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  • 1
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    Leo Baeck memorial lectures, (1958-2015)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 57 , publications.
    Year of publication: 1958-2015
    Keywords: Baeck, Leo, ; Jews, German Lectures and lecturing. ; Lectures and lecturing. ; Manuscripts. ; Publications.
    Abstract: The Leo Baeck Institute was founded by representative organizations of Jews from Germany for the purpose of collecting material on and sponsoring research into the history of the Jewish community in Germany and in other German-speaking countries from the Emancipation to its dispersion. The Institute is named in honor of the man who was the last representative figure of German Jewry in Germany during the Nazi period. The Leo Baeck Memorial Lecture is an annual event at the Leo Baeck Institute in New York, when esteemed academics and scholars talk about various aspects of the German-Jewish experience and history, as well as to other, related topics.
    Abstract: The Leo Baeck memorial lectures
    Note: Finding aid available online
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
  • 2
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    Letters from Peter Bloch to Alfonso Ramirez, (1967-2008)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 4 , 90+107+50+39 pages.
    Year of publication: 1967-2008
    Keywords: Fourth International. ; Socialist Workers Party. ; World politics. ; Manuscripts. ; Correspondence ; Correspondence ; Finding aids.
    Abstract: Collection of 151 letters written by Peter Bloch in New York to his colleague and friend Alfonso Ramirez in Venezuela. The letters, written in English, touch primarily on socialist ideological interpretations of world events, triggering commentaries about politics in North America, Europe (Germany) and Asia (mostly China). Also discussed are various aspects of the Caribbean islands and Latin America. Alfonso Ramirez’ replies in Spanish are not included.
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  • 3
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    Memories from our childhood, (1984-1992)
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    Language: English
    Pages: 20 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1984-1992
    Keywords: Klauber family. ; Industrialists. ; Cigarette industry. ; Country life. ; Jews Customs and practices. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Lace and lace making. ; Women authors. ; Austria History 1867-1918. ; Bohemia (Czech Republic) ; Czechoslovakia History 1918-1939. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of lace-making industry (Kloeppel industry) in Schwanenbrueckl, Bohemia; mushroom picking in Schwanenbrueckl; description of local fire brigade, general store; description of farm and farm life; medical treatments in the village; description of local school; religious instruction; description of house garden; description of food and diet; wedding at synagogue in Pilsen; honeymoon trip in Prague, Vienna, Poertschach; settled in Munich; birth of daughter; move to Czechoslovakia in 1937; flight to Prague in 1938; emigration to USA in 1939.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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  • 4
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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
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
  • 5
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    On a slow boat to America : A family and life story for our children and grandchildren. (1986)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 98 pages (single spaced) : , typewscript.
    Year of publication: 1986
    Keywords: Esslinger family. ; Children. ; Education. ; Merchants. ; Textile industry. ; Konstanz (Germany) ; Nuremberg (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family history 1870-1937: childhood and youth in Constance; commercial apprenticeship in Nuremberg and Bochum; working in his father's shirt business; persecutions of Jews after 1933; emigration to Palestine and the USA.
    Abstract: The memoir was originally written in German as "Auf Umwegen nach Amerika".
    Note: Available on microfilm , English
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
  • 6
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    [My family's emigration]. (1986)
    Pine Run Community :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 19 pages (1.5 space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1986
    Keywords: Peters, Hans. ; Antisemitism. ; Interfaith marriage. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; Zehlendorf (Berlin) ; Germany Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of the authors life in Berlin during the time of Vazism. Recollections of anti-Semitic incidents and anti-Jewish policies. Preparations to emigrate meet with difficulties in getting her parents' support for her decision to leave. Reluctance of her non-Jewish husband to take steps for their emigration. In 1937 her husband Hans lost his job due to his marriage to a "non-Aryan" wife. Birth of their second son Michael. Growing awareness of the surrounding danger and disappearance of more and more Jewish friends. Recollections of the night of the November pogrom. The family was forced to move out of their apartment soon thereafter. Arrival of her husband's affidavit and his immigration to the United States. Descriptions of the many difficulties for Lotte to obtain a passport and the necessary emigration papers. Visa for Denmark and immigration to the States together with her two children in 1939.
