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  • 1
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    Die Geschichte der Judenfamilien Winterberger aus Winterberg. (1990)
    Medebach :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 219 pages : , typescript; illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1990
    Keywords: Bloch family. ; Frankenberg family. ; Nordwald family. ; Schoenthal family. ; Winterberger family. ; Country life. ; Jewish cemeteries. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Jews History ; Jews, German Genealogy. Genealogy ; Real property. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Arnsberg (Germany) ; Medebach (Germany) ; Winterberg (Arnsberg, Germany) ; Manuscripts. ; Genealogical tables
    Abstract: Contains family trees and copies of documents.
    Note: German
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    Max Landenberger 1882-1972 : Erinnerungen des Gruenders der Medicus-Schuhfabrik (1990)
    Fürth, Bayern :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 4 pages : , print.
    Year of publication: 1990
    Keywords: Country life. ; Jewish families. ; Merchants. ; Shoe industry. ; Franconia (Germany) ; Nuremberg (Germany) ; Publications. ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: Childhood in rural Jewish community of Demmelsdorf; apprenticeship in shoe business; expansion of family's shoebusiness; emigration and life in South Africa.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben / (1983)
    Bochum :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 52 + 6 pages : , typescript (photocopy) +
    Additional Material: 3 handwritten pages (photocopies)
    Year of publication: 1983
    Keywords: Hauser, Ludwig, ; Hauser, Rosalie, ; Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) ; Children. ; College teachers ; Country life. ; Folklore. ; Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. ; Household employees 20th century. ; Household employees 19th century. ; Jews Customs and practices. ; Women authors. ; Germany History Revolution, 1848-1849. ; Karlsruhe (Germany) ; Rust (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of two handwritten notebooks, originally written in Strassburg 1910 and Freiburg 1922 respectively.
    Abstract: Childhood in rural Jewish community of Rust (Baden); revolution of 1848-1849; Franco-Prussian War; relations between Jews and Christians.
    Abstract: Also included is a short account of the life of Ludwig Hauser (1882-1951), professor at the "Staatstechnikum" in Karlsruhe, mainly on his time in the Theresienstadt concentration camp, 1944-1945 (poem on Theresienstadt).
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Die Geschichte der Familien Lindauer und Weil / (1975)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 25 pages. (1 1/2 space) : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1975
    Keywords: Lindauer, family. ; Weil family. ; Cattle trade ; Country life. ; Folklore ; Jews Customs and practices. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jebenhausen (Göppingen, Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Life of two Jewish families of cattle dealers in the small Wuerttemberg town of Jebenhausen, ca. 1750-1865; Jewish customs in rural communities; includes family tree.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Ha'Autobiografia shel Abraham Greenbaum. (1973)
    Jerusalem :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: Hebrew
    Pages: 15 pages. (1 1/2 space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1973
    Keywords: Children. ; Country life. ; Jewish religious education. ; Merchants. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis. ; Voyages and travels. ; Franconia (Germany) ; Nuremberg (Germany) ; Schwabach (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Wiesenfeld; orthodox Jewish education; visit to Palestine; orthodox Jewish life in Schwabach and Nuremberg.
    Abstract: The autobiography was originally written in German. It was first translated into English and from the English version into Hebrew.
    Note: Available on microfilm , Hebrew
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    Begegnung mit der Vergangenheit. (1970)
    Zürich :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 11 + 9 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1970
    Keywords: Wallach family. ; Country life. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Merchants. ; Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815. ; Ziegenhain (Schwalmstadt, Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Exact account of robbery in home of Wallach's great-grandparents in Ziegenhain (Hesse) in 1808 during the Napoleonic Wars, based on Hebrew notes which were found by Alfred Wallach in the 1920s; history of Wallach family in Ziegenhain (Hesse) reaching back to 18th century.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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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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    [Erinnerungen]. (1965)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 125 pages (double space) : , typescript +
    Additional Material: addenda
    Year of publication: 1965
    Keywords: Country life. ; Jewish religious education 1918-1933. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Judaism Study and teaching. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Soldiers World War, 1914-1918. ; Teachers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Baden (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Chapters of William Wertheimer's book "Zwischen zwei Welten; der Foerster von Brooklyn. Lebenserinnerungen des ehemaligen juedischen Lehrers in Eubigheim und Buchen in Baden, 1966:
    Abstract: Rural Jewish life in small Baden community of Hardheim at the turn of the century; preservance of Jewish rituals and customs; father was Jewish teacher and worked for insurance company; Bar Mitzvah in 1910; experiences as soldier in World War I; observance of dietary laws in German army; encounter with East European Jews; life as teacher in small Jewish schools in Eubigheim and Buchen (Baden); persecution of Jews after 1933; immigration to USA.
