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  • Leo Baeck Institute New York  (12)
  • [New York] :[publisher not identified],  (9)
  • Berkeley, California :[publisher not identified],  (2)
  • 1999 :[publisher not identified],  (1)
  • Vienna (Austria)  (7)
  • Jewish families.  (6)
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  • Leo Baeck Institute New York  (12)
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    Kde domov můj ... : (Where is my home?) (2014)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 163 pages : , bound typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 2014
    Keywords: Goldschmidt family. ; Heintschel family. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Education. ; Families. ; Fashion designers. ; Women authors. ; Brussels (Belgium) ; Czechoslovakia. ; Paris (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
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    Vienna Childhood Memoirs : [circa 1920-1938]. (1999)
    1999 :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 5 + 26 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1999
    Keywords: Stewart, John Gideon. ; Wampach family. ; Weiser, Benno. ; Blau-Weiss (Youth movement) ; Herzl Klub. ; Terry's Montessori School. ; Education, Primary 1918-1933. ; Education, Secondary 1918-1933. ; Jewish converts. ; Household employees 20th century. ; Jews Customs and practices. ; College teachers. ; Zionism. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Döbling (Vienna, Austria) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood memories of building and Doebling neighborhood in Vienna; description of home; family life; father's Zionist activity; parent's families; primary schooling at a Montessori school; Gymnasium; recreation; family members' health problems; father's education; membership in Zionist youth group Blau Weiss.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned:
    Abstract: Adler, Alfred; Brod, Max; Feuchtwanger, Lion; Glaser, Kurt; Herman, Hugo; Kohn, Hans; Mahler, Gustav; Murmelstein, Benjamin.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in File.
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    Trudi Jeremias; New York : [1925-1998]. (1998)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 3 + 6 , synopsis; typescript.
    Year of publication: 1998
    Keywords: Stammtisch (New York, NY) ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Airlines Employees. ; Jewelry Design. ; Women Employment. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Born in 1925, family immigrated to USA from Vienna in 1939; family settled in New York; life in New York; education in high school and college at Alfred University in New York state; work for Sabena airlines; engagement to Swiss man; lived in Vienna for three years, work in record shop in Vienna; life in New York; reflections on identity as Austrian/Jew/American.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Three bouts with death : and here to tell the story. (1994)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 3 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1994
    Keywords: Jaffin, Kathryn (Kitty), ; Antisemitism ; Jews Persecution 1938-1945. ; Women authors. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written by Kathryn R. Jaffin. Recollections of the time prior to the "Anschluss" in Austria. Kathryn's mother was aware of the approaching danger and left for Switzerland at the beginning of March 1938. The night before the "Anschluss" the family left Austria with a train to Italy and were therefore able to escape in time.
    Abstract: Also included is additional information by Kathryn Jaffin's daughter, Madeleine Jaffin Kania.
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    Steps of stone. (1990)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 168 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1990
    Keywords: Jewish refugees Fiction. ; Women authors. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1940s. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A fictionalized autobiography.
    Note: English
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    Who are we and why we are here. (1990)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 16 pages : , typescript; annotated.
    Year of publication: 1990
    Keywords: Mayer, Leopold. ; Mayer, Amalie. ; Jewish families. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Austria History 1867-1918. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Chemnitz (Germany) ; Tachov (Czech Republic : Okres) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoirs written in the USA in 1989-1990.
    Note: Available on microfilm; copy on MF 503 , English , Synopsis in file
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    Stories of My Life. (1986)
    Berkeley, California :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 131 , print; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1986
    Keywords: Alexander, Paul. ; Education, Higher. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1941. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Universities and colleges. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Brazil Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Paris (France) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Washington (D.C.) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoirs by Eleanor Alexander including description of her childhood, medical school, emigration to Paris, London, Rolandia (Brazil), and Boston, marriage to Paul Alexander, information on their life in Washington DC and Princeton.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    Düsseldorf revisited / (1984)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 134 + 35 + 18 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1984
    Keywords: Gumpert, Bertha (Tannenbaum) ; Gumpert, Sally. ; Preuss, Erich, ; Sass, Jacob, ; Sass, Rosa (Gumpert), ; Sass family. ; Westerbork (Concentration camp) ; Education, Primary. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Jewish families. ; Jews Legal status, laws, etc. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Nurses. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Düsseldorf (Germany) ; Geneva (Switzerland) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Netherlands. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Tel Aviv (Israel) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1947. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memories of Ruth Glaser's childhood in a well-to-do Düsseldorf family. Her maternal grandfather was the founder of the family realty business S. Gumpert, where her father was the co-owner. Recollections of the family's extensive household. Family vacations in the mountains. Musical activities within the family. Visits to the synagogue together with her maternal grandmother Bertha, a pious woman who kept a kosher home. Celebration of Jewish holidays. In 1930 Ruth was enrolled in the Auguste-Victoria girl's school. Rise of Nazism. Awareness of growing danger. Ruth experienced alienation from classmates, who joined the Hitler youth and ceased socializing with her. Nuremberg laws and their impact on the life of the family. Celebration of Ruth's bat mitzvah at the Düsseldorf temple. Social life focusing on the Cafe Marcus. Confrontation with the Nazi ideology in history and biology lessons at school. Ruth's growing desire to leave the country. Graduation from Auguste-Victoria school in 1936 and training as a baby nurse in Geneva. Reluctance of her parents to leave Germany. Acquaintance of her future-husband Erich Preuss. Engagement and plans to leave for Palestine. Ruth worked in Geneva and worried about her parents in Nazi Germany. Emigration to Palestine. Improvised wedding with friends. Early life in Palestine and struggles to make a living. Solidarity and friendship with fellow German emigres in Tel Aviv. Cultural activities. News about her parent's refuge in Holland. Difficulties between the Jewish and Arab population. Outbreak of the war. Air raids in Tel Aviv and worries about Ruth's parents in Holland. Restrictive immigration policy under the British mandate. Ruth found a position as a baby nurse in a befriended family. News about Ruth's parents, who were taken to Westerbork. Fervent attempts to arrange them certificates for Palestine. End of the war and tragic news of her parents fate.
