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  • 1
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    Seefahrtsbuch H 8098 : (Eine unglaubliche Geschichte). (2016)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 19 pages : , typescript (photocopy).
    Edition: Digital Image New York, NY Leo Baeck Institute 2016 DigiBaeck
    Year of publication: 2016
    Keywords: Jewish refugees. ; Sailors. ; Voyages and travels. ; Egypt. ; India. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1945- ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of Hans Neter's escape from Germany as a stoker on a German steamer in 1935; illegal stays in Egypt and India during World War II; immigration to USA after World War II.
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    Besuch in Wien / (1999)
    Miami, FL :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 14 + 13 , handwritten manuscript (copies).
    Year of publication: 1999
    Keywords: Fliegel family. ; Jewish Welcome Service, Vienna. ; Jews ; Jews Intellectual life. ; Voyages and travels. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs are written in form of two letters. In the first letter "Besuch in Wien - Juni 1999", Hans Fliegel tells about his experiences on his visit to Vienna in May/June 1999 (following an invitation by the Jewish Welcome Service). He describes a walk in Vienna, mainly the second district, and as he stops in front of buildings with a personal significance for him, he unfolds parts of his family history, memories of family businesses and apartments.
    Abstract: In the second letter "Ernuechterung - fuer immer verdammt?!", Mr. Hans Fliegel gives an overview of the history of European Jewry, the Jews in Vienna, and his views of Austria before, during and after World War II. He also reflects his own experiences.
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    Es war einmal. (1995)
    Guatemala :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 65 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1995
    Keywords: Makabi ha-tsaʻir (Association) ; Antisemitism. ; Children. ; Divorce. ; Jewish families. ; Jewish religious education. ; Jews Social life and customs. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Women Employment. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1933-1945. ; Guatemala Emigration and immigration. ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Growing up in Berlin; attended Jewish language and art schools; emigration to Guatemala; life in Guatemala; immigration to USA in 1946; marriage in 1947; life and work in New York; birth of sons; return to Guatemala in 1949; travels; children and friends; divorce.
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    Abstract: Berndt, Richard; Berndt, Ruth Rose; Berndt, Siegismund; Bernhardt, Carlos; Bernhardt, Inge; Dreyfuss, Ilse; Fischer, Siegfried; Gort, Erich; Hochfelder, Irene; Landsberger, Elfie; Landsberger, Mutz; Levy, Claude; Levy, Michael; Levy, Ruth; Levy, Wolfgang; Meyer, Anneliese; Rathenau, Josfine; Reider, Ana-Luise; Reider, Rudi; Sachs, Inge; Sello, Erich; Sello, Lise.
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    [Memoirs] : [1915-1992]. (1992)
    Lima :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 34 pages : , handwritten and typewritten letters.
    Year of publication: 1992
    Keywords: Grünwald family. ; Gruenwald, Ida, ; Münz family. ; Antisemitism. ; Businesspeople. ; Clerks. ; Jewish families ; Jewish refugees ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Socialism. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History 1918-1938. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Mistelbach (Austria) ; Peru Emigration and immigration 1946. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written in various letters to Albert Lichtblau between 1991 and 1992. Description of the author's family history. Her father was the son of an innkeeper in Holicz, Bohemia. He came to Vienna with his brothers and started a leather businesss. Her mother was born in Mistelbach, where her father was a grain dealer. The couple got married in 1908. During World War One her mother moved with her children to Mistelbach. Memories of her orthodox grandmother. Recollections of the Mistelbach Jewish community and relationships with the Gentile neighbors. Economic crisis after World War One, which caused the bankrupcy of her father's leather business. Childhood memories. Description of Jewish holidays at home and in the synagogue. Recollections of her school years and friendship with Christian colleagues. Memories of her Bat mizvah celebration. Passion for the opera. Weekend trips to the Vienna Woods. Alice was a member of the "Arbeiter-Turnverein". In 1929 her father had a stroke, which left him partially paralyzed. He died in 1934 at age 62. Due to the difficult economic situation Alice had to abandon her plans to study. After graduation from "Handelsschule" she found a position as a clerical worker. Journeys to France and Italy. Recollections of the "Anschluss" in 1938. In July 1938 Alice emigrated to England, where she had a position as a domestic servant. In 1939 she was able to bring her mother, grandfather and her sister with her husband and child to England. Alice moved with her mother to Birmingham, where they started a boarding house. After the war she married her cousin Ernst, who was living in Peru. Move to Peru with her mother in 1946. Alice started working as a language tutor. Her husband died in 1966.
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    Wanderer in drei Kontinenten. (1987)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 3 + 55 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1987
    Keywords: Banks and banking. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Fraternal organizations. ; Jewish leadership. ; Lawyers. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Restitution and indemnification claims (1933- ) ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Bremen (Germany) ; Chile Emigration and immigration 1936. ; Germany Emigration and immigration 1971. ; Santiago (Chile) ; United States Emigration and immigration. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood memories growing up in Bremen; secular and religious education; experiences during World War I in Bremen; revolution in Bremen; decision to study law; study at University of Heidelberg; experience of anti-Semitism; membership in Jewish student fraternity; study at University of Berlin, University of Goettingen; work as lawyer in Bremen; vacations sailing; loss of law practice after 1933; decision to emigrate to Chile in 1934; emigration to Chile in 1936; description of sea journey to Chile; arrival in Chile; émigré life in Chile; work as leather manufacturer; birth of children; post-war visits to Germany; life in post-war Santiago; work as lawyer dealing with restitution claims; emigration to Germany in 1971; work for bank in Bremen; activity in Bremen Jewish community and Zentralrat der Deutschen Juden; immigration to USA; death of wife; remarriage.
    Abstract: The following names are mentioned: Feyer, Walter; Goldberger, Paul; Hirschfeld, Emil; Katz, Karl; Kiefer, Leo; Lehmann, Claudio; Lehmann, Hilde; Lehmann, Irene; Levy family; Schwabe, Ida; Schumacher, Hans; Straus, Hilde; Seide, Hans; Wolff, Martin.
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    [Autobiography] : [1913-1941]. (1986)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 487 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1986
    Keywords: Benedikt family. ; Gurs (Concentration camp) ; Neue Freie Presse, Vienna. ; Authors. ; Education, Higher 1918-1938. ; Friendship. ; Jews Persecution 1938-1945. ; Journalists. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of family home in Vienna; early study of music; relationship with piano teacher; relationship with brother; family life and problematic relationship with father; treatment of domestic servants in parents' home; gymnastics classes; experience of revolution in November 1918; early summer vacations in Bad Ischl; early trip to Berlin and Baltic coast; mother's affair with Adolf Reich; first experiences with anti-Semitism; description of father's textile factory; illness of father; death of father; relationship with Adolf Reich; Gymnasium in Doebling; mother's relationship with Reich; bankruptcy of mother; suicide of Reich; friendship with Wolfgang Foges; academic problems at school; circle of friends; work as Hofmeister at residence; loss of job; work at cotton dealer; enters essay competition sponsored by wealthy publisher; meets owner and editor of Neue Freie Presse, Ernst Benedikt; begins writing for Neue Freie Presse; political upheavals in Austria in 1934; friendship with Egon Friedell; decision to study law; friendship with Charlotte and Fritz Vering; attempted suicide of Gerda Benedikt; work for newspaper owned by Wolfgang Foges; end of relationship with Gerda Benedikt; acqaintanceship with colleague Willibald von Strieberny; Strieberny's takeover of paper after Anschluss; plans to emigrate to USA; flight to Holland; internment in Holland; forced return to Vienna; emigration to USA via Switzerland, England in 1939; emigration of brother to USA; arrival in New York; move to live with relatives in Ohio; work as door-to-door salesman; relationship with Jews in USA; work as roofer; other brief jobs; attempt to help liberate brother from concentration camp Gurs in France.
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    [Autobiography] / (1982)
    [Santiago de Chile] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 7 + 42 , typescript; photographs.
    Year of publication: 1982
    Keywords: Frohmann, Herbert. ; Brewers. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Jewish bankers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Bytom (Poland) ; Chile Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Germany Intellectual life 1918-1933. ; Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Margot Frohmann's life until her emigration to Chile in 1939: Description of Beuthen and surrounding landscape; description of family home; life in Beuthen; memories of parades and patriotic events in Beuthen; Gymnasium in Kattowitz; evacuation to Berlin at outbreak of WWI; memories of concerts, theater and opera in Berlin; vacations in Silesia, Danzig; medical study in Frankfurt; life in Frankfurt; study in Breslau; courtship and marriage; political engagement with husband in democratic politics after 1918; birth of children; involvement in Weimar politics; Nazi seizure of power; experiences of husband at bank; death of parents; emigration to Chile.
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    [Erinnerungen von Valerie und Andrea Wolffenstein]. (1980)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 200 pages (double space) : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1980
    Keywords: Wolffenstein, Valerie, ; Children. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Friendship. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in fin-de-siecle Berlin; visits at mother's family in Vienna; main part on persecution under Nazi rule and assistance by non-Jewish friends.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Valerie bis 1945
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Andrea 1938-1945
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    Wehmut ums Westend : Jugenderinnerungen eines alten Frankfurters (1976)
    Pleasantville, N.Y. :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 134 pages (double space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1976
    Keywords: Blum, Ferdinand. ; Ehrlich, Paul, ; Rudolf, Max, ; Salfeld family. ; Schweitzer, Albert, ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Feminism. ; Jewish families 20th century. ; Manners and customs. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Physicians. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1945- ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir by Hans Salfield, written in 1976, including information on his mother's upbringing and her family: feminist and social activities of his eccentric grandmother; nostalgic reminiscences on his childhood and youth in a well-to-do Jewish family in the Frankfurt Westend; nannies and tutors in French and piano; growing up in an assimilated Jewish society; interesting observations on social conventions, cultural norms and gender relations; outstanding personalities of the Frankfurt Westend; description of family members; early interest in medicine; encounter with Albert Schweitzer; recollections of World War I and the aftermath of the revolution; humanistic high school education (Gymnasium); excursions in the mountains (Sonnwendfeier); memories of his first romantic involvements; medical studies in Bonn, Koeln and Freiburg; student life and encounters with male and female colleagues; research on the Salfeld family heritage reaching back to the 18th and 19th century; reflecting on the ambivalence highly assimilated Jewish conservatives faced in the course of political changes in Germany; bewilderment and shock due to the circumstances and consequences of the Nazi take-over in 1933; difficulties finishing his studies with Jewish professors disappearing and Jewish students expelled from the university; graduation without permission to practice his profession; friends and family members leaving the country; emigration to the United States in 1934; difficult start as a physician in New York; disappearance of the Westend world of his childhood days.
