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  • Jewish families 19th century.  (12)
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  • 1
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    Meine Lebenserinnerungen : geschrieben in Strassburg waehrend des Waffenstillstands im Januar 1919. (1919-1962)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 19 + 13 pages : , manuscript + transcript. +
    Additional Material: 11 pages typescript + clippings.
    Year of publication: 1919-1962
    Former Title: Lebenserinnerungen
    Keywords: Butchers (Persons) ; Country life. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews Social life and customs 19th century. ; Pharmacists. ; Shehitah. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Butchers. ; Heilbronn (Germany) ; Strasbourg (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Maier Rosenthaler’s memoirs (original handwritten manuscript + typed transcript), written during the ceasefire following WW I in Strasbourg; January 1919:
    Abstract: Rural Jewish life in Wuerttemberg; unsuccessful search for employment as ritual slaughterer in Frankfurt am Main; return to Heilbronn as ritual slaughterer and butcher; providing good education for seven children; one son became editor-in-chief of the "Strassburger Neue Zeitung"; Strasbourg in World War I.
    Abstract: Also included are memoirs by his son Leopold (childhood in rural Jewish atmosphere; education and apprenticeship as a pharmacist) and Leopold Rosenthaler's obituary.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Rosenthaler, Leopold : Lebenserinnerungen, Heilbronn, 1920, 11 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Rosenthaler, Maier : Meine Lebenserinnerungen, geschrieben in Strassburg waehrend des Waffenstillstands im Januar 1919, handwritten manuscript, 19 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: Rosenthaler, Maier : Meine Lebenserinnerungen geschrieben in Strassburg waehrend des Waffenstillstands im Januar 1919, typed transcript, 13 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 4: Offprint: In memoriam Prof. Dr. Leopold Rosenthaler, 1875-1962 , in: Schweizerische Apotheker-Zeitung 100 (1962), pages 577-583.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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  • 2
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    Tante Adele erzaehlt... (1929-1950)
    Vienna / New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 156 + 17 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1929-1950
    Keywords: Eisenstadt, Meïr ben Isaac, ; Kallir family. ; Kolir, Elasar, ; Landau family. ; Mises, Adele von, ; Nathanson family. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews, East European. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Politicians. ; Public welfare. ; Rabbis. ; Women authors. ; Brody (Lʹvivsʹka oblastʹ, Ukraine) ; Galicia (Poland and Ukraine) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written between 1929 and 1931 (in Vienna). Recollections of the author's childhood in Brody, Galicia. Celebration of Jewish holidays with the grandparents Kallir. Detailed descriptions of Jewish festivals and customs. Charity traditions within the family. Domestic life and family servants. Traditions of "Kaschern" and "Chumez sales" before the Passover holidays. Description of family characters. Welfare activities of the Landau family. Recollections of the great fire in Brody (1867). Stories and anecdotes of Adele's uncle, the lawyer Dr. Joachim Landau. Outings and summer vacations in Podhorce. Description of daily life activities in the family. School system and private lessons in German and Hebrew. In 1876 the Landau family moved to Vienna. Genealogy of the Nathanson and Kallir family. Addendum: Family history by Dr. Joachim Landau. Notebook of Adele's grandmother Esther Landau with birth dates and family chronicles in the Hebrew calendar. Biographical sketches of Rabbi Meir Eisenstadt (1670-1744) and Rabbi Eleasar Kallir (1739-1801). Collection of letters by Esther and Alexander Landau. Appendix: Lecture by Leopold Lourie on the "Galizischer Hilfsverein" in Vienna.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Aus meinem Leben : Erinnerungen, (1921-1941)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 139 pages (1.5 space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1921-1941
    Keywords: Hospitals. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Ophthalmologists. ; Physicians. ; Students' societies. ; Voyages and travels. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Heidelberg (Germany) ; Munich (Germany) ; Strasbourg (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood memories of Breslau, student in Breslau and Munich, assistant in Paris, Heidelberg, and Strasbourg.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Lebenserinnerungen. (1939)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 26 pages (double space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1939
    Keywords: Philanthropin (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Assimilation. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Merchants. ; Voyages and travels. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Netherlands Emigration and immigration 1936. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: School memories of Philanthropin in Frankfurt; business travels to several European countries; upper middle class life in Frankfurt/M; description of various articles in his import business; Christmas celebration in Jewish families.