    Note: English , Synopsis in file
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  • 7
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    The Scheuer family : Their first fifty years in the United States. (1986)
    Portland, Oregon,
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    Language: English
    Pages: 17 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1986
    Keywords: Bettman family. ; Rosenthal family. ; Scheuer family. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Journalists. ; Synagogues ; Visas ; Portland (Or.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Follow-up to "The story of the immigration of the Scheuer family to the United States of America" (ME 1344)
    Abstract: The memoir includes the stories about several members of the family and their struggle to leave Germany. Fred, the son of Celia (sister of Sally Scheuer) arrived in Portland in December 1936 to live with the Scheuer family. He left Germany with a children’s transport. He died in an accident 1938. In December 1937 Bea, sister of Fred, arrived in Portland to live with the family. In 1938 Manfred Rosenthal, the brother of Hedwig arrived in the US with his family. Jack Rosenthal, son of Manfred, later became a successful journalist and won a Pulitzer prize for his work at the “New York Times”.
    Abstract: In 1939 the Scheuer family tried to get the Bettman family out of Germany. With the help of Anselm Boskowitz, who had also helped the Scheuer and the Rosenthal family, they succeeded. In spring 1940 Celia Scheuer arrived in the USA. The Scheuer family also tried to get Sophie Rothschild, another sister of Sally Scheuer, and her family out of Germany, but wasn’t successful. The Rothschilds perished in a concentration camp.
    Abstract: The memoir ends with a page about the synagogue the Scheuers were members of, the Ahavi Sholom Synagouge in Portland. Sally Scheuer was named the “Gabbai” of the synagogue, the one who designates who should be called to the Torah. Both he and Hedwig Scheuer were members of several societes.
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    Leo Baeck Institute New York
  • 8
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    Sophie Dann. (1986)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 26 pages (1.5 space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1986
    Former Title: No title
    Keywords: Dann, Gertrud, ; Wandervogel (Youth movement) ; Antisemitism. ; Children. ; Education, Secondary. ; Jewish communities. ; Jewish families. ; Jewish religious education. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Merchants. ; Nurses. ; Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) ; Social workers. ; Teachers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Women Employment. ; Youth movements. ; Augsburg (Germany) ; Fürth (Bavaria, Germany) ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Nuremberg (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir by Sophie Dann, including description of her childhood in Augsburg; of her secular and Jewish education; of her experiences during World War I; of her involvment in and exclusion from the youth group "Wandervogel"; of her training as a teacher and a nurse; of her employment as a nurse in Augsburg, Nuremberg and Fuerth; of her work for the Augsburg Jewish community after 1933; of life in Nazi Germany and her parents leaving for Palestine; of her emigration to England with her sister; of her work as a domestic and a nurse there; of her life in post-war England and restitution payments from Germany; and of her work in Freud's library, information on her parents moving to England, and their life there.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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    The story of the immigration of the Scheuer family to the United States of America. (1986)
    Portland, Oregon :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 12 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1986
    Keywords: Scheuer family. ; Tacoma (Ship) ; Jewish families ; Ships. ; Voyages and travels. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Portland (Or.) ; United States Emigration and immigration Nineteen thirties. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Logbook diary by Sally Scheuer, translated and supplemented with episodes and background observations by his wife Hedwig Scheuer, transcribed by their son, Ernest M. Scheuer.
    Abstract: The journey started in Hamburg on the ship “Tacoma” and went on to Bremen, Antwerp, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, El Salvador and finally San Diego. With trains the family went on to Los Angeles and San Francisco and finally reached Portland, Oregon on July 7th 1936.