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    [Lebenserinnerungen], (1915-1975)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 9 volumes : , Handwritten notebooks.
    Year of publication: 1915-1975
    Former Title: [Diary and Memoirs]
    Keywords: Children. ; Education, Primary 1871-1918. ; Education, Secondary 1871-1918. ; Jewish families. ; Jewish merchants. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria Emigration and immigration 1936. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Chorzów (Województwo Śląskie, Poland) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Głubczyce (Poland) ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1939. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Koenigshuette and Leobschuetz, Silesia; primary and secondary education; Bar Mitzwah in secularized family; apprenticeship in father's store; military service in World War I; marriage and family life; moving business in Breslau; president of Breslau "oddfellow order"; politics in Weimar Germany; travels and voyages; persecution after 1933; emigration to Austria; November pogrom of 1938 in Vienna; emigration to England and life in USA.
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 1: 1915 - 1941, 170 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 2: 1941 - 1945, 312 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 3: 1945 - 1950, 300 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 4: 1950 - 1951, 179 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 5: 1951 - 1958, 180 pages:
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 6: 1958 - 1964, 252 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 7: 1965 - 1968, 252 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 8: 1968 - 1972, 252 pages
    Description / Table of Contents: Volume 9: 1972 - 1975, 114 pages
    Note: Available on microfilm , MM 129: Band 1-3 meiner Lebenserinnerungen , MM 130: Band 4-9 meiner Lebenserinnerungen , German
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    Untitled [poems]. (1972)
    [San Francisco] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 10 folders.
    Year of publication: 1972
    Keywords: Diseases. ; Judaism. ; Love. ; Voyages and travels. ; Austria. ; Carmel (Calif.) ; Jerusalem. ; San Francisco (Calif.) ; Switzerland. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Poetry Collections. ; Manuscripts.
    Abstract: 399 poems written mostly in Vienna, Austria and in San Francisco, California, as well as on voyages, 1964 to 1971, circa 250 pages.
    Abstract: Also included is a cycle of 10 poems, "Sie" (She) with a prolog, written in Vienna, 1964-1965, 27 pages.
    Abstract: A third part contains correspondence, mainly with LBI in New York, 1970-1972.
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    Aus meinem Leben : [1891-1963]. (1966-1971)
    Vienna :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 201 pages : , Typewritten manuscript.
    Year of publication: 1966-1971
    Keywords: Safar, Karl, ; Friedjung, Joseph, ; Girardi, Alexander, ; Jagic, Nikolaus, ; Landauer, Gustav Eugen, ; Landau family ; Meller, Josef, ; Scheuch family. ; Schwarzwald, Eugenie, ; Mädchenlyzeum der Frau Dr. Phil. Eugenie Schwarzwald (Vienna, Austria) ; Mädchenlyzeum der Frau Dr. Phil. Eugenie Schwarzwald (Vienna, Austria) ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Coffeehouses. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Interfaith marriage. ; National socialism. ; Ophthalmologists. ; Pediatricians. ; Physicians. ; Universities and colleges. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria. ; Vienna (Austria) Social life and customs 20th century. ; Vienna (Austria) Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Genealogical tables ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written between 1966 and 1971. Genealogical tables and reflections on her mixed heritage as a child of an assimilated Jewish father and a Catholic mother. Description of life in the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the turn-of-the-century. Childhood in Salzburg, Cilli (Slovenia) and Trieste. Move to Vienna in 1907. Vinca was enrolled in the "Schwarzwaldschule", one of the few girl's schools in Vienna who provided higher education for women. Preparation for University. Memories of the celebrations due to the 60th year anniversary of Kaiser Franz- Joseph's accession. Cultural life in Vienna. In 1911 Vinca Landauer started her studies of medicine at the Vienna University. Acquaintance with her colleague and future-husband Karl Safar. Differences between the directors of the two anatomic institutes (Julius Tandler and Professor Hochstetter). Outings in the mountains. Outbreak of World War One. Vinca volunteered as a physician in a hospital. Marriage in 1917. Graduation from university. Difficult start after the end of the war and the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Karl Safar specialized on ophthalmology with Professor Meller and Vinca started to work as a pediatrician with the Social Democrat Professor Friedjung in a working-class neighborhood. Confrontation with the misery of the unemployed. Travels to Egypt and Italy. Antisemitism in Austria. Nazi-take over and experiences of discrimination. Karl Safar lost his position at university due to his non-Aryan wife Vinca. The couple managed with some difficulties to stay during the Nazi time in Vienna. Especially their children were exposed to discrimination. Recollections of the time during World War II. Post-war life in Vienna. Appendix: Obituaries of Karl Safar in various medical journals.
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    Lothar Bickel : (8. Mai 1902 - 23. April 1951). (1970)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 111 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1970
    Keywords: Bickel, Lothar, ; Bickel, Shlomo, ; Brunner, Constantin, ; Kettner, Frederick, ; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) ; Jewish physicians. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Philosophers. ; Philosophy. ; Socialism. ; Universities and colleges. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Zionism. ; Bukovina (Romania and Ukraine) ; Canada Emigration and immigration 1945- ; Chernivt︠s︡i (Ukraine) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The author describes his friendship with Lothar "Elieser" Bickel in the Zionist youth group "Hashomer Hazair", where he met him in 1919 in Czernowitz, Bukowina. Discussion of Jewish-national and social problems and studies of Hebrew. Elieser's growing interest in philosophical and socialist themes. His brother Schlomoh Bickel was a leader of the worker's movement Poale Zion. Influence of the ethic seminary by Dr. Kettner and criticism on Zionist ideals. Elieser Bickel became acquainted with the philosopher Constantin Brunner and grew to become one of his most talented students. In 1922 Elieser enrolled at the Medical School in Bucharest, where he experienced virulent anti-Semitism at the university. Disintegration of Dr. Kettner's seminary in Czernowitz. Circle around Elieser Bickel who promoted the growing importance of Brunner's philosophy. In 1926 Elieser graduated. After completing his military service he decided to move to Berlin in 1927. Czernowitz philosophy circle in Berlin and friendship with Constantin Brunner. Lectures and studies of philosophy. Work as a physician in Berlin and Prenzlau. In 1931 journey to Spain. After Hitler's takeover in 1933 he moved back to Bucharest, where Lothar Bickel became one of the most renowned gynecologists. He continued his philosophic interests and specialized in the ethic of Spinoza and Kant. Death of Constantin Brunner in 1937. Acquaintance with Maedi Moscovici. They married in 1939 in Czernowitz. Military service and growing danger of approaching Germans. Precarious situation of the Jewish population. Armistice and continuation of his philosophic work. In 1950 Lothar Bickel emigrated to Canada. He died in Toronto in 1951.
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    A stranger's diary. (1967)
    Great Neck, NY :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 27 pages (double space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1967
    Keywords: Diaries. ; Voyages and travels. ; Europe. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Diary of visit to Germany in 1967; mixed feelings of visiting country of birth and persecution.
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    Memoiren von Karl Gerstenberg. (1965)
    [New York] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 468 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1965
    Keywords: AEG-Telefunken. ; Gruschwitz Textilwerke Aktiengesellschaft, Neusalz (Oder)‏. ; Directors of corporations. ; Jewish families ; Jews Legal status, laws, etc. ; Textile industry. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Nowa Sól (Poland) ; United States. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs mend the author’s personal history – his upbringing and professional development – with the historic events from 1908 to 1936.
    Abstract: Mentioned are Chancellor von Bülow; the German revolution 1918-1919; Kapp Putsch; the Barmat Scandal in 1924; Chancellor Gustav Stresemann; inflation; President Paul von Hindenburg; the Great Depression; Chancellor Heinrich Brüning; and the Nuremberg Race Laws.
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    Geschichte unserer Auswanderung aus Deutschland. (1963)
    Astoria :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 321 , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1963
    Keywords: Friedrichs, Ilse. ; Friedrichs, Rudolf. ; Actors. ; Gynecologists. ; Jewish families. ; Jewish physicians. ; Jewish refugees ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Shanghai (China) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir by Theodor Friedrichs, written in 1963 in German, including the travel log of his sister Emmi when she emigrated from Germany to Shanghai via the Soviet Union and recollections by Theodor Friedrichs of Jewish life in Nazi Germany, of his son Rudi Friedrichs being sent to England where he became an actor, of Theodor Friedrichs' emigration to Shanghai by boat from Genua, of his experience as a physician in Shanghai, of musical and Jewish life in Shanghai, of conditions in Shanghai during World War II, of his emigration to the United States, of his experience in California, and of his opening a medical practice in Astoria NY in 1949.