    Abstract: Also included are letters by Konrad Adenauer (grandson of Chancellor), Bruno Stern, Fritz Feuchtmeyer and others, and the photocopy of "Bescheinigung" of "Kriegslazarett".
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Zehn Jahre spaeter. (1956-1965)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 29 pages (double space) : , typescript +
    Additional Material: handwritten manuscript
    Year of publication: 1956-1965
    Keywords: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Ravensbrück (Concentration camp) ; Country life. ; Education, Higher Agricultural education 1941. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Women authors. ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Westphalia (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Jewish life in small Westphalian town after 1933; November pogrom of 1938; agricultural training in Jewish school at Neuendorf; failure to obtain visa for emigration; experiences in Auschwitz; liberation in Ravensbrueck.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Typescript; 1965
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Manuscript; 1956
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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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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    [Die Memoiren von Hermann Perutz]. (1959)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 13 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1959
    Keywords: Country life. ; Jewish merchants. ; Jewish way of life. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Sales personnel. ; Ballenstedt (Germany) ; Halberstadt (Germany) ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of town and Jewish community of Ballenstedt (Harz); rural Jewish life; move to Halberstadt after death of his father; after Bar Mitzvah apprenticeship as merchant in Hamburg; salesman and independent merchant in Hamburg; orthodox Jewish life.
    Abstract: Transcript of Hermann Perutz's original manuscript (circa 1915) by his granddaughter, Hanna Deborah Leopold-Knight, New York 1959.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Familienkundliche Nachrichten ueber die Familie Probst : mit Tagebuch eines wandernden Buchbindergesellen (1959)
    Schoeningen (Braunschweig) :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 48 + 1 pages (double space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1959
    Keywords: Probst, David. ; Probst family. ; Bookbinders ; Country life. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Voyages and travels. ; Braunschweig (Germany) ; Schöningen (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Excerpts of David Probst's diary; apprenticeship as bookbinder; wanderings through Germany; description of poor Jewish population; anti-Semitism and problem of finding a job as a Jew; contains genealogical table.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Von Owos-Owosenu : Aus alten Papieren und Erinnerungen fraenkischer Juden. (1956)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 40 + 4 pages (double space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1956
    Keywords: Country life. ; Folklore ; Jews History. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Poetry. ; Ellingen (Germany) ; Forchheim (Oberfranken, Germany) ; Franconia (Germany) ; Gerolzheim (Franconia) ; Maineck (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A descendant of an old-established Franconian Jewish family recounts his family history 1800-1945 and describes the style of life of the rural Jews in Franconia; contains text of documents from the author's family and poetry in dialect.
    Note: Available on microfilms MM 31 and MF 42(3) , German
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    Erinnerungen eigenen Lebens. (1955)
    New York :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 40 pages (double space) : , Typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1955
    Keywords: Authors. ; Children. ; Country life. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Wangen im Allgäu (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Wangen (Baden); rural Jewish life; orthodox Jewry; Jewish festivals.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Jugenderinnerungen aus Hessischen Judengemeinden. (1948)
    [Israel] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 45 pages (1 1/2 space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1948
    Keywords: Breuer, Solomon, ; Wormser, Seckel, ; Israelitische Religionsgesellschaft zu Frankfurt a.M. (Germany) ; Country life. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Education, Primary 1871-1918. ; Jewish religious education 1871-1918. ; Jewish teachers. ; Jews Liturgy. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis. ; Zionism. ; Bad Hersfeld (Germany) ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Hesse (Germany) Ethnic relations. ; Schenklengsfeld (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Salomon Spiro's grandfather, a student at the Yeshiva of Rabbi Seckel Wormser, was a well-respected Jewish scholar and teacher at a Jewish elementary school. His son, Salomon's father, followed him in this position. Description of rural Jewish life in Northern Hesse. Recollections of the celebration of Jewish festivals and rituals. Antisemitism of the environment. The author describes the difficult relationship with his father due to his ambition to have his son become a Jewish scholar. Reinforced Jewish education. Brief career in the synagogue chorus and as an auxiliary cantor. Salomon attended the humanistic high school (Gymnasium) in Hersfeld, a town known for the antisemitic attitudes of its inhabitants. Incidents of discrimination and assaults at school. Strict observance of Jewish rites under the supervision of the leading rabbi in the Jewish community of Fulda. Opposition to Zionist activities. After graduation in 1904 Salomon Spiro attended the Breuer Yeshiva of the Frankfurt "Austrittsgemeinde". He quit his studies at the yeshiva after a short time due to the strict orthodox environment and its intolerance of liberal developments. Beginnings of university studies in Wuerzburg.