    Abstract: Emigration to the United States in 1947, where Ruth and Erich started a business in interior decorating. Death of her husband Erich in 1969. Frequent visits to Germany between 1958-1988.
    Abstract: Addenda: Reflections on the past during Ruth Glasers visits in Germany in 1988 and 1989. Xerox copies of the "Juedische Gemeindeblatt" in 1938 and various documents.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    Aus deutsch-juedischen Kindheitserinnerungen. (1970)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 93 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1970
    Keywords: Burg, Meno, ; Oppenheim, Moritz Daniel, ; Devrient, Therese, ; Lewald, Fanny, ; Lazarus, Moritz, ; Rodenberg, Julius, ; Bernstein, Julius, ; Bernstein, Eduard, ; Oppenheimer, Franz, ; Mayer, Gustav, ; Lessing, Theodor, ; Salomon, Alice, ; Bonn, Moritz J. ; Wassermann, Jakob, ; Rosenstein, Paul, ; Lasker-Schüler, Else, ; Sinsheimer, Hermann, ; Toller, Ernst, ; Kurz, Isolde, ; Nazimova, ; Autobiographies. ; Children. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Biography. ; Women authors. ; Manuscripts. ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: This is a collection of excerpts of published memoirs on Jewish childhood in Germany during the 19th century, focusing on the experience of "being different" in a Gentile environment. The collection contains fragments of the biographies of 20 famous German- Jewish men and women, who excelled as authors, economists, historians, painters, philosophers, physicians, politicians, psychologists, surgeons, teachers, and writers.
    Abstract: Also included is an exchange of letters concerning the possibility of the manuscript's publication (1959-1973).
    Note: Available on microfilms MM 21 and MM 96 , German , Synopsis in file
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    The Viennese Municipal Service 1933 to 1950 : A case study in bureaucratic resiliency. (1964)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 330 pages.
    Year of publication: 1964
    Keywords: Civil service. ; Municipal government. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Austria History 1938-1945. ; Austria Officials and employees. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Vienna (Austria) Politics and government. ; Manuscripts. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: PhD thesis at New York University, 1964, Department of Public Administration:
    Abstract: The civil service in the municipality of Vienna, Austria under the Austro-fascist rule 1933-1938; under Nazi rule 1938-1945; and in the Second Austrian Republic after 1945.
    Abstract: Also included in the appendix are copies of some original documents from Vienna.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , See table of contents
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    Mein Leben. (1944)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 102 pages : , handwritten manuscript; bound notebook.
    Year of publication: 1944
    Keywords: Bodenheimer, Edgar, ; Bodenheimer family. ; Goldschmidt, Jakob, ; Darmstädter und Nationalbank‏. ; Banks and banking. ; Jewish families. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany Banks and banking. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Heidelberg (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of the political and economical conditions in Germany from the beginning of the 20th century until the 1930s.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    The memoires of Levi Straus ... /
    Berkeley, California :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 57 + 10 pages (double space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Former Title: Memoiren
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews Social life and customs 19th century. ; Merchants. ; Schutzjuden. ; Baden (Germany) ; Germany History Revolution, 1848-1849. ; Tauberbischofsheim (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of memoirs, originally written 1898-1912, covering the years 1838-1870. It contains the description of small-town Jewish life in Tauberbischofsheim (Baden); account of Revolution of 1848 and antisemitic riots in Tauberbischofsheim; domestic life; reading Goethe, Schiller and Berthold Auerbach; friendly relations between the Strauss family and local princes. The family history reaches back to 1698.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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