; Cyclones. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Internment of aliens. ; Jews Persecutions ; Zionism. ; Jews Persecutions ; Bratislava (Slovakia) ; Haifa (Israel) ; Mauritius. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Typed transcript of Hans Klein’s (aka Dr. A. Zwergbaum) diary from his internment to Mauritius and his sojourn at the island, 1940-1945. Also included are the transcript of an oral history interview with Hans Klein as well as photocopies of related drawings and photographs.
    Description / Table of Contents: Die Alijah von Bratislava nach Mauritius by Dr. A. Zwergbau
    Description / Table of Contents: Meine Auswanderung in die Zwangs-Internierung von Mauritius : Erlebnisse des Herrn Hans Klein waehrend der Herrschaft der Nationalsozialisten / Aufgenommen von W. Berent
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    [Memoirs]. (1969)
    Atlanta :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 377 pages : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1969
    Keywords: Wolf, Victoria, ; Children. ; Education, Higher. ; Industrialists. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Marriage. ; Merchants. ; Textile industry. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria Emigration and immigration 1936. ; Boston (Mass.) ; Heilbronn (Germany) ; Les Milles (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1941. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcripts of Alfred Wolf’s reading of his own autobiography, edited by his cousin, Dr. Julius Held:
    Abstract: Genealogy reaching back to 18th century; childhood and school years in Heilbronn; volunteering at the age of 17 for World War I; World War I - experiences; university studies; marriage to the writer Trudel Victor (= Victoria Wolff) whose novels were published by Paul Zsolnay; trips to many parts of Europe between 1924 and 1933; persecution under Nazi rule; humiliation of Wolf's children in school; emigration to Austria in 1936; employment in real estate business; move to France and internment in Les Milles and in Manosque; immigration and new beginnings in the USA.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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    [Account of his life to 1920]. (1968)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 236 + 118 pages : , handwritten manuscript; typescript +
    Additional Material: clippings
    Year of publication: 1968
    Keywords: Börner, Wilhelm, ; Courtship. ; Draft. ; Education, Higher. ; Intellectual life 20th century. ; Jewish families. ; Personal narratives. ; Textile industry. ; Textile schools. ; Voyages and travels. ; War wounds. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1914-1918 Prisoners and prisons, Russian. ; Austria History 1789-1900. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Liberec (Czech Republic) ; South America Description and travel. ; Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Manuscripts. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Arthur Wolf’s autobiography in English written during the last years of his life, based on his German diaries. The diaries are available as part of the Arthur Wolf papers, AR 25270.
    Abstract: Arthur Wolf mentions the sentencing of the writer and philosopher Wilhelm Börner for heresy in 1911 on page 54 of the original manuscript; clippings pertaining to this sentence are available in folder 2.
    Abstract: Also available is a typed transcript that was reviewed by Arthur’s nephew, Peter Wolf, but some words or names could not be deciphered. Arthur Wolf’s life and movements are marked in bold.
    Note: Manuscript has been microfilmed on MSF 66 and MSF 67. , English
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    Aus meinem Leben : [1885-1966]. (1966)
    Brno :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 183 + 19 , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1966
    Keywords: Country life. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jews Persecution. ; Jews History. ; Jews Education 1918-1938. ; Jewish families. ; Soldiers. ; World War, 1914-1918 Jews. ; Jewish engineers. ; Brno (Czech Republic) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Leipnik (Moravia); rural Jewish life in Moravia; domestic life; primary and secondary education; university study; military service in World War I; prisoner-of-war in Sibiria; work as engineer in inter-war Brno; persecution of Jews after occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939; imprisonment in various concentration camps 1942-1945; re-establishment of Brno Jewish community in 1945; Jewish life in post-war Czechoslovakia.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Allen Freunden : von Dr. Adolf Drucker zur Feier seines 90. Geburtstages. (1966)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 17 pages : , bound print.
    Year of publication: 1966
    Keywords: Poetry. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Festschrift on occasion of Adolf Drucker's 90th birthday containing some of his poems written since the 1930s, mostly about his life in emigration.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    The story of my life's joys and sorrows : 1831-1910 Austria (1965)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Pages: 9 + 2 + 5 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1965
    Keywords: Children. ; Education, Higher. ; Jewish religious education. ; Jewish way of life. ; Merchants. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Literature. ; Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) ; Germany History Revolution, 1848-1849. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in traditional Jewish atmosphere in Galicia; description of Jewish holidays; education in traditional Jewish "heder"; higher Jewish education in Kulikow (Galicia); encounter with German literature; break with orthodoxy; revolution of 1848-1849; early marriage; work at the stock exchange in Vienna.
    Description / Table of Contents: Also included are "A few meditations to be heeded by my children and grandchildren" in German and in English.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English and some German
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    [My Mother's diary], (1920-1942)
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    Pages: 3 + 84 + 35 + 6 , synopsis; handwritten manuscript (copy); typescripts.
    Year of publication: 1920-1942
    Former Title: Diary of My Mother
    Keywords: Pick, Leopold. ; Pick, Ruzena. ; Pick, Vilem. ; Neurath, Regina. ; Rosenbaum, Jonas. ; Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Children. ; Education. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Women authors. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Czechoslovakia History 1918-1938. ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Ella Pick’s handwritten diary that describes mainly her son’s upbringing is followed by Rudolph Pick’s English translation of his mother’s diary. Also included is Rudolph Pick’s short typescript about his and his own family’s survival of the Holocaust (in German).
    Abstract: The diary was written between 1920 and 1942. Description of the birth of the author’s son Rudolph on January 3, 1920 and his first childhood illnesses. Milestones and accidents. Summer holidays with the author’s extended family. Visits at her husband’s home in Cetno. Appendicitis operation and recovery stay in Grado, Italy. Rudolph is enrolled at grade school in 1925. Summer in Baden and more illnesses. First sign of the swastika during the summer holidays in Bohemia in 1929. Rudi enters “Realschule”. Subtle Anti-Semitism at school. Anti-Semitic encounter during the summer holidays in Carinthia in 1930. Bar mitzvah celebration in 1933. Rudi joins the Jewish Boy Scouts. Hitch-hike trip to Paris. In 1937 he enrolls at the Vienna Technical University. Anschluss in 1938 and move to Prague. After the German occupation of Prague in March of 1939, Rudolph Pick leaves for Paris.
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    Tagebuecher, (1905-1937)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 52 folders.
    Year of publication: 1905-1937
    Keywords: Meyer, Heinrich, ; Authors. ; Manners and customs 20th century. ; Poets. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: This series consists of Ernst Lissauer's diaries from 1905, when he was 22 years old, until 1937, the year of his death. Five diaries are lost: three diaries (24-26) from the end of August 1918 to the beginning of March 1919 and two diaries (43-44) in 1933. The diaries contain daily entries. Lissauer recorded whom he met and what he did during the day. Included are also some essays, poems, photographs, programs and illustrations.
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1905-1906 (on MM 121)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1906-1915 (on MM 122)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1915-1921 (on MM 123)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1920, 1922-1928 (on MM 124)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1925-1926, 1928-1934 (on MM 125)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1934-1937 (on MM 126)
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuecher, 1937 (on MM 127)
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