    Note: Available on microfilm; copies on MF 83(4) & MF 87(25) , German , Synopsis in file
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    Die Familie Kohn aus Wassertruedingen. (1948)
    Paris,
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    Language: German
    Pages: 50 + 28 + 2 pages : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1948
    Keywords: Cohn family. ; Hirsch, Samson Raphael, ; Kohn family. ; Michael, Jacob. ; Banks and banking. ; Bankers. ; Country life. ; Jewish families ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Franconia (Germany) ; Munich (Germany) ; Wassertrüdingen (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of the Kohn, Marx and Michael families of Wassertruedingen (Franconia) and Munich reaching back to 1690; rural Jewish life; one of his ancestors was married to a son of Samson Raphael Hirsch; another member of the family, Jacob Michael, owned the bank and insurance company Michael & Co.
    Abstract: Also included is a copy of the testament of Haenlein Salomon Kohn.
    Note: Available on microfilm MM 45; copy of part 1 on MF 42(15)
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    Teilmemoiren. (1947)
    Kfar Bialik :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 42 pages : , typescript (bad photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1947
    Keywords: Children. ; Country life. ; Jewish families. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Poverty. ; Bielefeld (Germany) ; Lage (Lippe, Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in rural orthodox atmosphere in Lage (Lippe); twofold humiliations as Jew and as being poor; move to Bielefeld; living in a workhouse.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Geschichte der Familie Hess aus Aufhausen / (1946)
    [Naharyya] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 185 , handwritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1946
    Keywords: Hess family. ; Jews History ; Country life. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews Customs and practices. ; Women authors. ; Israel Emigration and immigration. ; Württemberg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of Jewish life in Aufhausen, a village near the Bavarian-Wuerttemberg border; history of Hess family from 1685.
    Note: Brief summary in Max Kreutzberger: "Leo Baeck Institute New York, Bibliothek und Archiv; Katalog": C 164 , Available on microfilm MM 35; copy on MF 74(10) , German
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    Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben : [1866-1941]. (1945)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 238 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1945
    Keywords: Kastein, Josef, ; Kropotkin, Petr Alekseevich, ; Landauer, Gustav, ; Lasker-Schüler, Else, ; Sternheim, Carl, ; Eranos Foundation. ; Anarchism. ; Authors Meetings. ; Country life. ; Jews, German Intellectual life. ; Merchants. ; Socialism. ; Soldiers 1871-1914. ; Voyages and travels. ; Ascona (Switzerland) ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Hunsrück (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1941. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in rural Jewish milieu; apprenticeship as merchant at age of 14 in Simmern; description of daily life in Hunsrueck village of Laufensweiler, in Simmern and Saargemuend; move to Aachen; military service; employee for a large fur business in Brussel; friendship with anarchist Kropotkin and Gustav Landauer; in circles of Russian anarchists and revolutionaries; visits to Russia and Palestine; description of visits to USA, Egypt, Spain and Switzerland; literary circle in Ascona; "Eranos" - conferences in Ascona; encounters with Else Lasker-Schueler, Carl Sternheim and Josef Kastein; emigration to USA; literary emigre circle in New York.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Grossvaters Haus. (1943)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 102 pages (double space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1943
    Keywords: Sturmann, Jakob Akiba. ; Cantors. ; Country life. ; Prussia, East (Poland and Russia) ; Ostróda (Poland) ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Author
    Abstract: Childhood memories circa 1903-1920 mostly of author's grandfather Jakob Akiba Sturmann who was a Jewish teacher and cantor in Osterode (East Prussia).
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    Von den Meinen und mir : niedergeschrieben als Familiengeschichte in Jahren meiner Ruhe zu Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe 1930-1933. (1930-1941)
    Bad Homburg; Haifa :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 87 + 1 , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1930-1941
    Keywords: Wilmersdörfer family. ; Country life. ; Jewish religious education 1871-1918. ; Jewish teachers ; Marriage. ; Hasidism. ; Voyages and travels. ; Bavaria (Germany) ; Hesse (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Simon Spier started to write his memoirs in Bad Homburg in 1931 and continued in Haifa in 1941. The memoirs are followed by a short obituary, written in Haifa in 1951.