    Abstract: Contains photocopies of "Einwohnermeldeamt" Frankfurt.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Aufzeichnungen / (1939)
    Tel Aviv :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 40 + 23 pages : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1939
    Keywords: Dienemann, Max, ; Dienemann, Mally, ; Buchenwald (Concentration camp) ; Nationaler Frauendienst (Berlin, Germany) ; Antisemitism. ; Women Education ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Jews Intellectual life 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Golub-Dobrzyń (Poland) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Racibórz (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Recollections of the author's childhood in Gollub (West Prussia) on the border to the Polish-Russian town Dobrzyn. Description of the orthodox Jewish community in Dobrzyn and the assimilated life in Gollub. Mally was enrolled in a homemaking school (Hoehere Toechternschule) and has positive recollections of the relationship with her gentile classmates. In 1900 she was sent to a girl's boarding school in Berlin, where she became involved in literary circles. Influence of the women's movement and opposition of her parents to her wish to learn a profession. In 1904 she got married to the rabbi Max Dienemann. Introduction to a new perception of Judaism. Life in Ratibor. Recollections of World War One. War relief work in a patriotic woman's organization (Nationaler Frauendienst) and confrontation with the plight of the workers' families. Spartakus revolution of 1918. Treaty of Versailles.
    Abstract: Max and Mally Dienemann moved to Offenbach in 1919. Inflation and food shortages. Lectures of her husband. Unemployment and political instability of the Weimar Republic. Rise of Nazism. Boycotts and slowly increasing persecution of Jews in Germany in 1933. Emigration of Mally's siblings and her eldest daughter to Palestine. Optimism of her husband and believe in the general decency of his fellow Germans. Arrest of Max Dienemann in December 1933 after lecturing on Herode and drawing parallels to present time. He was taken to Osthofen concentration camp and was released after a few weeks with the help of gentile friends. Censorship and anti-Jewish propaganda in the press. Discrimination of her children at school. Awareness of the growing danger of Nazi Germany. Kulturbund and Jewish cultural life. Decision to emigrate to Palestine. November pogrom in 1938. Arrest of Max Dienemann, who was taken to Buchenwald. Description of Jewish life in the midst of discrimination and persecution. Emigration to Palestine via England in December 1938.
    Description / Table of Contents: Aufzeichnungen
    Description / Table of Contents: Letters and notes
    Description / Table of Contents: Tagebuchblaetter
    Note: Available on microfilms MM 18 and MF 96(1). , German
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    Blaetter der Erinnerung an Dr. Moritz Loevinson : zum 50. Todestage 17. Mai 1937 (1937)
    Berlin :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 29 pages (1 1/2 space) : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1937
    Keywords: Lövinson family. ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jewish families Foundations. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Physicians. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Gdańsk (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Various materials pertaining to Moritz Loevinson (1820-1887) collected and printed by the Moritz Loevinson family foundation in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his death. It contains several texts by Moritz Loevinson himself: extracts from letters to his younger brother Siegfried (1829-1907) written during the early 1840s, two articles for the "Zeitung fuer die elegante Welt" from 1842, one of them dealing with anti-Semitism in German society particularly in the Prussian army, and several poems.
    Abstract: Furthermore, short memoirs about Moritz Loevinson are included written by his nephews and niece Martin Loevinson (1859-1930), Emil Loevinson (1860- ), Johanna Meyer née Loevinson (1874-1958), and Heinrich Hersch (1861-1938).
    Abstract: Attached is an extract from Moritz Loevinson's will and statutes of the family foundation. Several photographs and an obituary of Moritz Levinson are added.
    Note: Available on microfilm MM 51; copy on MF 42(17) , German
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    Ein Beitrag zu einer Familiengeschichte des Hauses M.B. Teller : 1790-1890. (1937)
    Ponaire :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 54 , bound typescript (copy).
    Year of publication: 1937
    Keywords: Bondy, Philipp. ; Bondy family. ; Lasch, Simon. ; Porges, Emil. ; Teller, Marie (née Bondy) ; Rosenberg, Eva (née Teller) ; Teller family. ; Enlightenment. ; Industrialists. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jewish way of life. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Marriage. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Women authors. ; Women Employment. ; Austria History Revolution, 1848-1849. ; Bohemia (Czech Republic) ; Prague. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in 1937 in Ponaire (France). The author describes Jewish life in the 18th and 19th century in Prague. Traditional gender roles with women taking care of the livelihood and men studying in the synagogue. History of the Bondy and Teller family in the times of the Prague Ghetto, stressing the importance of female ancestors. Childhood of her grandfather Michael B. Teller, whose father died mysteriously at an early age. Marriage with Eva Rosenberg. Economic rise of M.B. Teller with the help of his wife Eva. Overcoming the boundaries of Ghetto restrictions and expanding businesses. Revolution of 1848 and the victory of emancipation. Importance of German culture and enlightenment. Establishment of one of the biggest sugar-refineries in Bohemia after 1848. Marriage strategies. Recreation in the spas of Karlsbad and Teplitz. Romantic encounter of Ottilies parents Marie and Phillipp, who married with the halfhearted consent of their parents. Tensions within the family against Phillipp Bondy, who joined the Teller family business. The Bondy family was a respectful but less wealthy orthodox Jewish family in Prague. Marie and Philipp Bondy were banned to the manor of the Teller family in Kuttenberg. Return to Prague and economic depression of 1856. Financial difficulties of the Bondy family. Birth of Ottilie Bondy in 1857 in Prague. Childhood and first recollections of Ottilie's school years. Description of the Teller and Bondy household. Celebration of Shabat and the Jewish holidays. Recollections of the Kaiser's birthday celebration during summer vacations in Ischl.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Die Nachkommen des Simon Simon und der Maria Anna Rothschild / (1936)
    Berlin :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 12 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1936
    Keywords: Simon family. ; Simon, Marie Anna (née Rothschild), ; Simon, Simon, ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Cologne (Germany) ; Lechenich (Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables
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    Erinnerungen : [1864-1934]. (1930-1934)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 193 pages (double space) : , Typewritten manuscript.