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    Lebenserinnerungen / (1961)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 81 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1961
    Keywords: Geiger, Hermann ; Geiger, Rudolf. ; Geiger family. ; Kullmann family ; Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbürger Jüdischen Glaubens. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Composers. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Jews Intellectual life 1933-1945. ; Musicians. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written in 1961 in the United States. Genealogical background of the Kullmann and Geiger families going back to the 15th and 16th century in Frankfurt/Main. Her father's sister Elise St. Goer, nee Kullmann was one of the first feminists in Germany. Early discovery of Rosy Kullmann's musical talents. Sunday outings with the family. Catholic nanny who contributed to the confusion of her religious identity. Journey to Innsbruck and Switzerland with her parents. Death of her father in 1899. Rosy was granted piano lessons with Carl Friedberg, who had started his career as a student of Clara Schumann. Concert evenings of Hugo Wolf. First compositions of Rosy Kullmann at age 13. Summer vacations with her mother in Madonna di Campiglio and in the Black Forrest. Private English lessons. Remarriage of her mother and birth of her half-sister Erna Levy. Rosy was enrolled at the higher-daughter's "Elisabethinenschule" in Frankfurt. The first performance of one of Rosy Kullmann's compositions took place in 1902. Friendship with Willy Dreyfus and the young composer Max Wolff. Various concerts visits in Frankfurt. Summer vacations with relatives in England. Voice lessons with Margarete Dessof. Studies with Carl Schuricht. Engagement and marriage with Dr. Rudolf Geiger, grandson of Dr. Abraham Geiger, in 1906. Genealogy of the Geiger and Auerbach family. Birth of their son Hermann in 1907. Military service of the author's husband and his brother during World War One. Continuation of the musical career of Rosy Geiger-Kullmann. Compositions to poems by Hans Muehlestein. Birth of her daughter Ruth in 1914. Teaching position during World War One. Musical talent of her son Hermann, who became a musical stage director for operas. 1916 performance of Geiger-Kullmann's first orchestral compositions with Carl Schuricht in Wiesbaden. Work on her first operas and the oratorio "Moses".
    Abstract: Rising of National Socialism and increasing of anti-Jewish laws. Establishment of the Jewish "Tonkuenstler-Verein" by Arthur Holde. Continuation of her compositions and several performances by the "Kulturbund" in various synagogues. Night of the November pogrom 1938 and arrest of her husband Rudolf Geiger. Affidavits from their relatives in New York and release of her husband. Emigration to the USA via Cuba in April of 1939. Arrival in New York in September of 1940. Continuation of her work in the United States.
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    Gedenken und Gedanken aus dem Leben eines Musikers : [1883-1960]. (1960)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 180 pages (double space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1960
    Keywords: Einstein, Albert, ; Viertel, Salka. ; Freemasons. ; Antisemitism. ; Bookkeepers. ; Jewish families ; Jewish musicians. ; Music. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women dressmakers. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; 2. Bezirk (Vienna, Austria) ; Berlin (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1936. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memoir by Bruno Eisner, written in 1960, including description of Leopoldstadt (the Jewish quarter in Vienna) and of Vienna at large, information on his parents and grandparents from Hungary and Moravia, recollections of antisemitism in Vienna, of his childhood, of his schooling, of his musical education and his career as a musician, his membership in a Masonic lodge, his move to Berlin, his marriage to Salka Steuermann, his experience as a musician in the Austrian army during World War I and after the war, his travels to Palestine and Italy, his friendship with Albert Einstein, his immigration to the United States with the help of an affidavit by Einstein, and his life there.
    Abstract: The following names are mentioned in this memoirs:
    Abstract: Altenberg, Peter; Bruckner, Anton; Kargeorgevitch, Prince Bojidar; Nordau, Max; Rathenau, Walter; Twain, Mark.
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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.
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    So habe ich es erlebt : [1939-1958]. (1958)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 72 , incomplete typescript (copy).
    Year of publication: 1958
    Keywords: Ritter, Gladys. ; Diseases. ; Emigration and immigration. ; Hospitals. ; Jews Persecution. ; Physicians. ; Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Austria. ; China History 1937-1945. ; Shanghai (China) ; Singapore. ; Venezuela. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Wenzhou Shi (China) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written in 1958 in Austria. The physician Ernst Ritter describes his emigration to India and Shanghai in 1939. He was able to obtain a visa to India through the Austro-Indian Society, who conciliated physician exchanges to India. Ernst Ritter was offered a position as an assistant in a private hospital in Bombay. He left together with his wife for India via Denmark in April 1939. The British immigration office in Singapore regarded them as German spies and denied their visa for India. The only possibility for them was to go to Shanghai. Cultural differences and a high concentration of people in the city. With the help of a befriended Viennese physician he became a member of the Shanghai Medical Board. Network of German and Austrian refugee physicians and lawyers. Position in a hospital. Primitive circumstances. Confrontation with tropical illnesses. Fraud and crimes. Political tensions between China and Japan. Position in a Catholic missionary hospital in Wenchow, Central China, which was cut off from Shanghai due to the Japanese occupation of the coast. Confrontation with Trachom, the Egyptian eye disease and Bilharzia infection, an illness common among the Chinese rice-farmers. Orphanage of "unwanted female babies" at the missionary. Hygienic and nutrition insufficiencies among the Chinese inhabitants. Exit visa for Venezuela from his brother. Preparations for their immigration and language studies in Spanish. Journey to Venezuela via Japan and Los Angeles. Arrival in Caracas in September 1940. Difficulties in obtaining a position as a physician. In 1941 Ernst Ritter was offered the position of a "country physician" in Libertad in the Andes. Work under primitive circumstances in the midst of the jungle. Tropical climate and vegetation. Diseases due to nutrition insufficiencies. Confrontation with superstition and charlatans among the inhabitants. Position in Ospino and fight against a Malaria epidemic.
    Abstract: Position as a head physician at a rubber plantation in Orinocco in the midst of the tropical jungle. From 1945 to 1958 Ernst Ritter dedicated his work to the cure and research of the Bilharzia infection. He returned to Austria in 1958.
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    Tagebuch oder Erinnerungen : an meine Orientfahrt im August 1900 (1957)
    London :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: iii + 24 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1957
    Keywords: Lieberman family. ; Zander, Kurt, ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Bosporus (Turkey) ; Istanbul (Turkey) ; Diaries ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of a diary describing the author’s voyage from Berlin to visit her children in Istanbul, Turkey, August to October 1900.
    Abstract: In his introduction, Theodor Zondek - Hedwig Simon’s nephew, who transcribed the diary - writes about the renowned Liebermann family from Berlin.
    Note: Available on microfilms MM 72 and MF 120. , German
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    Vater und Sohn im Zarenreich 1859-1914 / (1956)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 50 pages : , bound typescript.
    Year of publication: 1956
    Keywords: Lessing, Adolf. ; Lessing, Anneliese. ; Lessing, Anton. ; Lessing, Fred. ; Lessing, Lydia. ; Lessing, Walter. ; Sack, Anneliese. ; Schwanenbach, Peter von. ; Struve, Amand von. ; Struve, Gustav von. ; Vitte, S. I︠U︡. ; Diplomats. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Industrialists. ; Railroads. ; Russo-Japanese War, 1904-1905. ; Soldiers. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany History 1789-1900. ; Germany History 20th century. ; Russia History 1880-1917. ; Soviet Union History Revolution, 1917-1921. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: History of father Anton's business activities in Russia, building railroads and factories; relationships with Russian and German businessmen and statesmen; education of son Walter in Germany; Walter's arrival in Russia 1904; eyewitness account of 1905 Revolution in St. Petersburg; work in father's factory in Kolomna; military service; business activities in Russia; business activities in Siberia; outbreak of war in 1914 in St. Petersburg; return to Oberlahnstein; World War I service as officer on eastern front (Bulgaria); service at embassy in Moscow in 1918 after armistice; witness to assasination of German ambassador Mirbach; survives assassination attempt on his own life; 1919 return to Berlin; work in ministry of war; participation in anti-revolutionary activities in Berlin: "Liga zum Schutz der deutschen Kultur"; post-war diplomatic and political activities; decision to settle in Berlin; Ludwig von Mies van der Rohe contracted to design house, but plan rejected by author; decision to move back to Oberlahnstein; reflections on fate of Germans living in Russia; brief account of inter-war, World War II, and post-war experiences.
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    Unsere Emigration nach Kolumbien, 1938 bis 1952. (1955)
    Berlin :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 27 pages : , 27 pages : , typescript. , Typewritten manuscript.
    Year of publication: 1955
    Keywords: Emigration and immigration. ; Jewish refugees. ; Miners. ; Poverty. ; Voyages and travels. ; Bogotá (Colombia) ; Columbia Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Yugoslavia Emigration and immigration 1933. ; Berlin (Germany) Emigration and immigration 1952. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs ; Pharmaceutical assistants
    Abstract: Jewish German emigrant colony in Bogota; rural life in Columbia.
    Note: Contains newspaper article by A. J. Fischer, "Die Juden in Jugoslawien" (1p.) , Available on microfilm , German
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    Alte Geschichten : Erinnerungen (1953)
    London :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 217 + 97 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1953
    Keywords: Sander family. ; Philanthropin (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Families 19th century. ; Intellectuals ; Marriage. ; Musicians. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; Cologne (Germany) ; Liège (Belgium) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family history, circa 1871-1905: Grandparents came from Koblenz region and were small merchants; attendance of Philantropin school in Frankfurt am Main; social and cultural life in Liege and Cologne at the turn of the 20th century; travels to Spa (Belgium); description of sister's marriage; domestic life. Also included is a photograph of the author.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1 (on MM 66): Typescript
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2 (on MM 67): Bound typescript (single space)
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    Bericht ueber meine drei-monatige Amerikareise. (1952)
    Wiesbaden :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 21 pages (single space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1952
    Keywords: Lawyers. ; Voyages and travels. ; United States. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of 3 month tour through USA, visiting New York; Boston; Chicago; San Francisco; Los Angeles; and New Orleans, October-January 1951-1952.
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    Erinnerungen / (1951)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 23 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1951
    Keywords: Augspurg, Anita, ; Düwell, Wilhelm. ; Heymann, Gustava. ; Luxemburg, Rosa, ; Prager, Eugen. ; Zetkin, Klara, ; Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands. ; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. ; Spartakusbund (Germany) ; Unabhaengige Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. ; Rote Fahne. ; Communism. ; Teachers. ; Labor unions. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women Political activity. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Zionism. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Soviet Union. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: At age 17, Frieda Duewell, became a member of Verband fuer Frauenstimmrecht led by Anita Augspurg and Gustava Heymann; Duewell left Jewish congregation and became Zionist; training and work as a teacher; in 1905 she became a member of the Social Democratic Party; 1906 she married the journalist Eugen Prager who worked for the Offenbacher Abendblatt; 1907 move to Cologne and later to Berlin; separation from Prager and dedication to working for the party, in part with Rosa Luxemburg; married Wilhelm Duewell in 1917; same year Frieda Duewell was founding member of left-wing splinter group, the Unabhaengige sozialdemokratische Partei (USPD); November 1918 to February 1919 work in newly founded newspaper "Rote Fahne", member of worker and soldier council (Arbeit und Soldaten Rat); later in 1919 work for newspaper "Die Freiheit"; 1921 travel to Moscow to founding meeting for international trade union (Gewerkschaftsinternationale, PROFINTERN) and meeting of international women's conference; subsequent travel through the Soviet Union; 1928 return to Berlin and work with the central committee of the Communist Party.