    Abstract: Childhood in rural Jewish atmosphere of Zwesten; early death of father; education as teacher; travels in various parts of Germany; marriage to brother's sister-in-law from Weiden (Bavaria); domestic life of Spier, Wilmersdoerfer families in Wesel, Gambach (Hesse), Hoechst (Hesse), Weiden and Nabburg (Bavaria); move to Homburg (Hesse); visit of Belzer Rebbe in Homburg; emigration and life in Palestine.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    [Familiengeschichte]. (1940)
    Karkur :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 12 + 5 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1940
    Keywords: Agriculture. ; Country life. ; Education. ; Jewish families. ; Marriage. ; Merchants. ; Tailors. ; Textile industry. ; Women authors. ; Berlin. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Pardes Hanna-Karkur (Israel)‏. ; Poznań (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoirs by Adolf Abraham Rothmann and his wife Therese née Casper. Included is information on the Wolff, Munderstein, Michalowski and Casper families.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Erinnerungen von Adolf Abraham Rothmann, 1874-1940
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Erinnerungen von Therese Rothmann, geb. Casper
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Im Angedenken an meine Ahnen, (1938)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 13 pages (single space) : , Typescript.
    Year of publication: 1938
    Keywords: Abraham, Hannchen. ; Grün, Walter. ; Levy, Anselm. ; Levy, Wolff Benjamin, ; Country life. ; Jewish religious education. ; Schutzjuden. ; Teachers. ; Altenkirchen (Germany : Landkreis) ; Germany History 1789-1900. ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Hesse (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Account by Walter Gruenebaum (Gruen), written in 1938, including a short history of the Jews in Altenkirchen (Westerwald) reaching back to 1746, information on Benjamin Wolff Levy from Frankfurt am Main, on his family and the lives of his children including Anselm Levy.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Erinnerungen aus meinem Leben, Streben und Wirken. (1937)
    Muenchen :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 251 pages (single space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1937
    Keywords: Lewandowski, Louis, ; Sulzer, Salomon, ; Idelsohn, Aabraham Zebi, ; Cantors. ; Country life. ; Judaism Liturgy. ; Music. ; Synagogues. ; Teachers. ; Bytom (Poland) ; Munich (Germany) ; Silesia. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in little Silesian towns and Beuthen; father's bakery; apprenticeship as cantor and teacher; tensions with his teacher Louis Lewandowski; cantor in Munich; encounters with Salomon Sulzer and Abraham Zemach Idelsohn.
    Abstract: Also included is a report by Emanuel Kirschner's son, Max Kirschner, about the destruction of the Munich synagogue in June 1938 and Emanuel Kirschner's death shortly afterwards (New York, 1947.)
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Lebensgeschichte des Moses Röhmann : Märk. Friedland 1815 - Berlin 1895. (1937)
    [Berlin] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 157 pages (double space) : , bound typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1937
    Keywords: Röhmann, Moses. ; Country life. ; Merchants. ; Public welfare. ; Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. ; Voyages and travels. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History Revolution, 1848-1849. ; Pomerania (Poland and Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of an original text, written 1881-1895.
    Abstract: Childhood in rural Jewish atmosphere; apprenticeship as merchant; move to Berlin; independent merchant; comments on political events (Revolution of 1848-1849, Franco-Prussian War); detailed descriptions of journeys to France, Switzerland and Italy; contributions to Jewish social welfare.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Löw Eschelbacher : 1804-1881 (1937)
    Düsseldorf :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 38 + 3 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1937
    Keywords: Eschelbacher, Löw, ; Country life. ; Jewish religious education. ; Jewish teachers. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Hardheim (Germany) ; Hainstadt (Germany) ; Karlsruhe (Germany) ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Biography of the author's grandfather, a Jewish teacher in a small community in Baden.
    Abstract: Also available is a typescript of a lecture about Löw Eschelbacher, presented at the "Society of friends of the Leo Baeck Institute, London" in 1960.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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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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    Familien - Erinnerungen. (1933)
    Stuttgart :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 55 + 23 + 31 pages : , handwritten manuscript; typescript; varia (all photocopies).
    Year of publication: 1933
    Keywords: Gaertner family. ; Jakob, Bruno. ; Lieberg family. ; Lieberg, Moritz. ; Philipp, Otto. ; Brass industry and trade. ; Copper industry and trade. ; Country life. ; Metal trade. ; Women authors. ; Hesse (Germany) ; Kassel (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of the Lieberg family and especially Erna Sander's father Moritz Lieberg who operated the metal factory 'Messinghof' near Kassel; life in Messinghof;
    Abstract: Also included are family photographs and various materials pertaining to the history of Messinghof.