    Note: English
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    The adventures of Helene Beck : [1893-1984]. (1986)
    [New Jersey] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 31 pages : , typewritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1986
    Keywords: Beck, Gustav. ; Beck, Oskar, ; Glaser family. ; New York University. ; Christmas. ; Families 20th century. ; Jews Persecution. ; Physicians. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Women authors. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Baden (Austria) ; Netherlands. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood memories. Recollections of her maternal grandparents. Family history. Her aunt Amalia got married to a brilliant student in Germany, who eventually became Professor at the University of Leipzig. Helene's father was a merchant, who owned a General store at the center of the small town. Life in the countryside. Her siblings moved to Vienna one by one and had positions in the banking world. Recollection of the death of the Empress Elisabeth. Helene was enrolled in primary school in 1899. Marriage of her older siblings. Celebration of carnival and Christmas. Her father was member of a Hunting Club. Move to Vienna, where Helene started High school. Her father started a jewelry business in Vienna. Helene was enrolled in a sewing school, where she only lasted a short time. Dance lessons and performances. Position as a bookkeeper in a leather business. Secret engagement with Oskar Beck at age 17. Difficulties to obtain his parent's consent to legalize their relationship. Summer vacations in Baden in 1914. Outbreak of World War One. Helene's fiance was drafted, and she was left to run their business by herself. Wedding of Helene and Oskar during the war. Death of her mother of meningitis. After the war Oskar took over his uncle's business. Birth of their son Gustav in 1920. Recovery in the countryside. Description of summer vacations and hiking trips with her family. Cultural life in Vienna. Their son Gustav developed a great talent for languages in Gymnasium (high school) and spent his summers in France. Hitler's takeover in Germany and increasing difficulties for Helene's siblings in Munich and Leipzig. Plans for their son Gustav to study Medicine in France after his graduation. Annexation of Austria by Nazi-Germany in 1938. Affidavit for the United States by a business colleague of Helene's husband. Arrival in New York in December 1938.
    Abstract: After initial difficulties Oskar Beck was able to start successfully again with a leather business in Gloversville, New York. Fervent attempts to get remaining family members out of Nazi-Germany. Despite the Jewish quota Gustav Beck was accepted at the NYU Medical school and graduated in 1944. Death of Helene's husband Oskar in 1962.
    Note: English , Synopsis in file
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    Chinese Exile : My years in Shanghai & Nanking. (1986)
    Melbourne :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 109 pages (single space) : , typescript; illustrated.
    Edition: Second edition.
    Year of publication: 1986
    Keywords: Ungar, Frederick. ; Bakeries. ; Coffeehouses. ; Cooks. ; Jewish ghettos. ; Jewish press. ; Jewish refugees. ; Jews Social life and customs. ; Photographers. ; Hongkou Qu (Shanghai, China) ; Nanjing (Jiangsu Sheng, China) ; Shanghai (China) Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir with reproductions of photos, documents, and maps, describing Eisfelder's years in China, including historical information on Shanghai and on his family's emigration to Shanghai; recollections of life in Shanghai including details on living conditions; on Jewish religious, cultural, communal and commercial life; on his schooling; on the exiles' press; and on the formation of the Hongkew ghetto by the Japanese. Information on Eisfelder's move to Nanking; on his employment by the US Army as photographer; and on his emigration to Australia.
    Note: Available on microfilm , English , Synopsis in file
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  • 12
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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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    I am a Star. Child of the Holocaust [Synopsis]. (1986)
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    Language: English
    Year of publication: 1986
    Keywords: Bernbaum, Israel. ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Cattle trade ; Deportation. ; Forced labor. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Refugee camps. ; Textile industry. ; Women authors. ; Göppingen (Germany) ; Jebenhausen (Göppingen, Germany) ; Kippenheim (Germany) ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Synopsis of memoir by Inge Auerbacher including description of the town Kippenheim where she was born; outline of Jewish history in Germany leading up to Nazism; account of the November pogrom in Kippenheim; her family moving to her grandparents in Jebenhausen; being forced to move to "Judenhaus" in Goeppingen; being deported to Theresienstadt. Description of life in the concentration camp; of her liberation and her return to a displaced persons camp in Stuttgart and soon to Jebenhausen and Goeppingen; of her immigration to New York, and biographical information on her life in the United States.
    Note: Available on microfilm
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    Don't forget! / (1986)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 15 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1986
    Keywords: Jewish refugees. ; Jews Persecution. ; Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Lightly edited by his cousin's wife, Olga M. Griminger.
    Note: English
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    Restoring the Meerssen Synagogue. (1986)
    Meerssen :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: English
    Pages: 31 pages : , bound typescript, illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1986
    Keywords: Synagogues. ; Meerssen (Netherlands) ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Brochure to solicit funds for the restoration; preface by the mayor of Meerssen, J.H.H. Mans
    Note: some Dutch , English and some Dutch
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