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    [Erinnerungen]. (1950)
    [Jerusalem?] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 111 + 78 pages : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1950
    Keywords: Herzl, Theodor, ; Juedische Volkspartei. ; Universiṭah ha-ʻIvrit bi-Yerushalayim. ; Jewish leadership. ; Jews History 1918-1933. ; Physicians. ; Voyages and travels. ; Zionism. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1934. ; Poznań (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Contains 2 main parts: 1) early history of German Zionism including author's childhood in traditional Jewish family in small community of Inowrazlaw (Posen); travels to Palestine from 1907; internal struggles in Zionist movement; evaluation of Herzl's position; prehistory of Hebrew University; medical research in Jerusalem after emigration; physician of Hebrew University's students; 2) internal development of German Judaism in two decades before 1933; Jewish parties in Berlin; attempts to found central Jewish organization in Germany.
    Description / Table of Contents: I. Buch : Aus der Frühgeschichte des Zionismus (Von den Tagen Herzls bis 1914).
    Description / Table of Contents: II. Buch : Die imperialistischen Vorgänge im deutschen Judentum in den zwei Jahrzehnten vor der Katastrophe.
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    Es war einmal. (1950)
    Rosarion, Argentinien :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 8 + 81 pages (single space) : , typescript (low quality photocopy) +
    Additional Material: correspondence
    Year of publication: 1950
    Keywords: Children. ; Dermatologists. ; Jews Intellectual life. ; Marriage. ; Poetry. ; Social workers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Argentina Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in Berlin; cultural life in fin-de-siècle Berlin; voyages and travels; marriage with physician Ernst Gustav Levin.
    Abstract: Included are 7 poems on family and life experience by Dora Levin's husband, the dermatologist Ernst Gustav Levin (Berlin 1866-Buenos Aires 1943).
    Abstract: Also available is correspondence pertaining to Dora Levin’s mother Hermine Lesser née Philipp (born circa 1853 in Berlin, died 1943 in Theresienstadt), who was highly active in public welfare in Berlin (Berliner Wohlfahrtspflege).
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    Heimann, Hugo : 1777-1933. (1949)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 47 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1949
    Former Title: Vom taetigen Leben
    Keywords: Heimann, Hugo, ; Sozialdemokratische Partei Deutschlands. ; Education. ; Jews Political persecution 1933-1945. ; Politicians ; Voyages and travels. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany Politics and government 1871-1918. ; Government ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; India Description and travel. ; Könitz (Germany) ; United States Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Short family history; journey to India in 1893/94; political and educational activities (educational committee of the SPD; honorary citizen of Berlin (1926); persecution under Nazi rule and immigration to the USA.
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    Meine Erinnerungen 1865/1947. (1948)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 142 pages : , handwritten notebook (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1948
    Keywords: Charité (Hospital : Berlin, Germany) ; College teachers. ; Education, Higher. ; Hospitals. ; Physicians. ; Universities and colleges. ; Voyages and travels. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Son of Jewish grain dealer from Poland; primary and secondary education in Berlin; Jewish religious education; university studies in medicine in Heidelberg, Berlin, Tuebingen and Leipzig; assistant professor in Berlin; move to Frankfurt am Main and Strasbourg; journeys to France, Russia and America; work at Friedrichshain and Charité hospitals in Berlin.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , The paper collection contains an English summary.
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    Erinnerungen : Aus meinem Leben [1867-1948]. (1948)
    Dornach :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 225 pages : , handwritten manuscript (photocopy) partially almost illegible.
    Year of publication: 1948
    Keywords: Fränkl, Bela, ; Fränkl, Ella (née Gabriel) ; Fränkl, Leopold, ; Fränkl family. ; Education, Secondary 19th century. ; Jewish families. ; Jews ; Lumber trade. ; Soldiers 1871-1914. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Eperjes (Hungary) ; Ružomberok (Slovakia) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Slovakia. ; Switzerland. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written between 1940 and 1948 in Dornach, Switzerland. Fraenkl family history. Description of Jewish life in the 18th and 19th century in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Recollections of the author's childhood in a Jewish family in rural Hungary. His parents were in the lumber business and had a license for selling alcoholic beverages. Description of family and business life. Education in the Jewish Public School of the Neological Jewish Community in Eperjes. Anecdotes of his childhood. Description of the difference between the orthodox and neological Jewish community in Eperjes. Sudden death of his father in 1877 and financial difficulties for the family. Move to Rosenberg, where his relatives had a "lunchtable" for Jewish students from the local gymnasium (high school) and the theological university. His brother Sami went to Vienna to study medicine. Bela attended the Piaristen Gymnasium in Rosenberg, which was led by the Piarist order. Between 1881-1884 he worked as an apprentice in the textile branch. Detailed description of his experiences during his apprenticeship in various places. From 1897-1890 military service in Budapest. In 1892 Bela Fraenkl moved to Vienna, where he worked in the wood and lumber trade. Circle of friends in Cafe Central. Bela managed to establish his own lumber and sawmill business. Marriage with Ella Gabriel in August 1894. The couple lived in the VIII District in Vienna and had three sons (Otto, Fritz, Freddy) and a daughter (Mimi). Death of his mother and other relatives during World War One. Retirement in 1930. Bela Fraenkl emigrated with his family to Switzerland in 1938.
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    Leben in drei Welten : Lebenserinnerungen 1891-1938 (1946)
    M'kor Haim :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 122 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1946
    Keywords: Ball family. ; Gradenwitz family. ; Loewenhaupt family. ; Mendelsohn family. ; Mosse family. ; Senger family. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Lawyers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Zionism. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Calau (Germany : Landkreis) ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family history and reminiscences, written in November and December 1946 in M'kor Haim near Jerusalem.
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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.
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    Philipp Aronstein : 4. Dezember 1862 – 24. September 1942. (1944)
    Nahariya :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 182 pages : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1944
    Keywords: Aronstein, Philipp, ; Aronstein, Salomon. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Philologists. ; Teachers ; Voyages and travels. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Silesia. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Philipp Aronstein’s son Raphael Fritz begins with a short history of his family, from the 16th to the 19th century. He continues to describe his father’s upbringing, including his studies and his journey to England in 1883. In 1901 he was employed as a teacher in Myslowitz (Silesia). He moved to Berlin and taught there 1907-1924, focusing on English philology. The memoir then describes the atmosphere in Germany during the Weimar Republic and under the Nazis.
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    Der erste Akt meines Lebens / (1943)
    Cambridge :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 319 pages (1 1/2 space) : , Typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1943
    Keywords: Children. ; Education, Primary 1871-1918. ; Education, Secondary 1871-1918. ; Jewish religious education. ; Publishers and publishing. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Dresden (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of childhood in well-to-do assimilated Jewish family in Dresden; primary and secondary education; short account of Jewish religious education; trips to Bohemian spas and to Italy.
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    Kindheitserinnerungen / (1942)
    Haifa,
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    Language: German
    Pages: typewritten manuscript (bound).
    Year of publication: 1942
    Keywords: Goldschmidt, Flora (née Rother), ; Goldschmidt, Grete, ; Goldschmidt, Siegfried, ; Rosenow, Grete. ; Antisemitism. ; Children. ; Education, Primary ; Families 19th century. ; Jews Social life and customs 1871-1918. ; Sports. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written 1942 in Haifa, Palestine. Recollection of Toni Ehrlich (née Goldschmidt)'s childhood in Breslau at the end of the 19th century (1880-1895) in an assimilated upper-class Jewish family. Her father, Siegfried Goldschmidt, was the representative of Hoechst IG Farben, the chemical industry company in eastern Europe and founded the largest soap factory in eastern Germany. In 1872 he married Flora Rother. Both her parents were fond of traveling. Her older sister Grete, born 1873, was an excellent student and very close to her. Toni Ehrlich attended the Froebel Kindergarten from age 4 to 6. Recollections of summer vacations in the countryside. Memories of Christmas celebrations and fasting on Yom Kippur. Cultural life and family meetings. Her mother encouraged toughening (Abhaertung) through physical exercises and swimming lessons for her daughters at an early age. Recollections of her elementary school and her early awareness of being different as the only Jewish student among her class amtes. Memories of Imperial Germany and patriotic celebrations of the emperor's birthday at school. Piano and dance lessons. Dream of becoming a dancer, which was impossible in her social setting. In 1891 Toni Goldschmidt was enrolled in the Augusta girl's school in Breslau, where she received Jewish religious education for the first time. Summer vacations in Tyrol and Italy. Recollections of the invention of electric light and memories of the first telephone. Private French lessons. Engagement of her sister to the lawyer Felix Abramczyk. Death of her father in 1894.
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    [Margate, Natal im Juni 1938]. (1942)
    Bulawayo :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 64 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1942
    Former Title: No Title
    Keywords: Arnold family (Dresden) ; Arnold, Eduard. ; Klemperer, Victor Edler von Klemenau. ; Klemperer family. ; Klemperer, Ralph. ; Lindau, Rudolf. ; Löwe, Isidor. ; Reichenheim, Otto. ; Dresdner Bank. ; Bankers. ; Banks and banking. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Interfaith marriage. ; Soldiers. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Dresden (Germany) ; Margate (South Africa) ; South Africa Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Family history reaching back to 18th century; university study in Halle; military service in Austrian army; apprenticeship at Dresdner Bank in Dresden and Hamburg; work at a Bank in New York; travels through United States; return to Germany; work at bank in Berlin; milieu of Jewish bankers and businessmen in Dresden and Berlin; Arnold and Loewe families; marriage to Arnold; move to Leipzig to open branch of Dresdner Bank there; efforts at establishing Leipzig business; birth of daughter; success in Leipzig; birth of son; general consulate awarded to author's father Gustav von Klemperer who was chairman of the board of the Dresdner Bank; award of hereditary nobility to father from Austrian Emperor; transfer to Dresden; outbreak of war, move to Koeniggraetz as officer; life as officer in Habsburg army; birth of third child; war experiences on Eastern Front, Italy; return to Dresden; difficulties at Dresdner Bank leading to collapse in 1931; rebuilding the bank; brief account of last days in Germany; fate of family members after 1933; condition of family in South Africa up to 1942.