    Note: Available on microfilm , Copies on MF 43a(2); MF 106(1). , 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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    Mein Lebensweg. (1922)
    [Stuttgart] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 55 + 97 pages : , typescript +
    Additional Material: clipping
    Year of publication: 1922
    Keywords: Bankers. ; Banks and banking. ; Country life. ; Jewish families. ; Hainsfarth (Germany) ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of a memoir, written originally in German in 1922 in Stuttgart:
    Abstract: Rural Jewish life in Steinhart (Franconia); apprenticeship in banking business in Stuttgart and Frankfurt; banker in Stuttgart; Jewish life in Stuttgart.
    Abstract: Also available are an English translation by Edith Spanol and clippings from a local German newspaper, Rieser Nachrichten (1984/85), describing this memoir.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Mein Lebensweg
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: The story of my life
    Note: Available on microfilm MM 36 (German) and MM 112 (English). , English translation
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    Lebensgeschichte unseres sel. Vaters Hirsch Oppenheimer. (1922)
    Hannover :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 8 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1922
    Keywords: Oppenheimer, Hirsch. ; Bankers. ; Country life. ; Jewish leadership. ; Jewish merchants. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Gronau (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany) ; Hannover (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Social and economic rise of Hirsch Oppenheimer from small town merchant to banker in Hanover; activities in Jewish community; contains genealogical table.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Meine Familiengeschichte. (1917)
    Meinigen :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: circa 250 pages : , handwritten manuscript ; , 4 volumes.
    Year of publication: 1917
    Keywords: Holländer family. ; Siegel family. ; Country life. ; Jewish way of life. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Textile industry. ; Weavers. ; Meiningen (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of the Siegel and Hollaender families since 1700, who came from the Netherlands to Walldorf in the 17th century; history of the family's weavery; description of the small Jewish community of Walldorf in the 19th century.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Erinnerungen. (1916)
    Munich :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 152 + 9 + 100 pages : , 173 pages + , typed transcript + , handwritten manuscript +
    Additional Material: 620 + 32 pages :
    Additional Material: various letters
    Year of publication: 1916
    Keywords: Feust family. ; Silbermann family. ; Children. ; Country life. ; Education 19th century. ; Education, Higher. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Lawyers. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Public prosecutors. ; Bamberg (Germany) ; Munich (Germany) ; Oberfranken (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in orthodox Jewish house in Bischheim (Upper Franconia); rural Jewish life; Jewish rituals and festivals; move to Bamberg in 1861; father's clothing store; primary and secondary education; university studies; as public prosecutor in Regensburg, Augsburg and Munich.
    Abstract: Also included are a photograph of Eduard Silbermann with his wife and son in 1900, and a family tree of the descendents of Rabbi Uri Feust.
    Description / Table of Contents: Original handwritten manuscript in folders 2 and 3; 1916
    Description / Table of Contents: Transcribed typescript in folders 1 and 4; circa 1965
    Description / Table of Contents: Various original and transcribed letters in folder 5 are not microfilmed nor online.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    [Familienerinnerungen] : [Ein Fragment]. (1913)
    [München]? :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 28 + 9 + 4 pages : , handwritten manuscripts; typescript.
    Year of publication: 1913
    Keywords: Bankers. ; Banks and banking. ; Country life. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Living wills. ; Merchants. ; Schwäbisch Hall (Germany : Landkreis) ; Württemberg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of the family of Isak Mirabeau; his maternal grandfather Isak Henle was the first Jew to receive civic rights in Hall (Wuerttemberg); his paternal grandfather came from Olnhausen (Wuerttemberg); he was a hops and wool merchant; he became wealthy as a supplier for the French army, and entered the banking business; notes on Jewish history in 19th century Wuerttemberg.
    Abstract: Also included is a typed transcript of Isak Mirabeau's living will, mentioning cremation and no need for kaddish.
    Note: Available on microfilm MM 55; copy on MF 102 , German
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    Tagebuch der alten Doris Zadek, geb. Kronthal in Berlin. (1911)
    Berlin :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 51 + 26 , handwritten notebook; typescript.