    Year of publication: 1930-1934
    Keywords: Loewenberg, Jakob, ; Antisemitism. ; Authors. ; Country life. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews Education. ; Education, Primary 1871-1918. ; Education, Secondary 1871-1918. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Teachers. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Münster in Westfalen (Germany) ; Lower Saxony (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in the 1930s in Germany. Early childhood memories as the youngest child of five. Meier Spanier's father was plumber, who struggled to provide his family with the necessary. Description of the rural life in the Lower Saxonian Jewish community. Celebration of Jewish traditions and holidays. Relationship between Jews and Christians. Recollections of his early school years and his outstanding teacher Jonas Goldschmidt. Meier Spanier attended the Jewish teachers' seminary in Hanover. Studies of German and philosophy at the University of Heidelberg. Among his professors were the famous philosopher Kuno Fischer (1824-1907) and the linguist Wilhelm Braune (1850-1926). Friendship with the brothers Salomon and Leon Goldschmidt and Hans Ferdinand Gerhard. Encounter with various writers in the Muenster literary society, among them were Gustav Falke (1853-1916), Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946) and Rudolf Herzog as well as the art historian Alfred Lichtwark (1852-1914). Friendship with the writer Detlev von Liliencron (1844-1909). Memories of the writer Otto Ernst (1862-1926), whose work deteriorated with "Hermannsland" into antisemitic ideology. Friendship with Jakob Loewenberg, who was Meier Spanier's mentor through the years of his university studies. In 1900 Meier Spanier became in charge of the teachers seminary in Muenster. In 1911 he was offered a position as director of a Jewish girl's school in Berlin, where he moved with his family.
    Note: Available on microfilm. , German
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    Chronik der Familie Stern aus Holzminden. (1933)
    Kiedrich im Rheingau :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 39 + 7 pages (1 1/2 space) : , typescript (photocopy); illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1933
    Keywords: Stern, Joel, ; Stern, Gerson, ; Stern, Hirsch, ; Heimann family. ; Marcus family. ; Stern family. ; Butchers (Persons) ; Country life. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews Education 1871-1918. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Merchants. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Butchers. ; Holzminden (Germany : Landkreis) ; Wuppertal (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of the Stern family: Itzig and Abraham were the first to get the permission to settle in Holzminden in Lower Saxony in 1722. Anti-Jewish laws and taxes. Descendants of the family were forced to change their professions from merchants to butchers and back due to certain regulations in a hostile environment. The author’s family are descendents of Hirsch Stern; his son Gerson, born 1758, was a cloth merchant. He married Mathilde Wollberg of Einbeck and the couple had 15 children. His son Hirsch Stern was an educated man who respected the tradition of his fathers and valued enlightenment. He married Bella Boas from Luebbecke and they had 11 children. His son Joel Stern, the author's father, was born 1834. He married Johanna Klestadt in 1872. Joel Stern moved to Elberfeld in 1884, where he was a merchant and a respected member of the Jewish community. Description of Sabbath celebrations in the family and in the synagogue. Family history of Joel Stern's siblings and their descendants.
    Abstract: Also included are copies of photographs and of a letter by Gerson Stern to his son on occasion of his Bar Mitzvah in 1933.
    Note: Available on microfilm MM 73; copies on MF 83(5) and MF 87(24) , German
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    Erinnerungen aus meiner fruehesten Jugend bis ins Alter hinein. (1931)
    Breslau :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: circa 190 + 5 pages : , handwritten notebooks (almost illegible photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1931
    Keywords: Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews Social life and customs. ; Women authors. ; Australia Emigration and immigration. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Poznań (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Account of family history.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , There is an English language synopsis at the end of the manuscript.
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    Mein Leben : Selbstbiographie von Rudolph Conitzer. (1930)
    1930 :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 43 pages (single space) : , bound typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1930
    Keywords: Jewish families 19th century. ; Marriage. ; Textile industry. ; Prussia, East (Poland and Russia) ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Merchants
    Abstract: Description of family background in East Prussia, early experience of work in his father's store, founding of his own textile store, looking for a bride and marriage, history of his father's textile stores (includes letters, newspaper reports).
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