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    Aus meinem Leben : Erinnerungen, (1921-1941)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 139 pages (1.5 space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1921-1941
    Keywords: Hospitals. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Ophthalmologists. ; Physicians. ; Students' societies. ; Voyages and travels. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Heidelberg (Germany) ; Munich (Germany) ; Strasbourg (France) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood memories of Breslau, student in Breslau and Munich, assistant in Paris, Heidelberg, and Strasbourg.
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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.
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    [Tagebuch von Dr. Th. Rosenthal]. (1941)
    Tel-Aviv :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 78 pages : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1941
    Keywords: Rosenthal family. ; Timendorfer family. ; Buchenwald (Concentration camp) ; Universitaet Breslau (Breslau) ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Gynecologists. ; Jews, German Genealogy. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Physicians. ; Rabbis. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Bytom (Poland) ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Father was rabbi in Beuthen; father's first marriage and children; family history; father's education and background; earliest memories of Beuthen; father's activities as rabbi in Breslau; brother's education; education of sisters; Jewish life in Breslau; experiences as student at University of Breslau; study of medicine; experience in student fraternity; life in Breslau and Heidelberg; military service as doctor on eastern front in World War I; experiences of Jewish life in Poland during military service; injury at the front; meets future wife in Berlin; transfer to western front; taken prisoner; establishment of medical practice in Breslau after the war; death of father; birth of children; Jewish life in Breslau in 1920's; death of wife's parents; medical practice after 1933; arrest after Kristallnacht and transport to Buchenwald; experience at Buchenwald; release from Buchenwald and emigration in 1939 to England; life in Leicester; emigration to Palestine; arrival in Palestine.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned: Baeck, Leo; Cohn, Fritz; David, Jacob Julius; Kaufmann, David; Korn, Alfred; Rosenthal, Felix; Rosenthal, Hans; Rosenthal, Werner; Timendorfer, Berthold; Timendorfer, Margot.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Lebenserinnerungen. (1941)
    Dixville Notch, N.H. :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 37 pages : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1941
    Keywords: Stern, Olga (née Fraenkel) ; Stern, Rosalie (née Herzfeld) ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish families. ; Jewish religious education. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Liquor industry. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; Textile industry. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; France Emigration and immigration 1933. ; Germany Politics and government 1918-1933. ; Poznań (Poland) ; Switzerland Emigration and immigration 1933. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1939. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Early childhood recollections. Isidor Sterns father had a textile store in Graetz. Memories of his maternal grandfather, who was an assistant of the famous rabbi Elias Gutmacher. Orthodox upbringing. Description of his devoted mother, who was a loving and pious woman. High esteem for German culture and literature, above all works by Goethe and Schiller. Isidor Stern was enrolled in the Jewish elementary school at the age of six years. In 1868 he was sent for further studies to his uncle in Pyritz, where he attended the local Gymnasium (high school). Recollections of his Bar Mitzvah in 1870. Rebellion against the rigid laws of orthodox Judaism. Continuation of his education at a Catholic Gymnasium in Schrimm, where he experienced antisemitism and left the school. Work in a bank in Berlin. Relationship to his younger siblings. Work in a spirit producing company. Socialist activities. In 1879 his house was raided and he had to leave his job due to his political affiliations. He got a position for his company in Spain in 1880. Due to his growing competence he was ordered back to Posen and became one of the directors in 1886. Isidor Stern abandoned his political activities and expanded the company to Berlin. Technical and social reforms. Expansion of the technical use of spirit. Detailed description of professional life. Marriage with Olga Fraenkel in 1888. Birth of his sons Fritz and Walter. Move to Berlin in 1896. Birth of his daughter Charlotte. Both his sons served in World War One. Social concerns within the business world. Friendship with the political reformer Friedrich Naumann and engaging in liberalism. Membership in the "Freisinnige Vereinigung", a liberal party. Influence of the economic reform ideas of Franz Oppenheimer. Friendship with the politician Theodor Barth, editor of the paper "Die Nation". Relationship with Paul Nathan, co-founder of the "Hilfsverein der deutschen Juden".
    Abstract: Contact to the left with Eduard David and Albert Sydekum. "Gesellschaft fuer ethische Kultur" in Berlin. Political diversion and instability in post-war Germany. Economic political activities and suggestions to improve the situation for the unemployed. Business endeavors. Sunday soirees at Olga and Isidor Stern's new apartment. Summer vacations in the Swiss alps. Travels to Italy, Spain and Morocco. Death of his wife Olga in 1928. Isidor Stern donated a house for less privileged Jewish women in the memory of his wife. The "Olga-Stern-house" was opened by the "Juedische Frauenbund" in 1930. After Hitler's being appointed chancellor of Germany Isidor Stern left Germany together with his daughter for France. From 1934-1939 he lived in Zuerich. His children emigrated to London, Switzerland and the USA. In October 1939 Isidor Stern emigrated to New York.
    Abstract: The following names are mentioned:
    Abstract: Barth, Theodor; David, Eduard; Förster, Wilhelm; Gutmacher, Elias; Guttmann, Albrecht; Herzfeld family; Hindenburg, Paul von, 1847-1934; Katzenellenbogen, Ludwig; Lewin, Leopold; Mommsen, Carl; Nathan, Paul, 1857-1927; Naumann, Friedrich, 1860-1919; Oppenheimer, Franz, 1864-1943; Schrader, Karl; Stern, Bernhard; Sydekum, Albert.
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    Mein Leben in Deutschland vor und nach dem 30. Januar 1933 : Justitia Fundamentum Regnorum. (1940)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 2 + 8 + 129 , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1940
    Keywords: Hitler, Adolf, ; Buchenwald (Concentration camp) ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Nazis. ; Vintners. ; Voyages and travels. ; France Emigration and immigration 1938. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Germany Politics and government 1933-1945. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Personal encounter with Adolf Hitler; mainly on general aspects of social and political changes in Nazi Germany; trip through Germany in 1938; experiences in Buchenwald concentration camp (summer 1938); November pogrom in Frankfurt am Main.
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    Erinnerungen : [1877-1939]. (1939)
    London :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 68 pages : , handwritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1939
    Keywords: Cattle trade. ; Eastern European Jews ; Education. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Voyages and travels. ; Great Britain Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Düsseldorf (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in rural Jewish atmosphere; father was cattle dealer in Aplerbeck (Westphalia); primary and secondary education; university studies; military service; travels; persecution after 1933; November pogrom 1938 in Duesseldorf; emigration to England.
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    Lebenserinnerungen. (1939)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 26 pages (double space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1939
    Keywords: Philanthropin (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) ; Assimilation. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Merchants. ; Voyages and travels. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Netherlands Emigration and immigration 1936. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: School memories of Philanthropin in Frankfurt; business travels to several European countries; upper middle class life in Frankfurt/M; description of various articles in his import business; Christmas celebration in Jewish families.
    Abstract: Contains photocopies of "Einwohnermeldeamt" Frankfurt.
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    Aus meiner Zeit und meinem Leben. (1938)
    Koeln :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 168 + 24 pages (double space) : , typescript (photocopy); illustrated.
    Year of publication: 1938
    Keywords: Education, Primary 1871-1918. ; Education, Secondary 1871-1918. ; Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871. ; Household employees 19th century. ; Sales personnel. ; Soldiers 1871-1914. ; Textile industry. ; Voyages and travels. ; Cologne (Germany) ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Youth in Frankfurt/Main; primary and secondary education; apprenticeship; travelling representative in textile business in Magdeburg, Elberfeld and Cologne. Mainly about business experience before 1933; few remarks about changes after 1933. Illustrated by photocopies of numerous documents and photographs.
    Abstract: Also included is a supplement of writings by his father: experiences in Franco-Prussian War; articles for "Die Gartenwelt"; and poems.
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    Erinnerungen : (I. Teil). (1938)
    Nürnberg :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 16 pages (single space) : , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1938
    Keywords: Gallinger, Caroline (Oppenheimer), ; Gallinger, Jakob 1842- ; Gallinger, Joel, ; Gallinger, Karoline, ; Gallinger family. ; Ottensoser family. ; Schmidt, Erich. ; Centralverein Deutscher Staatsbürger Jüdischen Glaubens. ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Judaism Customs and practices. ; Lawyers. ; Universities and colleges. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Fürth (Bavaria, Germany) ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Nuremberg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoirs were written prior to the author's emigration to Palestine in 1938. Family history and description of Jewish life in the 19th century. Recollections of his childhood with his grandparents Hanna and Jonas Ottensoser in Fuerth. Religious upbringing. Family gatherings to celebrate the holidays at his grandmother's house. Sunday outings. Journey to Switzerland. Joseph was enrolled at the humanistic Gymnasium in Nuremberg. Recollection of political events such as the tragic death of Kaiser Friedrich of Germany. After graduation in 1890 he started his studies at the universitiy of Munich, where he enrolled in classes of law and humanities. Continuation of his studies in Berlin with Moritz Lazerus and professor Planck. Cultural life and theater. In 1894 Joseph Gallinger returned to Nuremberg for his first law internship at the law firm of Oskar Vollhardt. Graduation from university in 1897. In 1900 Joseph Gallinger was offered to take over the law practice of his late uncle in Nuremberg. Friendship with his father, who was active in the local Jewish community and in several Jewish relief organizations. Journey to Italy. Engagement with his future wife Caroline Oppenheimer. Wedding in 1903. Birth of their daughter Hanna in 1907.Travels to Florence. Death of the author's father in 1912. Antisemitism after World War One. Joseph Gallinger was head of the local "Centralverein" from 1919-1923 and active in the central organization in Berlin. Death of their son Rudolf in 1920. Rise of Nazism. Death of his wife Caroline in 1935. Emigration of their daughter Hanna to Palestine in 1936.