    Year of publication: 1911
    Former Title: Tagebuch
    Keywords: Bernstein, Eduard, ; Graetz, Heinrich, ; Zadek, Doris (née Kronthal) ; Bookstores. ; Children. ; Country life. ; Jewish historians. ; Socialism. ; Socialists. ; Women authors. ; Poznań (Poland) ; Diaries ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Mainly childhood memories in small Posen towns of Bojanowo and Wollstein; friendship with historian Heinrich Graetz; diary of years 1906-1911.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Typed transcript
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Handwritten notebook
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder2: Typed transcript
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Memoiren eines greisen Kindes, (1902-1907)
    Berlin :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 83 pages ( 1 1/2 space) : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1902-1907
    Keywords: Oppenheimer, Julius, ; Hirsch family Genealogy. ; Country life. ; Jewish way of life. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis. ; Teachers. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in rural Jewish community of Uslar (Hesse); traditional Jewish education in Kassel, Halberstadt and Altona; encounter with Jewish Reform movement; private tutor and teacher in the Auerbach orphanage in Berlin; travels to Prague and Vienna; beginnings of career as rabbi in Berlin.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Abschrift des Lebenslaufes des Sussmann Frohmann aus Reinheim : nach einem von diesem in jüdisch-deutscher Schrift mir vorliegenden Autograph. (1898)
    Griesheim :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 3 , typewritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1898
    Former Title: Mein Lebenslauf
    Keywords: Cantors (Judaism) ; Jewish teachers Biography. ; Country life. ; Jewish religious education. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Shehitah. ; Reinheim (Hesse, Germany) ; Griesheim (Hesse, Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Describes his life as a teacher, ritual slaughterer and cantor in the small Hesse community of Griesheim and the accusations which led to his retirement from these positions. Sussmann Frohmann wrote this memoir in 1853.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Ferientage in Friesack : Unsern Kindern gewidmet (1894)
    Lychen :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 30 pages : , private printing (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1894
    Keywords: Country life. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jewish physicians ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Vacations. ; Friesack (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Reminiscences of childhood vacations in Friesack (Brandenburg), at the author's grandparents; rural orthodox Jewish life.
    Abstract: Also included are a Salomon family tree, ranging from 1763 until 1966; and a biographical note about Georg Anton Salomon by his grandson, George Salomon.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Meine geliebten Nachkommen. (1882)
    [Posen] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 38 pages (1 1/2 space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1882
    Former Title: Memoiren
    Keywords: Country life. ; Jewish folklore. ; Jewish way of life. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Marriage. ; Poznań (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript, written in Jerusalem:
    Abstract: Depicts rural Jewish life in the province of Posen; mainly Jewish family festivals.
    Note: Available on microfilm , Synopsis in file
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    fuer meine Kinder. (1874)
    Ulm :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 10 pages : , handwritten manuscript.
    Year of publication: 1874
    Former Title: Erinnerungen fuer meine Kinder
    Keywords: Öttinger, Siegmund Seligmann. ; Antisemitism. ; Children. ; Country life. ; Orphans. ; Printers ; Publishers and publishing Biography. ; Buttenwiesen (Germany) ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; Ulm (Germany) ; Württemberg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Buttenhausen (Wuerttemberg); rural Jewish life; orphany in Stuttgart; apprenticeship as printer; anti-Semitism; move to Ulm.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Rabbi Mendel Rosenbaum. (1868)
    Mainz :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 4 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1868
    Former Title: Lebensabriss.
    Keywords: Rosenbaum, Mendel, ; Country life. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis. ; Bavaria (Germany) ; Franconia (Germany) ; Zell (Hof, Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of an obituary for Rabbi Mendel Rosenbaum (1782-1868); refers to fight between orthodox and liberal Judaism in 19th century Bavaria.
    Note: Available on microfilm; Copy on MF 83(16) , some Hebrew , German
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    Verschollene Heimat /
    Nathania :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 51 pages (single space) : , typescript (carbon copy) +
    Additional Material: clipping
    Keywords: Country life. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jewish leadership. ; Jewish religious education. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Horb am Neckar (Germany) ; Rexingen (Horb am Neckar, Germany) ; Stuttgart (Germany) ; Württemberg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood memories on Horb (Wuerttemberg), circa 1890-1899; description of the local Jewish community of circa 30 families; religious traditions among rural Jews at the turn of the 20th century; relations between Jews and non-Jews.
    Abstract: Also available is this memoir's offprint in: Schwäbische Heimat, Schwäbischer Heimatbund, Stuttgart, 1977, Heft 1, pages 42-51.