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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.
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    Unpolitische Reise nach Palaestina. (1936)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 38 pages (double space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1936
    Keywords: Immigrants ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Zionism. ; Palestine Description and travel. ; Palestine Emigration and immigration 1929-1948. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Lecture on personal impressions during a visit to Palestine in early 1936. Berliner describes mostly the life of the German Jewish immigrants to Palestine.
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    Meine Lebenserinnerungen, (1936)
    Wannsee :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 69 pages (double space) : , Typewritten manuscript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1936
    Keywords: Breker, Arno, ; Liebermann, Max, ; Matisse, Henri, ; Art Collectors and collecting. ; Industrialists. ; Iron tube industry. ; Voyages and travels. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Gliwice (Poland) ; Palestine. ; Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of business career in tube industry; interest in art and acquisition of large private art collection; personal friendship with the painter Max Liebermann; encounter with Henri Matisse and the sculptor Arno Breker; journey to Palestine in 1935.
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    Ein Reisebericht aus dem Jahre 1833 : Briefe des Uhde Veit an seinen Vater Philip Veit in Berlin (1936)
    Berlin :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 57 pages (double space) : , Typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1936
    Keywords: Rothschild family. ; Singer, Charlotte. ; Veith family. ; Bankers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Belgium Travel. ; England Travel. ; Netherlands Travel. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Description of business trip through Germany to Holland, Belgium and England; Contains remarks on nature as well as on social, political and economic conditions in those countries; Veit stayed with wealthy Jewish families, including the Rothschild family in London.
    Abstract: Addenda: Recollections by Charlotte Singer (1967) about the Veit banking firm.
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    Erschautes, Erlebtes, Erdachtes, Erstrebtes. (1933)
    [Wuestegiersdorf] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 198 + 22 pages : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Year of publication: 1933
    Keywords: Kauffmann, Salomon, ; Meyer-Kauffmann-Textilwerke (Wüstegiersdorf) ; Assimilation Jews. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Education, Higher. ; Families 19th century. ; Textile industry. ; Voyages and travels. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; England. ; Głuszyca (Poland) ; Silesia. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood in assimilated Breslau Jewish family; father converted to Christianity; primary and secondary education; apprenticeship in textile business; university studies; development of cotton industry before World War I; history of the Kauffmann cotton industry; comments on political development during Weimar Republic; travels to France and USA; contains copies of documents and newspaper articles.
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    [Tagebuecher und Manuskripte], (1881-1929)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 6 notebooks.
    Year of publication: 1881-1929
    Keywords: Loewenberg, Jakob, ; Authors. ; Children. ; Voyages and travels. ; Hamburg (Germany) ; Diaries ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Diaries and manuscripts, also available in the Jakob Loewenberg Collection, AR 1200.
    Abstract: Diaries 1881 - 1929; a 90 page manuscript 'Unser Kind'; a notebook from a vacation in Hoernum (Nordfriesland), Germany in summer of 1922
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Tagebuecher, 1881-1883
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Tagebuecher, 1883-1885
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 3: Tagebuecher, 1892-1912
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 4: Tagebuecher, 1925-1929
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 5: Unser Kind, 1896-1906
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 6: Hoernum, 1922
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    [Mein liebes Kind!], (1914-1926)
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    Language: German
    Pages: circa 173 pages : , handwritten notebook (photocopy) +
    Additional Material: addenda
    Year of publication: 1914-1926
    Former Title: Diary
    Keywords: Rheinstrom, Lola. ; Children. ; Lawyers. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Munich (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Diaries ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Handwritten notebook by Heinrich Rheinstrom for his daughter Lola, containing thoughts, reflections and descriptions of daily events, beginning with her birth on February 26, 1914 until December 29, 1926.
    Abstract: During the war, Rheinstrom served as an officer and worked for the Secretary of Foreign Affairs; also described are revolutionary events in Munich, 1918/1919.
    Abstract: Also included are accompanying correspondence and Rheinstrom’s biographical abstract.
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    Aus meinem Leben. (1924)
    Charlottenburg :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 192 pages : , handwritten manuscript +
    Additional Material: English translation
    Year of publication: 1924
    Keywords: Kristeller family. ; Kristeller, Paul, ; Malachowski, Hermann. ; Architects. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Families 19th century. ; Jewish religious education. ; Suicide. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Reflections on personality and the nature of life and happiness; childhood memories; early travels with family; suicide of older brother; elementary school; childhood alienation from Jewish religious observance; relationship to family members; trip to Italy with art historian brother Paul Kristeller; courtship and marriage; honeymoon; birth and rearing of daughter; birth of son; employment of husband as architect; travels with family throughout Europe; falls in love with another man - effects and implications; deaths of mother, sister; bankruptcy through failed business transactions of husband; reflections on the disappointments of marriage and life in general; critique of values of her society, and women's lives; fate of son in World War I; note of farewell to family.
    Note: The author used her diaries since 1908 to write this memoir, which she concluded in 1924. She added a short farewell note on Sep. 13, 1941. , Available on microfilm , English translation by Ruth K. Heiman. , German , Synopsis in file
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    Skizze zum Elsas'schen Stammhaus. (1918)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 6 + 3 pages (double space) : , typescript.
    Year of publication: 1918
    Keywords: Artisans, Jewish. ; Banks and banking. ; Jews, German Country life. ; Jews, German Families. ; Textile industry. ; Voyages and travels. ; Aldingen (Remseck am Neckar, Germany) ; Ludwigsburg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Life of Adolf Elsas's father Benedict who left his hometown Aldingen as a travelling artisan and settled in Ludwigsburg where he founded a weaving mill.
    Abstract: On Benedict Elsas and his wife Roesle, who was employed by the banker Kaulla.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: 'Skizze zum Elsas'schen Stammhaus' by Adolf Elsas
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: 'Das Roesle von Wankheim. Ein Familienbild aus dem Jahre 1861 im Elsas'schen Hause in Ludwigsburg' by Max Elsas
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    Tagebuch : [Abschrift], (1903-1918)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 98 + 10 + 10 , typed transcript.
    Year of publication: 1903-1918
    Keywords: Fanta, Berta, ; Sohr family. ; Taussig family. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Jewish families. ; Literature. ; Philosophy. ; Salons. ; Universities and colleges. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women Education. ; Women authors. ; Libochovice (Czech Republic) ; Prague. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The diary was written between November 1900 to December 1903 in Prague and includes small poems and philosophic reflections on nature, life and literature. It starts with enthusiastic reports of lectures by Professor Ehrenfels and the writers Otto Ernst and Ernst Wolzogen. Anecdotes of married life. Subtle hints of difficulties in the relationship towards her father. Reflections on Nietzsche in regard to her daily life activities. Critical remarks on theater plays and art. Description of family life and reflections on the characters of her children Else and Otto. Journey to Libochowitz (Libochovice), the birthplace of Berta Fanta. Musical activities together with her sister Ida. Description of exhibitions and trips to Munich and Dresden. Visit of Fritz Mautner and philosophic discussions. Ironic reflections on the boredom of daily life activities in her surroundings. Anecdotes of her son Otto Freund. Reflections on the work of Boecklin. Search for clearity in the antagonism of life. Encounter with a Japanese theater group and their star Sada Yacco. Reflections on her lecture on "Erziehung zum Kunstverstaendnis" (art education) in the casino of Prague. Studies of psychology with Professor Marty of the German University in Prague. Journey to South Tyrol and Italy together with Ida and Otto Freund. Reflections on the philosophy of Spinoza. Importance of music and various description of concert visits. Taussig family history. Contemplation on her personal world outlook and Indian philosophy. Journey to Linz and Vienna along the Danube.
    Abstract: Also included are an obituary on Berta Fanta by Dr. Felix Weltsch (December 1918); a funeral speech by Max Brod; and an epilogue by Dr. Hugo Bergmann.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned: Bergmann, Else; Bretano, Franz, 1838-1917; Ehrenfels, Christian, Freiherr von, 1859-1932; Fanta, Berta, 1866-1918; Fanta, Max; Freund, Ida; Freund, Otto; Mautner, Fritz; Schmidt, Otto Ernst, 1862-1926; Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925; Taussig, Lazar; Wolzogen, Ernst von, 1855-1934; Yacco, Sada.
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    Mein Leben. (1908-1910)
    Breslau :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 2 , handwritten manuscripts.
    Year of publication: 1908-1910
    Keywords: Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Egypt Description and travel. ; United States Description and travel. ; Wrocław (Poland) ; Biographical sources ; Correspondence ; Autobiographies ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A bound handwritten notebook (65 pages, Breslau, 1908) with Flora Goldschmidt’s memoirs is accompanied by her letters mostly to her children from voyages to Egypt, USA, and other places (1908-1910).
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    Rueckblicke auf mein Leben : fuer meine Nachkommen niedergeschrieben im Jahre 1909/1910. (1910)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 123 + 75 pages : , typescript (double space).
    Year of publication: 1910
    Keywords: Badt family. ; Badt & Co. ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Jewish religious education. ; Merchants Biography. ; Voyages and travels. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Germany History 1789-1900. ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Silesia. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Louis Badt recounts in this memoir his childhood, his time serving in the military, and most of all his career as a merchant. He also recounts trips to Italy, France, Switzerland and Russia.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: written 1909/1910
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: written 1910
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    [Chronik unserer Familie] : [1850-1905]. (1905)
    [Place of publication not identified] :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 62 , typescript (photocopy).
    Year of publication: 1905
    Keywords: Silbergleit family. ; Christian converts from Judaism. ; Orthodox Judaism. ; College teachers. ; Families 19th century. ; Universities and colleges. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Franco-Prussian War, 1870-1871 Personal narratives. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir was written 1905. Recollections of the author's childhood in Breslau. Memories of her orthodox grandmother Lina Nothmann, who kept a strictly kosher household. Description of the different world of her parents' families in Gleiwitz. Her father came from a poor religious family, her mother was of more affluent heritage. Her parents were engaged in 1853 and got married in 1854. Anna was the fourth of five daughters. Her father was in the iron business and had connections in Poland and Vienna. Cultural life and literature. Recollections of author's uncle, the writer Ludwig Georg Silbergleit. Anna had private lessons in French and English. Recollections of the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871). Trips to Switzerland and Italy. Descriptions of her family and her parents' circle of friends. Summer vacations in the countryside. Recollections of the engagement of her older sisters Else with Willhelm Kauffmann. Marriage of her sister Marie with Richard Eppenstein. Engagement of her sister Grete with Adolf Friedenthal. Engagement of Anna Silbergleit with the physicist Felix Auerbach in 1883. They married the same year. Felix Auerbach was obliged to convert in order to be able to make career on university. In 1889 he was offered a position as professor in Jena.
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    Erinnerung an Neapel, (1831-1833)
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    Language: German
    Pages: 308 + 85
    Year of publication: 1831-1833
    Keywords: Oppenheimer family. ; Rothschild family. ; Banks and banking. ; Courtship. ; Fasts and feasts Judaism. ; Ghettos. ; Jewish families 19th century. ; Manners and customs 19th century. ; Textile industry. ; Voyages and travels. ; Italy Culture. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Diary of journey to Naples in 1831. Descriptions of cultural attractions in Milan, Florence, Siena and Rome. Reflections on Italian women and their outfit. The travel diary contains mainly Julius Oppenheimers report about cultural activities and and his reflections on the historic background of his surroundings. Anecdotes and encounter with Italian people. Description of local culinary highlights. Business activities in Naples with count Rothschild. Reflections on his family at home. Concerns about his health. Discrete celebration of Rosh Hashanah behind closed doors. Trips and outings to the Vesuv and Pompeii. Friendship with a family in Naples. Description of Catholic celebrations and holidays. Visits to museums and operas. Business trip with the count Rothschild to Rome. Encounter with the misery of the pre-enlightened Jewish Ghetto in Rome. Description of Rome's cultural riches. Journey back home via Florence, Venice, Innsbruck and Munich.
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Typewritten copy
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 1: Handwritten manuscript
    Description / Table of Contents: Folder 2: Typed transcript
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    Erinnerungen : [1933-1945].
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    Language: German
    Pages: 9 + 25 + 20 , typescript (carbon copy).
    Keywords: Auschwitz (Concentration camp) ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Kristallnacht, 1938. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1939-1945. ; Israel. ; Poland. ; Unterfranken (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: A non Jewish German describes how he lived in Nazi Germany. Short account of the November Pogrom 1938 in Kitzingen (Lower Franconia). He did not know any Jews before he became a soldier in Poland during World War II. There he heard first rumors about Auschwitz. He returned to Lower Bavaria as an invalid.
    Abstract: Also included are reports on two trips to Israel (1978/1985).
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    Die Fahrt auf dem Katarakt (Down the cataract) : Autobiographie ohne einen Helden
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    Language: German
    Pages: 245 pages (double space) : , Typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Keywords: Adler, Viktor, ; Altenberg, Peter, ; Freud, Sigmund, ; Authors. ; Journalists. ; Philologists. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Socialism. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Soldiers. ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Youth in Prague; university studies in Vienna; acquaintance with Sigmund Freud, Viktor Adler and Peter Altenberg; work as journalist and author of novels; description of his journeys to Italy, India and Egypt; experiences as war correspondent in World War I.
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    Geistige Spuren in Lebenserinnerungen. : [1880-1914].
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    Language: German
    Pages: 49 pages (double space). , Typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Keywords: Bergman, Samuel Hugo, ; Steiner, Rudolf, ; Universität Wien. ; Authors. ; Librarians. ; Literature. ; Mysticism Judaism. ; Teachers. ; Philosophy. ; Socialism. ; Theosophy. ; Voyages and travels. ; Brno (Czech Republic) ; Jerusalem. ; Prague (Czech Republic) ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memories of the author's childhood of an assimilated Jewish family in a Moravian village. Influence of his rabbinic grandfather and close connection to Judaism. High school education at a Gymnasium in Brno (Bruenn). University studies in Vienna. Acquaintance with Otto Weininger. Cultural life in Vienna. Encounter with Socialism, Zionism and Theosophy. Involvement in Zionism and the eastern Jewish renaissance movement. Studies of philosophy and mathematics. Position as a teacher in Palestine. Interest for mysticism, Kabbala and occult science. Return to Europe and discussions with Martin Buber. Detailed description of Ernst Muellers fascination with theosophy and his studies with Rudolf Steiner. Position as a librarian in the Jewish community in Vienna. Visit to Prague. Friendship with the philosopher and Zionist Hugo Bergmann.
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned: Bergmann, Hugo; Birnbaum, Nathan; Bock, Ida; Boltzmann, Ludwig; Brod, Max; Chajes, Hirsch Perez; Fanta, Berta; Feiwel, Berthold; Friedlaender, Oskar; Gross, Karl; Gross, Nathan; Grunwald, Max; Kellner, Leon; Kobler, Franz; Kohn, Gustav; Kohn, Ignatz; Jerusalem, Wilhelm; Jodl, Friedrich; Mach, Ernst; Muellner, Laurenz; Muenz, Bernhard; Rosenzweig, Franz; Steiner, Rudolf; Stoehr, Adolf; Wachstein, Bernhard; Weininger, Otto; York-Steiner, Heinrich; Zobel, Moriz; Zollschan, Ignatz.
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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.
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    [Memoirs of Dr. Ludwig Edinger].
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    Language: German
    Pages: 325 pages (double space) : , typescript (carbon copy).
    Keywords: College teachers. ; Education, Higher ; Medicine Research. ; Neurologists. ; Physicians. ; Voyages and travels. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Undated transcript of memoirs covering circa 1840-1908, mostly on medical research:
    Abstract: Childhood in Worms; family background in Baden; university studies in Heidelberg and Strasbourg; apprenticeship in Giessen; move to Berlin in 1882; voyages and travels.
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    Die Geschichte meines Grossonkels und meines Grossvaters.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 85 pages : , handwritten manuscript +
    Additional Material: Yiddish clipping : 21 pages (photocopy)
    Keywords: Frank, Jacob, ; Children. ; Frankists. ; Jewish religious education before 1871. ; Voyages and travels. ; Offenbach am Main (Germany) ; Prague. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: German translation by Gabriele Jordan, née Porges v. Portheim, of the original Yiddish memoirs:
    Abstract: Childhood and education in Prague; introduction into Frankist circle through author's father; journey to Offenbach; detailed description of Jakob Frank's "court" in Offenbach.
    Abstract: Also included is a printed version of the original Yiddish text with an introduction, 'The memoirs of Moses Porges' by the historian Nathan Michael Gelber, published in "Schriften des Jiddisch Wissenschaftlichen Instituts" Wilna, vol. 1.
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    [Memoiren] : [1880-1950].
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    Language: German
    Pages: 249 , typescript.
    Keywords: Friedlaender, Max, ; Perls family. ; Perls, Frank. ; Perls, Hugo, ; Perls, Kaete. ; Perls, Richard. ; Authors. ; Art dealers. ; Art historians. ; Artists. ; Education, Higher. ; Lawyers. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Paris (France) ; Rybnik (Województwo Śląskie, Poland) ; Silesia, Upper (Poland and Czech Republic) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Childhood memories of Rybnik and Upper Silesia; university study in Berlin; cultural life in Berlin; trip to Italy; study in Freiburg; becomes lawyer in Berlin; voyages and travels; courtship and marriage; travels in Italy; discussions of art and art history; meetings with prominent artists and gallery owners in Paris; art collecting trips; house built by Mies van der Rohe in Berlin; friendship with Karl Liebknecht; friendship with Edvard Munch; encounter with Edgar Degas; work for Auswaertige Amt during World War I; work as art dealer from 1923 to 1930; recollections of various artists; reflections on art dealership in Europe; discussions of the works of various artists; friendship with art historian Max Friedlaender. (English summary in file, not microfilmed)
    Abstract: The following individuals are mentioned in the memoirs:
    Abstract: Barnes, Albert; Berenson, Bernard; Bode, Wilhelm; Brancusi, Constantin; Brummer, Josef; Caspari, Georg; Cassirer family; Cassirer, Bruno; Cassirer, Paul; Degas, Edgar; Dongen, Kees von; Dufy, Raoul; Elias, Julius; Flechtheim, Alfred; Friedlaender, Max; Fuchs, Eduard; Glaser, Curt; Gurlitt, Manfred; Kahnweiler, Daniel Henry; Kann, Alphonse; Kollmann, Albert; Kuehlmann, Richard von; Liebermann, Max; Liebknecht, Sonia; Loeser, Charles; Matisse, Henri; Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig; Nemes, Marcel von; Munch, Edvard; Perls, Frank; Perls, Kaete; Perls, Richard; Picasso, Pablo; Renoir, Auguste; Rubinstein, Arthur; Vollard, Ambroise; Westermayr, Konrad
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    Und neues Leben blueht aus den Ruinen : [1895-1939].
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    Language: German
    Pages: 298 , typescript; illustrated.
    Keywords: Raab family. ; Raab, Olga. ; Raab, Richard. ; Raab, Wilhelm. ; Schnitzler family. ; Schnitzler, Hans. ; Universität Wien. ; Antisemitism. ; Education, Higher 1918-1933. ; Jews Genealogy. ; Music. ; Physicians. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Austria History 1867-1918. ; Austria History Anschluss, 1938. ; Austria History Socialist Uprising, 1934. ; Soviet Union History 1917-1933. ; United States Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Vienna (Austria) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Parents; childhood memories; early education and travels; gymnasium study and independent travels; begins study of medicine in 1913; joins medical corps after outbreak of World War I; experiences during World War I service; return to Vienna after illness; resumption of military service in 1916 on eastern front; returns to Vienna after war; Vienna in the immediate post-war years; reflections on Jewish identity and Jewish life in Vienna; receives degree in medicine in 1920; work in a clinic in Prague; travels to Italy, Sweden, Russia; return to Vienna; political troubles in Vienna; year of study in USA; experiences and impressions of New York; trip to Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti; courtship and marriage to Swedish woman; trip across USA; return to Vienna with wife; political crises in Austria after 1933; birth of son; treats Hungarian minister president Gombos; various experiences as medical doctor; emigration to USA.