    Note: Available on microfilms MM 23 and MF 74(15) , German
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    Der Rabbi aus Schwaben : Eine wahre Geschichte aus dem Leben.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 23 pages : , typescript (double space).
    Keywords: Fürth, Hirsch. ; Country life. ; Jews Education. ; Jews ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Nineteenth century. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Rabbis. ; Binswangen (Dillingen an der Donau, Germany) ; Buttenwiesen (Germany) ; Swabia (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Depiction of rural Jewish life in the Swabian community of Binswangen by a son of Hirsch Fuerth
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Froehliche Kindheit im Dorf : Erlebnisse aus den Jahren 1880-1890.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 96 pages (single space) : , typescript (bad quality photocopy).
    Keywords: Country life. ; Education Jews. ; Household employees 19th century. ; Jews Customs and practices. ; Folklore. ; Shehitah. ; Synagogues. ; Teachers. ; Women authors. ; Hesse (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Rural Jewish life in the small Hessian town of Oberaula; Johanna Brandes was the daughter of the local Jewish teacher and ritual slaughterer; the house in which she grew up was at the same time the synagogue and the school; description of Jewish customs and festivals, Christian-Jewish relations.
    Note: Available on microfilms MM 32 and MF 188(11) , German
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    [Memoiren].
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    Language: German
    Pages: 34 + 24 + 16 pages : , typescript +
    Additional Material: documents (photocopies); notes; musical scores.
    Keywords: Gruenspecht, Julie. ; Butchers (Persons) ; Cattle trade ; Country life. ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish families. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Judaism Liturgy. ; Synagogue music. ; Butchers. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Wüstensachsen (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of anti-Jewish terror in the small Hesse town of Wuestensachsen during the first years of Nazi rule; also contains short biographies of Gruenspecht's relatives who were murdered during the Holocaust, copies of Nazi documents concerning Jewish cattle dealers, and list of Western Yiddish proverbs.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned: Brungässer, Bertha; Brungaesser, Josef; Buchsbaum, Max; Gaertner, Bella; Gold, Theobald; Grünspecht, Julie; Gundersheim, Gitta; Heinemann, Fritz; Juengster, Horst; Juengster, Leo; Juengster, Lina; Nordhauser, Jonas; Nordhauser, Nathan; Oppenheimer, Ernestine; Schulmann, Hedwig; Sichel, Otto; Sichel, Irma (nee Gruenewald); Weinberger, Jakob; Weinberger, Max; Weinberger, Siegfried.
    Abstract: Also included are traditional Jewish melodies of the Wuestensachsen Jewish community.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Memoir; handwritten notes; photocopies of Nazi documents; and lists of victims of the Holocaust.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Hebräische Melodien aus Synagoge und Haus der Jüdischen Gemeinde Wüstensachsen bei Fulda (Hessen) vorgesungen von dem Mitglied der Gemeinde David Grünspecht
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    [Memoirs of Simon Gruenewald].
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    Language: German
    Pages: 4 folders : , 5 manuscripts.
    Keywords: Droste-Hülshoff, Annette von, ; Gruenewald family. ; Children. ; Country life. ; Education, Primary 1871-1918. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jewish religious education 1871-1918. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Teachers. ; Westphalia (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources
    Abstract: Four manuscripts of Simon Gruenewald’s memoirs.
    Abstract: Also included in folder 1 is an excerpt of a published edition of Anette von Droste-Huelshoff’s poem „Die Judenbuche“ by the publisher Julius Schwering, 8 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Erinnerungen, typescript 18 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Jugenderinnerungen, handwritten manuscript, 80 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: Tante Emma : Lebensbild einer Dorfjüdin, handwritten manuscript, 47 pages.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 4: [Onkel Simon], handwritten manuscript, 3 pages.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Die Ahnen der kleinen Sophie.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 83 pages (double space) : , typescript.
    Keywords: Country life. ; Household employees 19th century. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Horb am Neckar (Germany) ; Württemberg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Jewish life in the small community of Horb; family history back until 18th century.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Erinnerungsblaetter /
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    Language: German
    Pages: 34 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy) +
    Additional Material: photographs reproduction
    Keywords: Behrendt family. ; Cohn, Isidor. ; Geber, Hermann. ; Hein, Paul. ; Kanter family. ; Loevy, Hertz. ; Lövy, Paul. ; Loevy, Sigmund. ; Loevy family. ; Majunke, Paul, ; Ollendorf, Paula. ; Sachs, Emil. ; Sachs family. ; Austro-Prussian War, 1866. ; Country life. ; Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. ; Grain trade. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Lawyers. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Physicians. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; France Emigration and immigration. ; Silesia. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written in the 1920s. Description of the author's childhood in a Silesian village. The grandfather of Julie Hein (née Kanter) was the founder of a grain destillery business, which was continued by her father. Recollections of domestic life in the 19th century. Schooling in a Catholic elementary school. Description of Jewish customs and marriage rites. Recollections of her mother's brothers, the well-known physician Paul Loevy and the lawyer Sigmund Loevy. Detailed description of the Kanter family household and various customs. Preparations for the Pesach holidays. Recollections of Jom Kippur celebrations in the local synagogue. Rural life in Winzig. Depiction of family characters. Recollection of the Austro-Prussian War in 1866 and the Franco-Prussian War in 1870. Early death of her father. Sale of the family business and move to Breslau. The memoir ends with an addendum, written years later during the author's emigration in France.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Die Geschichte der Juden von Rexingen,
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    Language: German
    Pages: 43 pages ( single space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Keywords: Spatz, Samuel. ; Country life. ; Jews History. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Women authors. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration. ; Rexingen (Horb am Neckar, Germany) ; Shave Ẓiyyon (Israel) ; Württemberg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of the Jews in Rexingen (Wuerttemberg) from its beginnings in the 17th century until the persecutions during the Nazi period and the resettlement of Rexingen Jews in Shavei Zion, Israel.
    Note: Available on microfilm
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    Meinen Kindern.
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    Language: German
    Pages: circa 70 pages : , typescript (incomplete photocopy).
    Former Title: Erinnerungen
    Keywords: Country life. ; Merchants. ; Orthodox Judaism Social aspects. ; Sales personnel. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Württemberg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood with grandparents in orthodox Jewish house in Bittelborn (Wuerttemberg); professional career as salesman in Berlin and Frankfurt am Main; thoughts of relationship to religion; political and philosophical reflections.
    Note: Available on microfilm; copies on MF 83(25) and MF 87(7). , A complete copy of a bound typescript is held by the archives of the Leo Baeck Institute in Jerusalem, call number LBIJER 49. , German
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    [Erinnerungen].
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    Language: German
    Pages: 39 + 7 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Keywords: Rosenblüth family. ; Country life. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Preschool teachers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Zionism. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Eberswalde (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of mother's memories (fragment); she was born in 1861.
    Abstract: Author's father came from Hungary and attended Pressburg Yeshiva; orthodox Jewish family; main part of childhood in Mesingwerk near Eberswalde in orthodox Jewish milieu; Hirsch, Rosenblueth and Calvary families in Messingwerk and Berlin; recreational travel; move to Berlin in 1911; father's house was center for Zionist youth in Berlin.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Kinder-Erinnerungen.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 35 pages : , handwritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Keywords: Children. ; Country life. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Women authors. ; Sulzburg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of childhood in orthodox rural Jewish milieu in Sulzburg (Baden) as a child of a cattle- and wine-dealer; circa 1870-1900.
    Abstract: German transcript (9 pages) and English summary (5 pages) in file (not microfilmed)
    Note: Available on microfilm
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    Auszug aus den Erinnerungen von Hermann Oppenheim : Aus dem Jahre 1890.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 28 + 1 pages : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Former Title: Biographische Notizen aufgrund der Memoiren von Hermann Oppenheim
    Keywords: Antisemitism. ; Cantors. ; Country life. ; Hospitals. ; Jewish religious education. ; Neurologists. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Physicians. ; Teachers. ; Warburg (Germany) ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; College teachers
    Abstract: Emil Herz's summary of Oppenheim's original diary, which is lost: Poor family background; life of the author's father as teacher in Jewish school; traditional Jewish life in rural community of Warburg (Westphalia); career as physician; no advancement in academic career because of his being Jewish.
    Abstract: Also available is the entry on Hermann Oppenheim in "Meyer's Lexikon".
    Note: Available on microfilm
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    Die Geschichte von der gebratenen Gans.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 12 , pages : , typescript.
    Keywords: Country life. ; Jewish folklore. ; Literature. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: Two manuscripts, the short story "Die Geschichte von der gebratenen Gans", undated, German, 12 pages typed; and the short story "Rabbi Jehoschua Ben Chananja und die 60 Weisen von Athen", undated, German, 36 pages, typed, were united in the same acquisition.
    Note: Available on microfilm
    URL: Die Geschichte von der gebratenen Gans.
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