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    Die Familie und das Leben des Hans Hamburger.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 50 pages : , typescript.
    Keywords: Asch, Ernst, ; Hamburger, Hans, ; Hamburger, Hede, ; Hamburger, Naptali, ; Hamburger family. ; Antisemitism. ; Jewish communities, leadership ; Jews Education. ; Jews Intellectual life 1933-1945. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Judges ; Mental illness. ; Voyages and travels. ; War wounds. ; World War, 1914-1918 Jewish soldiers. ; Women authors. ; Berlin (Germany) ; Brazil Emigration and immigration. ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Poznań (Poland) ; São Paulo (Brazil) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: The memoir is dedicated to Hans Hamburger's life, Charlotte Hamburger's husband. She discusses her husband's father's and his sister's life, and at the same time provides a brief insight into Imperial Germany. She hardly talks about her own life and family. The memoir follows a chronological order. His childhood, mainly affected by his mentally ill mother Ida, his friend Ernst Asch, his law studies in Munich, World War I, during which he was severly injured. The time after the war was spent with a lot of traveling; they had 4 children. Hitler's rise and its consequences for Jews are described in detail; their emigration to Brazil, their life after arrival, and building up a Jewish community.
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    Meine Auswanderungsreise : Berlin - Ecuador über Russland und Japan im Oktober 1940 bis Jan. 1941.
    Quito :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 31 pages : , typescript; corrections.
    Keywords: Hias-Ica Emigration Association. ; Hilfsverein der Deutschen Juden (Germany) ; Emigration and immigration Nineteen forties. ; Jews Persecution 1933-1945. ; Manners and customs. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Frankfurt am Main (Germany) ; South America. ; Japan. ; Korea. ; Soviet Union. ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: In this undated manuscript, Elisabeth Bamberger describes the process of her emigration from Germany. From October 1940 to February 1941 she went from Frankfurt, Germany, via the Soviet Union, Korea, and Japan, to her final destination in Quito, Ecuador. The manuscript is a very detailed description of the places she traveled through, including people she met and customs she experienced.
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    Wiener Universitaetsjahre : [1899-1904].
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    Language: German
    Pages: 44 pages (double space) : , typewritten manuscript (carbon copy).
    Keywords: Buber, Martin, ; Ehrenhaft, Felix, ; Hahn, Hans, ; Steiner, Rudolf, ; Universität Wien. ; Ost und West (Periodical) ; Draft. ; Education, Higher 1871-1918. ; Philosophy. ; Jewish religious education 1871-1918. ; Universities and colleges. ; Literature. ; Jewish leadership. ; Mathematicians. ; Socialism. ; Physicians. ; Theosophy. ; Voyages and travels. ; Zionism. ; England Emigration and immigration 1933-1945. ; Memoirs ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Teachers
    Abstract: The second part of the memoirs concentrate mainly on the author's student life and Zionist awakening in Vienna at the turn of the 20th century. Ernst Mueller enrolled in studies of mathematics and physics at the Vienna University. Recollections of his colleagues, among them Felix Ehrenhaft, Olga Steindler and Hans Hahn. Occasional articles for the Zionist paper "Die Welt". Member of the Jewish student organization "Lesehalle juedischer Studenten" and the Zionist student association "Unitas". In 1900 Ernst Mueller joined the newly established Jewish "Toynbee-Halle" in Vienna, which was founded by Leon Kellner. Growing influence of Zionism. Participation in the "Juedischer Turnverein". Ernst Mueller was a member of the Jewish student's association in Vienna. Opposition of his parents against his growing involvement in Jewish and Zionist matters. Military service in the Austrian army. Assistant teacher at the "Sophiengymnasium". Acquaintance with Nathan Birnbaum and Martin Buber. Translations of Hebrew and Yiddish literature for the journal "Ost und West". Relationship with a Russian Jewish student, Sonia Rabbinowitz, who was active in Russian revolutionary movement. Teacher at private Jewish high school in Ungarisch-Brod. Russian Pogroms and influx of refugees. Journey to Warsaw and Eastern Europe. Participation at the Zionist Congress. Position as a teacher in Jaffa, Palestine.
    Abstract: The memoirs mention the following individuals:
    Abstract: Bergmann, Hugo, 1883-1975; Birnbaum, Nathan, 1864-1937; Bock, Ida; Boltzmann, Ludwig, 1844-1906; Brod, Max, 1884-1968; Buber, Martin, 1878-1965; Chajes, Hirsch Perez, 1876-1927; Ehrenhaft, Felix, 1879-1952; Fanta, Berta; Feiwel, Berthold; Friedlaender, Oskar; Gross, Karl; Gross, Nathan; Grunwald, Max, 1871-1953; Hahn, Hans, 1879-1934; Jerusalem, Wilhelm, 1854-1923; Jodl, Friedrich, 1849-1914; Kellner, Leon; Kobler, Franz; Kohn, Gustav; Kohn, Ignatz; Mach, Ernst, 1838-1916; Muellner, Laurenz; Muenz, Bernhard; Rabbinowitz, Sonia; Rosenzweig, Franz, 1886-1929; Steindler, Olga, 1879-1933; Steiner, Rudolf, 1861-1925; Stoehr, Adolf; Wachstein, Bernhard, 1868-1935; Weininger, Otto, 1880-1903; York-Steiner, Heinrich, 1859-1934; Zobel, Moriz; Zollschan, Ignatz.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    [Transcript of grandmother's diary].
    Basel :[publisher not identified],
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    Language: German
    Pages: 20 pages (single space) : , typescript.
    Keywords: Household employees 20th century. ; Jewish way of life. ; Marriage. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Basel (Switzerland) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Diary circa 1917-1922 of private events in a Basel Jewish family; description of weddings and family life; contains also short account on speech of Bavarian Prime Minister Kurt Eisner in Basel in 1919.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German
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    Erinnerte Erinnerungen : Jüdisches Leben in dem versunkenen Kaiserreich.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 29 + 16 , typescript; synopsis.
    Keywords: Grubel, Fred ; Jewish families. ; Jewish leadership ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Leipzig (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Fred Grubel's family history and short memoirs, ending in 1918.
    Note: Available on microfilm , Synopsis in file
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    Mutters Kindertagebuecher.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 244 pages (1.5 space) : , typescript.
    Keywords: Wieruszowski, Alfred. ; Wieruszowski, Clara. ; Wieruszowski, Marie. ; Wieruszowski, Ruth. ; Wieruszowski family. ; Children. ; Christmas. ; Education, Primary 1871-1918. ; Education, Secondary 1871-1918. ; Jewish families. ; Jews, German Social life and customs. ; Lawyers. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; Women Education. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Cologne (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Transcript of a diary by Jenny Wieruszowski, written 1894-1918, dealing with the childhood and youth of her daughters Marie, Helene, Clara, Lilli, and Ruth, and her son, who died 3 months after his birth in 1892: it includes many details on the domestic life of the family, information on the development of the children and their schooling, descriptions of birthday and Christmas celebrations, of outings and vacations. Also included are the children's reactions to World War I, and family poetry.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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    Ein Leben mit Friedrich Bergammer.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 14 + 30 pages : , typescript.
    Keywords: Bergammer, Friedrich, ; Stammtisch (New York, N.Y.) ; Art dealers. ; Authors, Austrian. ; Marriage. ; Poets. ; Voyages and travels. ; Women authors. ; New York (N.Y.) ; United States Emigration and immigration. 1933-1945 ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Account of Gaby Glueckselig describing her life with her husband, the poet Friedrich Bergammer - Fritz Glueckselig: courtship from 1939, marriage in 1942; activity of Bergammer as art dealer in New York; travels and experiences together; experiences in Vienna after the war; friendships in New York; death of Bergammer in 1981.
    Abstract: The following persons are mentioned in this memoir:
    Abstract: Amery, Jean; Fisher, Hertie; Glueckselig, Leo, 1914 –; Glueckselig, Max; Graf, Oskar Maria; Grossberg, Mimi; Hakel, Hermann; Lehmann-Haupt, Ingeborg; Sahl, Hans; Scharpenberg-Wellmann, Margot; Schoenwiese, Ernst; Urzidil, Gertrude; Waldinger, Ernst.
    Abstract: Also included are copies of Friedrich Bergammer's poems from his books Von Mensch zu Mensch; Flügelschläge; Momentaufnahmen; Die vorletzte Stummheit; Die Fahrt der Blätter; and Die Kramschachtel.
    Note: Available on microfilms MM II 18 and MF 503 , German , Synopsis in file
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    Lebenserinnerungen.
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    Language: German
    Pages: 53 pages : , typescript.
    Keywords: Hellmann-Kirchberger family. ; Freisinnige Volkspartei. ; Children. ; Draft 1871-1918. ; Education, Primary. ; Jewish families. ; Sales personnel. ; Voyages and travels. ; World War, 1914-1918. ; Dresden (Germany) ; Germany History 1871-1918. ; Germany History 1918-1933. ; Lahnstein (Germany) ; Weilburg (Germany) ; Autobiographies ; Biographical sources ; Memoirs
    Abstract: Memories of childhood games in Niederlahnstein; lives of grandparents; life in Lahnstein; schooling in Lahnstein; detailed account of secondary schooling at Institut Hofmann in St. Goershausen; discussion of reading material as a child; apprenticeship in Weilburg with uncle; apprenticeship in Cologne; business trips throughout the Rhineland and Ruhr; work in Elberfeld; military service in Dresden; impressions of Dresden in 1872; impressions of Berlin and Bohemia; death of father; political activity, working with Freisinnige Volkspartei in Weilburg; political life in Weilburg; elected to magistrate of chamber of commerce in Weilburg; gradual loss of hearing; experience of World War I, revolution and inflation.
    Abstract: The following names are mentioned: Arnhold, Max; Kirchberger, Franz; Kirchberger, Hedwig; Kirchberger, Jacob; Kirchberger, Joseph; Kirchberger, Josua; Kirchberger, Max; Kirchberger, Paul; Kirchberger, Sophie; Kirchberger, Theodor.
    Note: Available on microfilm , German , Synopsis in file
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